Affiliated under University of North Bengal
Estd.: 1942 | UGC recognized, NAAC Accredited
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The National Service Scheme (NSS) is a voluntary organization in social services run by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India. National Service
Scheme (NSS) was launched during 1969, the birth centenary year of Mahatma Gandhi, in 37 universities involving 40000 students. It provides opportunity to the student youth of 11th & 12th Class of schools at +2 Board level and student youth of Technical Institution, Graduate & Post Graduate at colleges and University level of India to take part in various government led community service activities & programmes. The sole aim of the NSS is to provide hands-on experience to young students in delivering community service.
Aims and Objectives
- To understand the community in which they work;
- To identify the needs and problems of the community and involve them in problem solving process.
- To develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility;
- To develop competence required for group-living and sharing of responsibilities:
- To gain skills in mobilising community participation;
- To acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitude;
- To develop capacity to meet emergencies and natural disasters; and
- To practice national integration and social harmony.
Enrollment in NSS
The NSS volunteers will be enrolled from the first and second year degree-class students. NCC cadets will not be allowed to join NSS. Similarly NSS volunteers will not participate in NCC or any other youth organization as long as they are in NSS. An NSS volunteer needs to devote a total of 240 hours of social service in two years. Every year, a NSS volunteer has to devote 20 hrs. of orientation and 100 hrs. of community service. To enroll as an NSS volunteer, students have to contact the NSS Programme Officer of the college. Enrollment in NSS is free. The NSS volunteers on successful completion of the required hours of service are issued a certificate. NSS volunteers can get some weightage during admissions in higher studies and other benefits as decided by the institution/ university.
Programme Officer
Sri Gourango Chandra Roy
Associate Professor
Department of History
Sri Chiranjit Kole
Assistant Professor
Department of Sanskrit
GENERAL REPORTS
Administrative Structure in NSS
The unit at school/ college level is the grass-root unit in NSS. A Programme Officer is the incharge of a NSS unit who is the teaching faculty of a college appointed by the Governing Body. The strength of a unit will be 100 NSS volunteers normally. According to the strength of students the number of units will be allotted by the Programme Coordinator at University level. All the units of all affiliated colleges of a university are controlled by Programme Coordinator appointed by the University. At the state level there is a State NSS Officer. At the regional level there is the NSS Regional Directorate. A Programme Officer will be responsible for the organisation of the NSS unit, implementation of the NSS programme under the supervision and direction of the Principal of the college or head of the institution. In Ananda Chandra College there are two functional NSS units affiliated by the Programme Coordinator, University of North Bengal.