Siddartha Educational Academy
National Service Scheme (NSS)
The National Service Scheme (NSS) is an Indian government – sponsored public service program conducted by the Department of Youth affairs and Sports of the Government of India popularly known as NSS, the scheme was launched in Gandhiji’s Centenary year, 1969. Aimed at developing student’s personality through community service, NSS is a voluntary association of young people in Colleges, Universities and at +2 level working for a campus- community linkage. The cardinal principle of the NSS programme is that it is organized by the students themselves, and both students and teachers through their combined participation in community service, get a sense of involment in the tasks of nation building.
Siddartha Educational Academy Group of Institutions (SEAGI) started NSS in the year 2016 under JNTU Anantapur with the number of 180 student volunteers. It is a team lead by NSS Program Officer, NSS Coordinator, NSS faculty members from all the departments and all NSS Volunteers. The main objective of SEAGI NSS Unit is to understand the community in which they work. Also, Volunteers develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility and capacity to meet emergencies and natural disasters. NSS activities and tasks help in individual to identify the needs and problems of the community and involve them in problem solving.
The following are the functions of NSS –
- Making education more relevant to the present situation to meet the felt needs of the community and supplement the education of the university/college students by bringing them face to face with the rural situation
- Providing opportunities to the students to play their role in planning and executing development projects which would not only help in creating durable community assets in rural areas and urban slums but also results in the improvement of quality of life of the economically and socially weaker sections of the community
- Encouraging students and non-students to work together along with the adults in rural areas
- Developing qualities of leadership by discovering the latent potential among the campers, both students as well as local youth (Rural and Urban), with a view to involve them more intimately in the development programme and also to ensure proper maintenance of the assets created during the camps
- Emphasizing dignity of labor and self-help and the need for combining physical work with intellectual pursuits
- Encouraging youth to participate enthusiastically in the process of national development and promote national integration, through corporate living and cooperative action.
- The programme aims to instill the idea of social welfare in students, and to provide service to society without bias.
- NSS volunteers work to ensure that everyone who is needy gets help to enhance their standard of living and lead a life of dignity.
Role of the Coordinator :
The motto or watchword of the National Service Scheme is ‘NOT ME BUT YOU’. This reflects the essence of democratic living and upholds the need for selfless service and appreciation of the other person’s point of view, and also to show consideration for fellow human beings. It underlines the fact that the welfare of an individual is ultimately dependent on the welfare of society as the whole. Therefore, it should be the aim of the NSS to demonstrate this motto in its day-to-day activities.
- To interpret the scheme to the students and other members of the college community and create awareness about the scheme.
- To Motivate, recruit and select student for NSS work.
- To enlist cooperation and coordination of community agencies, government departments and non-governmental agencies.
- To select service projects on the basis of utility an feasibility.
Role of the Faculty :
- To prepare orientation programme for NSS volunteers, explain them about the concept of social service, and teach them methods and skills required for achieving the objectives of the scheme
- To promote community education through meetings, talks, news bulletins discussions etc.
- To help in formulating NSS programmers which will have direct relationship with the academic curricula.
- Role of the Student :
- To help the faculty members for collecting data of the students who participates in different events and other activities.
- To fallow up and implement the instruction given by the coordinator and faculty member of the committee
- Collecting photos of different events organizing in the college.
- To help the coordinator and faculty member in designing of the website.
The NSS CELL is Re -constituted with the following composition for the AY:2023-24
S.NO | Name | Designation | Department | Position |
1 | Dr. K. Rajasekhar | Principal | CIVIL | Chairman |
2 | Mr.D.Balasubramanyam | Asst.Prof. | EEE | Convener |
3 | Mr.M Ananda Kumar | Asst.Prof. | CIVIL | Member |
4 | Mr.R.Raghuram | Asst.Prof. | MECH | Member |
5 | Mr.K.Kartheek | Asst.Prof. | ECE | Member |
6 | Ms.M.Latha | Asst.Prof. | CSE | Member |
7 | Mr.N.Srinivasulu | Asst.Prof. | H&S | Member |
8 | Mr.P.VenkateswaraRao | Asst.Prof. | MBA | Member |
9 | Mr. B L Venkatesh |
Student |
ECE | Member |
10 | Ms. S Jyoshna |
Student |
CSE | Member |
11 | Ms. P Rajya Lakshmi |
Student |
EEE | Member |
12 | Mr. D VenkataSubbaiah |
Student |
Civil | Member |
13 | Mr.NVijayendra |
Student |
Mech | Member |
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