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The Ministry of Education introduced the National Service Scheme during 1969. The choice of the timing of its introduction was remarkably auspicious as 1969 was the birth century year of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation to whom service was almost a religion.
The symbol of the National Service Scheme, as appearing on the cover, is based on the Rath wheel of the Konark Sun Temple of Orissa. These giant wheels of the Sun Temple portray the cycle of creation, preservation and release and signify the movement in life across time and space.
The motto or watch word of the National Service Scheme is NOT ME BUT YOU
After independence the University Grants Commission, headed by S. Radhakrishnan, recommended the introduction of voluntary national service in academic institutions. This idea was again considered by the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) at its meeting in January, 1950; after examining the idea and the experiences of other countries in this field, the board recommended that students and teachers should devote time to voluntary manual work. In the draft first Five-Year Plan adopted by the government in 1952, the need for social and labour service by Indian students for one year was stressed. In 1958 Jawaharlal Nehru, in a letter to the chief ministers, considered the idea of social service as a prerequisite for graduation. He directed the Ministry of Education to formulate a suitable scheme for the introduction of national service into academic institutions.
The broad objectives of NSS are to
The NSS unit of UIT, with student volunteers, plays an active role in shaping humane and responsible citizenship for our students. The ultimate purpose of our NSS unit is student personality growth through community service. We carried out the numerous activities like Blood donation camp
