NSS Orientation Program in IPER college Bhopal

BHOPAL, India - Oct. 16, 2015 - PRLog -- The National Service Scheme (NSS) orientation program was held at one of the finest colleges in Bhopal for management and undergraduate courses - IPER on October 13, 2015 for UG students. The guest Dr. Anant Kumar Saxena, Program Coordinator, Barkatullah University (BU Bhopal) and Mr. Rahul Singh Parihar, Training Officer, Madhya Pradesh were invited by the Program Coordinator, Mr. Abhishek Pratap Singh Sachan, for guiding the students.

Dr. Upasana Sharma HOD (Commerce) and Dr. Trupti Dave HOD (Management) at IPER UG welcomed the guests with floral presentations.

Event coordinator Ms. Komal Singh, Faculty IPER UG invited Mr. Rahul Singh Parihar to provide the details of the NSS. He addressed the students by stressing upon the importance of community service in a student’s life and how such activity can develop personality. He cleared the doubts that this is a service scheme for serving the community not as a labour, but as a force creating awareness among the general public through leadership qualities. The leadership by NSS volunteers helps in attracting attention of general public about services like cleaning streets and fighting against diseases like HIV. He further elaborated about the procedure of getting to the top levels of this scheme through participation of Volunteers in various camps, starting from college level and going up to the national level. At IPER, for students pursuing management and commerce under graduate courses after 12^th commerce, this event was a stepping stone towards contributing to the society.

The volunteers selected to represent the state are amongst 7 Nodal Universities in Madhya Pradesh who can attend the+ 30 day national camp held in New Delhi every year and participate in the Republic Day parade. Apart from these volunteers, students also get chance to meet the Prime Minister of India exclusively at his 7, Race Course Residence, New Delhi. The best National Service Scheme volunteer selected from all over India is presented “Indira Gandhi NSS Award” by the President of India, at the great Ashoka Hall in Rashtrapati Bhawan. This scheme not only helps in personality and character development but its certificates are also useful in getting additional percentage to qualify for eligibility to various competitions or occupations etc. It is a linking process between students and society. He gave examples of how Ashutosh Rana Film actor and Deepak Chourasia, Journalist apart from himself has succeeded in life through the national scheme. He told the audience about visiting US as an “Indian Youth Ambassador” for the international camp and feels proud and indebted to this scheme for providing him such a great opportunities. The students were made aware of NSS song and clapping style adopted by volunteers.

Event coordinator Ms. Komal Singh then invited Dr. Anant Kumar Saxena to further provide guidance on the functioning of NSS.

Dr Anant guided the undergraduate students about how this scheme helps in bringing out the hidden talent of youths through community service activities such as street plays, dramas, speeches, debates and rallies etc. He stimulated students to participate in it apart from being excellent in academics for their overall progress. To start the program college has to identify any nearby village and adopt it for students to create awareness about community services and perform activities that are given in diaries to be provided to them. A 7 day camp has to be organized at that village for this purpose. This will make the volunteers to become eligible for first university level camp and thereafter move on to state and national levels. He ended his address by inviting the students to participate in this program in huge numbers.

The Session ended by presenting guests with the IPER Mementos by Mr. Abhishek Pratap Singh Sachan, faculty of IPER Bhopal (http://www.iper.ac.in).