National Service Scheme (NSS) IIT Kharagpur

On August 12, 2017, 533 first year students were welcomed into the NSS program.  They were apprised of the origin and constitution of NSS at the national level; codes of conduct of NSS officials and students participating in the program; working area, organization and administration of NSS at IIT Kharagpur; and associated formalities, e.g., the position of NSS in the extra academic activities (EAA) program of IIT Kharagpur and grading policy.  The Program Officers, who head the fifteen units of NSS IIT Kharagpur were also introduced to those coming into the program. Professor Tapas Mondal of McMaster University, Canada also addressed the students on that day to introduce to them the technique of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), a medical procedure that often becomes useful in saving lives of individuals suffering from cardiac arrest.  He also gave a hands on training to the students and other attendees as he frequently does in many countries.  Interestingly, h...

 

544 first year students were welcomed to the NSS program of IIT Kharagpur on August 6, 2016.   They were briefed on objectives and activities of NSS – IIT Kharagpur, field work ground rules and grading policy.   They were also introduced to their Program Officers on that occasion.   Click here to view the complete NSS Orientation Program 2016 Presentation online.   Here are some images from the program:

We extend hearty welcome to freshers' (UG 1st year students) who join NSS, IIT Kharagpur team in the new academic session! This post gives a glimpse of the orientation program conducted for new-comers yesterday forenoon at V2 Hall of Vikramshilla complex. Program Coordinator of NSS sent invitation to all freshers the previous day and the program started at sharp 9 AM, as per the schedule. Program Coordinator in his welcome speech emphasized the importance of punctuality when the newly joined members among us take up service oriented activities in village and slums. To begin with, the NSS Symbol, NSS motto and the very purpose of NSS was explained. It was noted that NSS program is to (i)give an extra dimension to higher education to orient youth towards community service, (ii)expose them to realities of life and bring about a change in their social perception, and (iii)sensitize them to the need of the masses so that they can accommodate them when they become policy makers. ...

The orientation of first year students was held today at V2 auditorium of IIT Kharagpur. About 500 new students joined the program this year. NSS Program Coordinator using power-point slides explained the aim and scope of NSS activities, in reference to work carried out by 15 different units in 18 villages and slums. Since in IIT Kharagpur this is treated as curricular program, the orientation also dwelt on how evaluation is done, how grade is arrived at and the consequence of poor grades. In the Q & A session, all queries of students like annual camp, dress code, conveyance, leave rule were addressed. At the end of this one hour orientation that started at 9 AM, the freshers interacted with unit faculty / senior students of respective units and proceeded to respective villages. The following video is recorded at the orientation. We add few pictures too.

NSS, IIT Kharagpur extends warm welcome to all new students in the campus. We eagerly look forward to work with new batch of NSS volunteers who are joining the NSS team. Here, we report briefly two important events of July, 2012. [Our new hosting for blog posts - Link ] Advisory Committee Meeting NSS activities at IIT Kharagpur is aligned with academic session. We had our Advisory Committee Meeting at Board Room on July 18, 2012 chaired by our Director. We had in the meeting among others, the Regional Head of NSS from Kolkata; Secretary of Midnapur Welfare Society; Dean, Undergraduate Studies; Dean, Student Affairs; Assistant Registrar, Accounts; Coordinator, Extra Academic Activity; NSS student members and Program Officers. Program Coordinator, NSS, IIT Kharagpur presented a visual walk-through of the activities carried out in academic session 2011-2012. Support of institute administration, local administration (S.D.O., B.D.O., Panchayet) and larger IIT Kharagpur community wa...