National Service Scheme (NSS) IIT Kharagpur

Roadwork at Purba Shikarpari (units 9 and 12), Library area of Banpatna (unit 11) and Dakshin Banpatna (units 10, 13, 14 and 15) should have gotten a tremendous boost with the delivery of an additional 6 wheel barrows although the impact was somewhat nullified by an unusual obsession of several units (including unit 1 working at Seva Dal and units 2 and 4 working at Raghunathpur) with street play ( nukkad ) rehearsal. The afternoon session was also extremely productive except for the sad back-to-back losses of NSS cricket team at the hands of the youth's team of Khelar-Banpatna.   The first one of the two 8-over matches was basically a wash out with the loosing team managing a paltry 43 runs and the victors chasing the total at the cost of only 2 wickets with countless overs to spare.  Performance of NSS in the second one was better - only very slightly - despite the valiant wicket keeping by Professor Dibakar Dhara captured in several professional grade photographs ta...

This semester, we saw a resurgent Unit 2. The unit is active in Ayodhyagarh and Salboni villages. While all the nearby villages need attention, these two are among those villages where people face maximum hardship. Besides poverty, water crisis is a major problem to deal with. In an informal meeting at B.D.O. office on May 08, the NSS representatives shared their findings. Here is a visual walk-through of activities undertaken by young student members of NSS, IIT Kharagpur in this semester. Facilitating repair of village tubewells: Finally, the water ... Gift of a wheelchair: Cloth Distribution: Book distribution: Water filter for the village school: Lending a hand in the construction of extension of village school: Scholarship (sponsored by alumni) distribution: