National Service Scheme (NSS) IIT Kharagpur

Midday meals at primary schools in and around Kharagpur are prepared mostly using fire wood.   With an objective of eliminating such a practice that disrupts the environment, IIT Kharagpur is funding procurement of three solar reflector ovens in the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan program.   An oven was procured in this initiative from PRINCE – Promoters, Researchers and Innovators in New and Clean Energy, of Dhule for evaluation at Upar Kenthia Primary School near Kharagpur for its usefulness in midday meal preparation.   Volunteers of Unit 6 finished its installation on March 25, 2017 and are currently trying to iron out initial teething problems.   Further, s ince primary schools of this region usually have no space for secure storage and installation of such equipment, Unit 6 and 8 volunteers guided by their Program Officers, Professors JN Roy and BM Manoj, are also trying to design a similar but folding system with a more efficient configuration and an automatic t...

NSS IIT Kharagpur, UNIT 6 works in the village named Gholgharia, about 4 KM from IIT Kharagpur campus. We first present some pictures that gives an overview of the activities from 08-08-2015 to 05-09-2015 and then the weekly report. The activities centered around plantation, cleaning, teaching and survey. The survey statistics presented below in the form of plots is interesting. 08-08-2015 Plantation The plantation team watered the plants and worked cooperatively despite the heat. All the NSS volunteers were fully energized. They were given the task to sow the saplings and water the plants which were planted already. School staff were pleased to see their hard work Cleaning The cleaning team started their work of cleaning the classrooms. The team members began with the class room beside the assembly place followed by the other one and then the store house. It was a tiresome task for them because the classes were somewhat dirty but they worked to...