About NSS

The N.S.S. has been established by the central government to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s birth centenary in the year 1969. The scheme promotes Gandhian thought of rural development and self-dependence.

The N.S.S. department has been actively functioning right from the inception of the college in 2001. The N.S.S. intends to inculcate the qualities of self-dependence, social sensibility, honesty and dignity of labor.

The college runs all the programs and activities designed by the ministry of youth affairs and sports and the Shivaji university, Kolhapur . The college has the N.S.S. Unit of two hundred volunteers.

Motto of NSS

“Not Me But You”
The expression stands for two things:
1. Forgetting and surrendering the self, and Rendering selfless service to others.
2. The word "Not" before "Me" is to reduce the self to nothing and the Word "But" before "You" can be expanded as follows: - “I do not live for me but for you.” “The world is not only for me but to you also.”

NSS Symbol

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 design of the symbol, a simplified from of the Sun-chariot wheel, primarily depicts movement. The wheel signifies the progressive cycle of life.

NSS Aims and Objective

The main objectives of National Service Scheme (NSS) are :
1. Understand the community in which they work
2. Understand themselves in relation to their community
3. Identify the needs and problems of the community and involve them in problem-solving
4. Develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility
5. Utilise their knowledge in finding practical solutions to individual and community problems
6. Develop competence required for group-living and sharing of responsibilities
7. Gain skills in mobilising community participation
8. Acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitudes
9. Develop capacity to meet emergencies and natural disasters and
10. Practise national integration and social harmony

Nature of NSS

Each enrolled N.S.S. Volunteer needs to contribute 240 clocks for the social work.
The N.S.S. implements programmes in two chief ways –
1. Regular Activities
2. Special camping activities

Special Camping Activities

The college organizes a seven-day residential special camp for volunteers.
Activities Carried out in such camps:
• Swachata
• Shramadaan
• Bandhara Building
• lecture for farmer
• Village Street Play
• Tree Plantation Drive
• Interaction and Awareness Campaign
• Medical Checkup

Regular Activities

• Disaster Management Training Programmes
• Street Plays
• Tree Plantation Drives
• Red Ribbon Club Activities
• Blood Donation Camps
• Career Guidance Programmes

Programme Officer

- Prof. S. S. Bongale
- Prof. N. A. Patil