National Service Scheme, under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Govt. of India, popularly known as NSS was launched in Gandhiji’s Birth Centenary Year 1969, in 37 Universities involving 40,000 students with primary focus on the development of personality of students through community service.
National Service Scheme, under the Ministry of Youth Affairs And Sports, Govt. of India, popularly known as NSS was launched in Gandhiji’s birth Centenary year 1969, In 37 universities involving 40000 students with primary focus on the development of personality of students through community service. The motto of NSS “Not me But You”, reflects the essence of democratic living and upholds the need of self less service. The symbol for NSS has been based on the giant Rath wheel of the world famous Konark Sun Temple, Situated in Orissa in India.
NSS was introduced in Pushpagiri College of Nursing with the enrollment of 86 members on 01/09/2014. NSS volunteers generally work with the village and agencies to complete 120 hours of regular activities. Our NSS unit adopted “Jeevan Jyothi-old age home” and conducted various activities there. The present strength of our unit is 145 volunteers. The volunteers are conducting Sramadan in the college campus and other community areas, IEC programmers celebrating importance days such as World health day, World women’s day, Anti-Tobacco-day, Environmental day, the volunteers involved in conducting surveys and identifying the problems of that particular area and need based care is providing. Special camps are conducting according to the need of the community. NSS unit of Pushpagiri College of Nursing provide each volunteer an opportunity to serve the community and develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility.
Our Office Bearers
| Sr. Mayuka SIC | 2015 – 2016 |
| Mrs. Sajitha V Thampi | 2016 – 2017 |
| Mrs. T Toshiba | 2017 – 2019 |
| Mrs. Jincy Mariam Yohannan | 2019 – 2021 |
| Mrs. Asha Ashok | 2021 – 2022 |
| Mrs. Riti Anne Thomas | 2023 – 2024 |
School Health Program was conducted at Thirumoolavilasam UP school. This program helped in attaining Importance of balanced diets and healthy eating among the schoolers and teenaged population of the rural public. in general. It also helped the volunteers in helping the students in various doubts arising from unhealthy eating habits of the students leading to
Read more →The National Service Scheme unit (NSS/FU/PNT/KUHS/2) of Pushpagiri College of Nursing conducted a medical camp with a few exceptionally gifted senior physicians from the department of community health medicine and our NSS volunteers. It helped the volunteers to deal with all kinds of medical ailments and to give them awareness sessions regarding the same. It
Read more →The National Service Scheme unit (NSS/FU/PNT/KUHS/2) of Pushpagiri College of Nursing conducted This activity helped to create a sense of brotherhood among volunteers and a sense of belongingness which in turn helped them to draw close to the adopted village. The volunteers donated basic essentials and grocery kits to the villagers. They were received with
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