NSS


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. Today, NSS has more than 3.2 million student volunteers on its roll spread over 298 Universities and 42 (+2) Senior Secondary Councils and Directorate of Vocational Education all over the country. From its inception, more than 3.75 crores students from Universities, Colleges and Institutions of higher learning have benefited from the NSS activities, as student volunteers.

A unit of National Service Scheme (Unit 63) was sanctioned at our College in 1998 and which was inaugurated by Prof. K.P.Jayarajan (Controler of Exams., Kannur Univeristy). Dr.M.J Mathew was the founder Programme Officer. In 2008 onwards an additional unit (Unit 30 ) was also sanctioned in our college. View

Succession List of Programme Officers
Name Tenure Unit
Dr. M.J. Mathew 1998-2003 Unit 63
Dr. K.V.Dhevadhasan 2003-2005 Unit 63
Dr. Bijumon R 2005 - 2008 Unit 63
Mrs. Sheeja Naroth 2003-2005 Unit 63
Dr.Ajitha.V. 2008 – 2010 Unit 63
Dr.Meera.M. 2010 – 2013 Unit 30
Dr.Aneesh Kumar.K. 2011-2014 Unit 63
Mr.Shinil Kuriakose 2013-2015 Unit 30
Dr. Shijo M.Joseph 2014-2017 Unit 63
Ms. Vidya T. M 2015-2018 Unit 30
Dr. Jayasagar Adiyeri 2017-2020 Unit 63
Mr. Sebin George 2019-2022 Unit 30
Ms. Sapna P 2020-2023 Unit 63
Mr. Rejeesh E 2022-Onwards Unit 30
Anupama M 2023-Onwards Unit 63

Major Milestones Completed

  • Regular Activities
  • Special Camping program
  • College Road constructed by NSS
  • Road constructed at Punnad
  • Medical camps
  • Anti drug awareness
  • Camp at Palathinkadavu
  • NTSE Coaching program
  • Community service
  • Lunch Packet distribution at various old age homes
  • Blood donation etc.
  • NSS magazine
  • ASAP

Highlights of Programmes Organized :

  • Regular Activities.
  • 7 day special camping programme
  • World environment Day programme
  • Anti Drug pledge
  • Yoga Demonstration
  • Rain walk programme
  • Clean Campus programme
  • Planting of Saplings
  • Visit of orphanages
  • Independence Day celebrations
  • Terrace Farming
  • ‘My plastic’
  • Blood Donation Camp
  • E-Waste collection Campaign
  • 3 Day Nature appreciation camp
  • Eye camp
  • Feed the Hungry programme
  • Womens Day celebration.
  • Regular Activities.
  • 7 day special camping programme
  • My plastic
  • Agathikoru Pothichoru
  • Personality development classes
  • Environmental protection programme
  • Awareness classes
  • Orientation programme
  • Soft skill Training
  • Disaster Management class
  • Visit to Home for Destitute and Orphanages
  • Plantation of trees and Agriculture Crops
  • Blood Donation Camp
  • Planting of 200 saplings.
  • Distribution of Food packets at Home for the destitutes at Madathil and Koottupuzha
  • Independence day celebration
  • Class on ‘Pipe composting and plastic waste Management’.
  • Personality development programme viz. ‘Future’.
  • Orientation Programme for Junior NSS Volunteers
  • Sadbhavana day celebration
  • Teachers day celebration
  • Gandhi Jayanthi celebration
  • Khadi Exhibition with the help of Kerala Khadi Board.
  • Plastic Waste Management Programme ‘My Plastic’
  • Collection of charity fund for a Kidny Patient.
  • Anti Drug awareness programme
  • Palliative Day observation
  • ASAP orientation programme
  • A 7 days special camping programme at PerumpunnaL.P.School.from18th to 25th December 2009.
  • Green and clean campus – ‘NammudeMaramPadhathi’.
  • ‘Adolescence’ problems and solutions.
  • NSS - Its relevance programme.
  • Ground cleaning by NSS Volunteers.
  • Gandhi Jayanthi celebrations.
  • 'Roads safety’ programme.
  • Legal Literacy Seminar in association with KELSA.
  • ‘Human Rights Day’ programme.
  • Green and clean campus.
  • Independence day celebration.
  • Legal Literacy Seminar.
  • Vision for all.
  • Seminar on ‘Youth for Peace’.
  • Seminar on Adolescents : Problems and Solutions’
  • 7 day Special Camping Programmes.

Sri Sudhakaran M. P. hand over the key of the newly built home by Mahatma Gandhi College NSS Units and Indiraji Memorial Education & Charitable Trust.

Key handover function of the home newly built by Mahatma Gandhi College NSS Units and Indiraji Memorial Education & Charitable Trust. Sri K. Sudhakaran (Member of Parliament), Adv. Sunny Joseph MLA, Sri Velayudhan (President, Iritty Block Panchayath), College Manager Sri C. V. Joseph and Dr Shijo M Joseph (Principal, Mahatma Gandhi College, Iritty) spoke.