NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME
NSS unit of the college works for the development and upliftment of society. It enrolled 213 volunteers in the session 2022-23. The college is actively engaged in community service, which helps to inculcate the spirit of service and civic values among the students. Visits to Orphanage and Old Age Home, Mental Hospital, and Institute for the Deaf and Dumb are organized from time to time. Several times, festivals are celebrated with the inmates. The students make collections in kind and cash to share with the inmates. Students are also sensitized to various national problems and are given the training to serve society with a human touch in times of emergency. In the recent past, funds were collected for COVID affected people. The college participates in various community service programmes organized by Arya Samaj and DAV Institutions. Under the leadership of Principal Dr. Pushpinder Walia, the college remains committed to the cause of community development and service and has adopted five villages: Malawali, Tabowali, Gumtala Sub-urban, Meerakot, Kalan and Meerakot Khurd. Dr. Walia organises lectures and workshops in these villages to raise awareness about health, environmental, and other crucial issues. Social Entrepreneurship, Swachhta& Rural Engagement Cells have also been formed in the college to promote sustainable rural livelihoods. Additionally, Dr. Walia has also launched the Clean India campaign 2.0 and the Kora Kaagaz project which, following the 3 R’s of reduce, reuse, and recycle, reutilizes waste paper to provide free notebooks to the children from slum areas. During the pandemic, Dr. Walia conducted and organised special programmes/welfare measures to provide food to the far-off rural belt of Majitha village, in collaboration with the district administration.
Objectives
- To enrich the students personality and deepen their understanding of the social environment in which they live.
- To develop socio-economic awareness and encourage the students to impart the same to the illiterate community of the area adopted.
- To develop socio-economic activities designed to tackle social problems.
Incentives & Weightage
- The college awards concessions and incentives to the best NSS Volunteers.
- The volunteers get additional 3 percent marks in aggregate for seeking admission to higher class after graduation.
- Punjab State Youth Award of Rs.5,000 is given to volunteers who give distinguished social and national services.
- One special excursion trip/picnic is arranged for NSS volunteers.
- NSS volunteers would get a special 10 percent discount on the total cost of all the college trips and tours.
- Best NSS Volunteer is honoured on Annual Awards Day.
- Many private sector organizations give extra weightage to those volunteers who participate in community service.