IITM NSS

Hello sir I am here as I want to know the activities that took place in National Service Scheme of Indian Institute of Technology Madras so will you please tell me about this??

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is an autonomous public engineering and research institution located in Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu, India.

Founded in 1959 with technical and financial assistance from the former government of West Germany, it was the third Indian Institute of Technology that was established by the Government of India through an Act of Parliament, to provide education and research facilities in engineering and technology.

The National Service Scheme was instituted with the aim of creating social awareness among students and give them an opportunity to serve society.

The IIT Madras wing of the NSS has over 200 students, both first year and senior students, contributing to the cause of the scheme.



The student volunteers of NSS have been engaged in the following activities.

-Helping in the education of under-privileged children of Taramani :

Taramani is a village located near the IIT campus. There are a large number of children in the village who have poor and illiterate parents and hence find it difficult to progress in their education.

Around 70 NSS volunteers help such children in the six NSS centers located in the village. The children are taught on 6 days of the week in the evenings for one and a half hours everyday. Subjects covered include Mathematics, English, Social Sciences, Tamil and Science.

Extra classes are held during examination periods. The efforts of the volunteers have evoked an enthusiastic response from the villagers.

-Helping children in Vanavani and the Central School located inside the IIT campus : In the campus, there are many children who are handicapped by the poverty and lack of education of their parents.

NSS volunteers help children (from LKG to 12th standard) by holding special classes six days of the week at the Campus Amenities Center.

-Waste disposal : Student volunteers of the NSS together with members of SWARM (Solid Waste Recycling and Management) help in recycling organic waste generated in the campus.
A water harvesting programme has been started and is being managed by Prof. Thandaveswara (Civil Engg. Dept.).

-NSS volunteers have helped in arranging Yoga camps, blood-donation camps etc. for the students of the Institute. Volunteers also collect donations (clothes and money) for organizations such as Udavum Karangal.

-AID (Association for India's Development) is another organization with similar objectives, started by Indian students and professionals in USA.

Several IIT Alumni are active members of AID and have started a wing for AID in the Institute. The AID volunteers work in conjunction with the NSS volunteers.


Contact Detail:
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
IIT P.O., Chennai 600 036
INDIA

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