ABOUT NSS

The college was allotted National Service Scheme Unit by Acharya Nagarjuna University and appointed Mr.M.Sudhakar, Asst.Professor, Dept.of Maths, by the Vice-Chancellor of Acharya Nagarjuna University, Sri L.Venugopala Reddy on 07.08.2003 and the NSS Unit was inaugurated on 16.12.2003 by Prof.Padmasri Durga Prasada Rao, Vice-Chancellor, N.I.T., Chattisgarh.

On 15th March, 2004, Voluntary Blood Donors Club was inaugurated by Prof.L.Venugopala Reddy, Vice-Chancellor of Acharya Nagarjuna University. This is the first biggest Blood Donors Club in our state. Nearly, 1000 students voluntarily enrolled their names as members. The motto of this Club is ‘To donate fresh & pure blood to the needy in emergency”. So far, 3,000 students donated blood to needy persons through our club and completed blood grouping about 12,000 students since 2004.

I would like to cite a few landmarks in the work of the NSS Unit of the college during the recent six years

• Organized Tsunami Relief Camp at Nizampatnam Harbour on 8th & 9th January 2005 and distributed 55 quintals of provisions worth Rs.1.15 lakhs to 160 fishermen families
• Frequently conducting NSS Special Camps in the adopted village Chowdavaram palle
• Completed Blood grouping for about 11,000 students and staff of the College, since 2004.
• Campaigning on importance of blood donation every year.
• Organizing a Biggest Voluntary Blood Donors Club in the college premises with 1000 blood donors, every year since 2004. The motto is to donate fresh & pure blood to the needy. Created 100% awareness among staff and students about donation of blood. Till now, about 3000 NSS Volunteers have donated their blood to the needy through the Blood Donors Club. Our NSS P.O., Sri M.Sudhakar donated himself blood (O-negative) 41 times since 1995.
• Participation in National Integration Camp (NIC) held at New Delhi for 7 days (27 Dec-05 to 2nd Jan-06) and winning the Overall Championship of the NIC.
• Participation in the National State Level and University Level Youth Festival and winning awards of recognition.
• Work carried out in the adopted village on various aspects including Medical Camp, Literacy Campaigns and Counseling on various aspects of Socio, Economic Development and Peoples participation.
• Conducting HIV Aids Awareness Rallies, every year.
• Youth Leadership Training Programmes and University sponsored activities including Training Programme on Disaster Management etc.
• Received two National Level, two State Level, six University Level and one District Level Awards/ Appreciations since 2004
• Attended Training programmes on Youth Leadership and Disaster Managements organized by Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India in Visakhapatnam, Trivendrum, Sri Perumbudur and also by T.O.C., NSS Regional Centre, A.U., Visakhapatnam
• Organized Flood Relief Operation-2009 in the recent floods in Tullur & Amaravathi Mandals of Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh and distributed provisions of 110 quintals worth Rs.5.00 lakhs to 500 flood affected families during 9th – 10th October 2009
• Five of our NSS Volunteers have participated in National Youth Exchange and Home Stay Programme organized by RJNIYD at AIZWAL in Mizoram state during 16th-26th April 2011
• The NSS Unit is always standing on the front to extend its service to any kind of natural calamity and take it as a “right to service”, being the NSS family
• Only one Engineering College in A.P., actively involved in NSS and Disaster Relief Operations since 2004.
• click here for Brief Report on NSS