NSS (National Service Scheme)

The NSS Unit of Vidyasagar Metropolitan College started operating from 2008 and has gone from strength to strength with every passing year. Regular activities throughout the year comprised of College safai programmes, poster competitions on environmental awareness, power point presentations on environmental pollution, visits to an adopted slum, blood donation camp, thalassemia awareness camp, free thalassemia test for students organized jointly with NRS Hospital. Volunteers and teachers participated in rallies and programmes to observe World AIDS Day and World Environment Day. Moreover, the college N.S.S unit has also participated in anti-drug programmes and other seminars on social issues organized by the University of Calcutta. Volunteers have also bagged prizes for quiz and other programmes in similar events.

The Programme Officer and students of the N.S.S unit of Vidyasagar Metropolitan College have represented the University of Calcutta at National N.S.S programmes and Youth Festivals in Gurgaon, Bhubaneshwar, Shimla and Rajasthan. Special camps have been organized by the NSS unit of Vidyasagar Metropolitan College at 19/1 Bechu Chatterjee Street slum. The NSS unit with the help of the local people selected the portico of a local temple, Shyamsundartala, as the venue for the seven day extensive programme. The nature of the activities to be held at the camp was decided by the survey reports of the adopted slum by NSS volunteers. Doctors, teachers and researchers addressed the slum dwellers on various issues from population control, AIDS awareness, infectious diseases, health and hygiene. Competitions were held for the children and women. Free medical check-ups were organized where physiotherapists, paediatricians, gynaecologists and general physicians attended to the health requirements of the slum dwellers. Free medicines were distributed by an NGO ‘Banchbo’ at the health camp. Film shows were organized for children. All participants from the slum were given prizes and goodies to enhance their interest and encourage their support.

The College Unit was appreciated for its programmes in the field of social welfare. In 2010, the Unit which was working for only three years was given the recognition of the BEST NSS UNIT amongst all the Units of the CU affiliated Colleges. Third year Bengali (Honours) student, Chiranjit Samanta won the Best Volunteer Award, thus proving that we had realized the principal ideal of the organization inherent in Swamiji's philosophy of "Not me but You" in substantial measure.

The students of the College have continuously made the NSS programmes a success through their selfless service and dedicated involvement. We hope to see our NSS Unit flourish and attain new heights of excellence in the sphere of community service in the future.

Extension Activities:

Sl. No.	Activity	Organising Unit/Agency/Collaborating Agency	Scheme	Activity Year	Link
01.	Thalassemia Awareness and Screening Programme, on 06.04.2023	NSS unit, VMC in collaboration with the Thalassemia Control Unit of Dr. B.C. Roy Post Graduate Institute of Paediatric Sciences, Kolkata	Awareness programme	2022-23	Detail
02.	Blood Donation Camp on 23.02.23	VMC and Students Union	Awareness programme	2022-23	Detail
03.	Free Eye Check-up Camp on 23.01.2023	NSS unit, VMC in association with the Susrut Eye Foundation & Research Centre, Kolkata	NSS regular activity	2022-23	Detail
04.	National Youth Week 12.01.23-19.01.23	NSS Unit	NSS regular activity	2022-23	Detail
05.	Dengue Awareness Rally on 11.11.2022	NSS unit, VMC with NSS unit of Calcutta University and other colleges	Awareness programme	2022-23	Detail
06.	Plog Run cum awareness rally on 20.10.2022	NSS unit, VMC in collaboration with NSS unit of Bethune College, Kolkata	Celebration of 75 years of independence	2022-23	Detail
07.	Clean India Campaign on 19.10.2022	NSS unit, VMC and NSS unit of other colleges	Celebration of "Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav"	2022-23	Detail
08.	Distribution of food items and bedsheets to the slum dwellers on 24.09.2022	NSS unit, VMC	Service to the community	2022-23	Detail
09.	Fancy Dress Competition by slum children on 15.08.2022	NSS unit, VMC	SmaraneVir-Virangana	2022-23	Detail
10.	Slum visit by NSS Volunteers on 10.08.2022	NSS unit, VMC	NSS regular activity	2022-23	Detail
11.	Donate a sapling program, on 04.06.2022	Students and Teachers' Council	Environmental awareness programme	2021-22	Detail
12.	Best out of waste competition, on 04.06.2022	Students'Activity subcommittee	Environmental awareness programme	2021-22	Detail
13.	Rabindra- Najrul- PremePraneSroddhaye - Smorone, on 21.05.2022	Students' Activity subcommittee	NA	2021-22	Detail
14.	Gender sensitisation program, on 13.05.2022	Internal Complaints Cell	NA	2021-22	Detail
15.	Seminar on "B. R. Ambedkar: his life ad legacy", on 30.04.2022	Students' aActivity subcommittee, Equal Opportunity Cell and department of Political Science	Students' seminar	2021-22	Detail
16.	Presentations on "Planet in crisis", on 22.04.2022	Human Values & Professional Ethics subcommittee and Environmental Conciousness and Sustainability subcommittee	Earth day celebration	2021-22	Detail
17.	Thalassemia Awareness and Screening Programme on 22.04.2022	NSS Unit	Awareness programme	2021-22	Detail
18.	Blood Donation Camp on 23.02.22	VMC and Students Union	Awareness programme	2021-22	Detail
19.	Exemplary lives - Charting India's destiny, during 16 to 18.02.2022	IQAC	Commoretive lecture series on famous Indian personalities	2021-22	Detail
20.	Theatre Workshop on 11.04.22	Department of English	Ouutreach programme	2021-22	Detail
21.	Online inter-college paper presentation competition for undergraduate students of science, on 05.10.2021	Departments of Botany and Zoology	NA	2021-22	Detail
22.	Yoga and Mind Power training, during Sep. 2021 to June 2022	Human Values & Professional Ethics subcommittee and Environmental Conciousness and Sustainability subcommittee	NA	2021-22	Detail
23.	Online speech competition on My country, my thoughts on 22.08.2021	NSS unit, VMC	Azadi KaAmrit Mahotsav	2021-22	Detail
24.	Flood Relief Fund on 08.06.2021	VMC	Outreach	2020-21	Detail
25.	Community Kitchen on 04.06.2021-18.06.2021	VMC	Outreach	2020-21	Detail
26.	Blood Donation on 23.02.2021	VMC and Students Union	Outreach	2020-21	Detail
27.	Online quiz competition on martyrs, on 15.08.2020	NSS unit, VMC	Smarane Vir-Virangana	2020-21	Detail
28.	Covid 19 Awareness on 19.06.20 - 30.06.2020	VMC Employability Cell and Placement Cell	Awareness and Outreach	2019-20	Detail
29.	ThalasemiaAwerness and Screening Program on 4.3.2020	NSS Unit VMC	Awareness and Outreach	2019-20	Detail
30.	Rally in memory of Swami Vivekananda, on 12.01.2020	NSS unit and Nehru Yuva Kendra Kolkata (North)	NSS regular activity	2019-20	Detail
31.	Awareness programme on Child Abuse Prevention, on 20.11.19	NSS unit, VMC and State Child Commission and RAHI Foundation, Kolkata	Awareness programme	2019-20	Detail
32.	Creative Movement Project on Incest and child sextual abuse, on 14.09.2019	NSS unit, VMC and RAHI Foundation, Kolkata	Awareness programme	2019-20	Detail
33.	Awareness about the incest and child sextual abuse, on 11 & 12.09.2019	NSS unit, VMC and RAHI Foundation, Kolkata	Awareness programme	2019-20	Detail
34.	Awareness programme on how food choices impact the environment, public health and animals, on 19.08.2019	NSS unit, VMC and VEGAN Outreach (a non-profit organisation)	Awareness programme	2019-20	Detail
35.	Awareness against drug abuse and illicit trafficking 2019 on 26.06.2019	NSS unit, VMC and University of Calcutta	Awareness programme	2018-19	Detail
36.	Programme on Environmental Awareness at College Street Campus, University of Calcutta and in VMC on 06 - 07.06.2019	NSS unit, VMC and University of Calcutta	Awareness programme	2018-19	Detail
37.	Thalassemia awareness and screening programme on 08.03.2019	NSS unit, VMC and School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata	Awareness programme	2018-19	Detail
38.	Drawing and dance competition on 24.02.2019	NSS unit, VMC	Service to the community	2018-19	Detail
39.	Anti-drugs awareness programme on 23.02.2019	NSS unit, VMC and Narcotics Bureau	Awareness programme	2018-19	Detail
40.	Programme on Incest and child sexual abuse on 22.02.2019	NSS unit, VMC and RAHI Foundation, Kolkata	Awareness programme	2018-19	Detail
41.	AIDS awareness program on 20.02.2019	NSS unit, VMC and West Bengal State AIDS Prevention and Control Society	Awareness programme	2018-19	Detail
42.	Campus cleaning programme on 18.02.2019	NSS unit, VMC	NSS regular activity	2018-19	Detail
43.	One Billion Raising Campaign on 14.02.2019	NSS unit, VMC and RAHI Foundation, Kolkata	NSS regular activity	2018-19	Detail
44.	National Youth Day on 12.1.2019	NSS	Awareness programme	2018-19	Detail
45.	AIDS awareness programme on 01.12.2018	NSS unit, VMC and National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO)	Awareness programme	2018-19	Detail