“A Country could not progress in a desired direction until the student youth were motivated

to work for the upliftment of the villages/communities”.

National Service Scheme is an ideal value based programme for student youth. This programme was envisaged to accomplish our father of nation Mahatma Gandhiji’s long cherished desire of involving the youth in National building process.

A main objective of this scheme is personality development of the students through community service. Through NSS, the sensitization about social responsibility and national integration among the students community have been achieved to a large extent. This scheme has also proved in reducing the distance between academic institutions and communities.

The Gulbarga University had a modest beginning of NSS in 1981 with a just 2700 volunteers strength. Now the sanctioned volunteers strength of Gulbarga University till the year 2005-06 was 16000. The university acknowledges the Govt. of India and the State Govt. for being liberal in sanctioning the volunteers strength almost for six fold in a span of two decades.

Further, in recognition of the yeoman services rendered by the Gulbarga University the Govt. of Karnataka has given away the ‘Best University’ award for the year 2003-04.

(At NSS State Award Ceremony Prof. V.B. Coutinho, Vice Chancellor, GUG receiving NSS State Award from His Excellency T.N. Chaturvediji)

• Understand the community in which they work.
• Understand themselves in relation to their community.
• Identify the needs and problems in the community in the solution of which they can be involved.
• Develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility.
• Apply their education in finding practical solutions to individual and community problems.
• Develop competence required for group living and sharing responsibilities.
• Gain skills in mobilizing community participation.
• Acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitude.
• Develop capacity to meet emergencies and natural disasters and
• Practice National Integration.