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National Service Scheme (NSS)
Conveners :
Dr. Gayatri Agarwal & Ms. Shehnaaz Nazkani

The ideological orienta on of the NSS is inspired by the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi. Very appropriately, the mo o of NSS is “NOT
ME, BUT YOU”. An NSS volunteer places the 'community' before 'self'. 'Educa on through Service' is the purpose of the NSS. In
keeping with this mo o and purpose, the NSS units of the College iden fied the needs and problems of the community and
organised various ac vi es by involving them in problem-solving exercises.
● On the occasion of World Vi ligo Day, an online session tled 'Let's Accept Vi ligo' was organized on June 25, 2021. Mr. Akash
Tiwari, the Resource Person, shared his life experiences on how he courageously faced
vi ligo. He even shared some inspira onal videos to spread awareness about the skin
disorder.

● On August 21, 2022, a Tree Planta on Drive was conducted at Kelva Beach by the
Kelve Paryavaran Samvardhan Mandal. The NSS volunteers of the College who had
been invited for the Drive planted 75 seedlings of Barringtonia and Kono Karpus trees
with fer lizers.

● A webinar tled 'Two Wheels, One Life' for two-wheeler safety awareness was
organized on October 29, 2021. In the webinar, Mr. Cyril Gaikwad and Mr. Rohit Dalvi,
Resource Persons from United Way Mumbai spoke about the three main elements that can improve two-wheeler safety,
namely: wearing a helmet according to one's head size; not using a helmet that has been impacted a er one impact and what
and how to assist a vic m in case of an accident.

● A Voter Registra on Drive aptly called 'Mark Your Presence' was conducted in collabora on
with NSS Cell, Mumbai on November 23-24, 2021. A Google form was circulated to collect
the details required for the registra on of a Voter ID. Later ZOOM mee ngs were ini ated in
which volunteers along with the persons who filled the Google forms came together to fill
in the official form for Voter Registra on on the website of nvsp.in.

● Another Electoral Process was conducted on November 25 – 26, 2021. In this Drive all
persons who wanted to get themselves registered as voters were invited to the College with
the documents required for voter registra on on the official website of nvsp.in. Eighty
prospec ve voters availed of the opportunity.
● In order to spread AIDS awareness the Units of different colleges par cipated in a Flash
Mob which was conducted in collabora on with Red Ribbon Club on December 10, 2021.
The choreographers prepared volunteers for concepts of LGBTQI, Drug Addic on,
Coronavirus, HIV etc.
● Muskurahat: On the occasion of Christmas, the NSS Units
organised Clothes Collec on on December 20-21,2021
followed by a Distribu on Drive on December 25, 2021
at Radhika Old Age Home, Bhayandar, Lower Parel and
areas around the College. Muskurahat was an endeavour ini ated by the NSS Units to help
homeless and needy people.

● Social Media and Informa on Disorder: The NSS Units organised a Mumbai City District
level webinar on January 08, 2022 on the topic 'Social Media and Disinforma on - How to
Stop the Spread of False Informa on Online?' Dr. Rommani Sen Shitak, a College faculty
member, led the webinar highligh ng the sta s cs of how fake news is more likely to be shared among people rather than
real news and WhatsApp is the largest carrier of fake news and hoaxes in India.

● As Mumbai faced a serious cold wave in the month of January people living in slums, roads and open areas were most
affected. A por on of the clothes collected during the Clothes Dona on Drive and more than fi y blankets were distributed
by around ten NSS volunteers to needy persons at Masjid Bunder, an area adopted by the NSS Units of Hinduja College. This
ac vity was conducted on January 12, 2022 which has been designated as Na onal Youth Day.

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