KUMARAGURU INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE

(Affiliated to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University)

NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME

ANNUAL REPORT 2019-20

Sakthi Nagar – 638 315, Erode District

KUMARAGURU INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE (Affiliated to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University) Sakthi Nagar - 638 315, Erode District

NSS ANNUAL REPORT

I. Details of NSS volunteers

No. of Male Female Total 30 (2st yr) + 69 (2st yr)+ 219 54 (1st yr) 66 (1st yr)

No. of SC ST OC Minority Volunteers 28 3 179 9

II. Activities conducted during 2019-20

The following NSS activities were conducted during 2019-20

S.NO DATE Programme ACTIVITY Place 1. 22.04.2019 NSS Special Camp  Parthenium eradication and Ammapalayam Village, to Erode district tree sapling planting 28.04.2019 Programme  Plastic eradication awareness campaign and importance of soil testing  Training on vermi- composting, bee keeping and mushroom cultivation  Free health testing and eye check-up camp  Training on hydroponics, Azolla production and silage production  Training on value added food production  Yoga training and physical fitness awareness camp 2. 21.11.2019 blood Donation camp NSS volunteers donated 50 Kumaraguru Institute of Agriculture units of blood 3. 24.01.2020 National girl child day Mini marathon was conducted Kumaraguru Institute of celebration Agriculture for female students and staff members of KIA

1. SPECIAL CAMP

The NSS Special Camp was held from April 22 to 28, 2019 at the adopted village of Ammapalayam, Gobi Taluk, Erode District with the motto of self-entrepreneurship development. Totally 59 students of II B.Sc. (Agri.) 2017 -18 Batch attended this camp.

Details of NSS Special Camp participated volunteers Sl.No. Name of the college Students attended Period of special camp Place of the camp the special camp Boys Girls Total From To 1. Kumaraguru Institute Of 29 30 59 22.04.2019 28.04.2019 Ammapalayam, Agriculture Erode District

PARTHENIUM ERADICATION AND TREE SAPLING PLANTING PROGRAMME (Day 1) Parthenium eradication Rally was conducted on 22.04.2019 by the NSS volunteers. During the rally adverse effects created by parthenium weed and its control measures were highlighted. Students took up control measures of the weed in farmers’ fields with the participation of 25 farmers. A Special Lecture on ‘Importance of Parthenium Eradication and Their Control Measures’ was delivered to farmers by Dr. C. Sangeetha, Assistant Professor (Agronomy), KIA. Followed by 30 tree Saplings were planted by NSS volunteers alongside the Ammapalayam Village road, and were provided protection.

Parthenium Awareness Rally

Parthenium Control by NSS Volunteers

Tree Sapling Planting by NSS Volunteers PLASTIC ERADICATION AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AND IMPORTANCE OF SOIL TESTING (Day 2) Plastic Eradication Awareness Rally was conducted on 23.04.2019. NSS volunteers collected the plastic waste from the Village and adjacent agricultural lands. A Special Lecture was delivered by Dr. V.Velu, Guest Faculty (Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry), KIA about the ‘Adverse effects of plastic in agricultural land and importance of soil testing’. Around 30 farmers participated and benefitted from this programme.

Plastic Awareness Rally

Cleaning of Plastic Waste by NSS Volunteers TRAINING ON VERMICOMPOSTING, BEE KEEPING AND MUSHROOM CULTIVATION (Day 3) On the third day of the Special Camp (24.04.2019), free trainings on vermicomposting, bee keeping and mushroom cultivation were organized to promote self-employment among the village people. The Trainings were conducted by Dr.V. Karthika, Assistant Professor (Environmental Science), Mr. V. Dhanasekar, Assistant Professor (Agricultural Entomology) and Mrs. M. Maheshwari, Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology), KIA, respectively. More than 30 farmers participated and benefited.

Training on Mushroom Production

Training on Honey Bee Rearing

FREE HEALTH TESTING AND EYE CHECK-UP CAMP (Day 4) Free medical health check-up and eye check-up camp were organized on the fourth day of the Special Camp (25.04.2019), with the help of V.M.K Hospital, Appakudal. More than 100 people from Ammapalayam and nearby Villages benefitted from this camp. The village people underwent health check-up and eye check-up by a team of doctor and were given medicine and consultation free of cost. The doctor distributed Vitamin tablets and medicines for wound and pain relief ointment to the needy people.

Free Health Check Up TRAINING ON HYDROPONICS, AZOLLA PRODUCTION AND SILAGE PRODUCTION (Day 5) On the fifth day of the Special Camp (26.04.2019), free trainings on hydroponics, Azolla production and silage production were organized to encourage nutrient rich cattle feed production. The trainings were conducted by Dr. C. Sangeetha, Assistant Professor (Agronomy) and Dr. M. Iniyakumar, Assistant Professor (Microbiology), KIA. More than 40 farmers participated and benefited from the programme.

Training on Azolla Production

TRAINING ON VALUE ADDED FOOD PRODUCTION (Day 6)

On the sixth day (27.04.2019) of the NSS Special Camp, a value added food production training was conducted. On that day, Dr. S. Umamaheshwari, Assistant Professor (Food Science and Nutrition), KIA provided the training to village people on elephant food yam value added food production. Around 35 people participated in this training.

Training on Value Added Food Production

YOGA TRAINING AND PHYSICAL FITNESS AWARENESS CAMP (Day 7) On the seventh day of the Special Camp (28.04.2019), yoga training and physical fitness awareness activities were organized to Ammapalayam Village people. During the camp, Th. C. Jayanthi, Assistant Professor, Manavalakalai Mandram, Gobichettipalayam delivered a Special Lecture about the ‘Importance of Yoga for Physical Fitness’. On that occasion, free training was given to the village people for different yoga Asanas. More than 50 people enthusiastically participated in this training and benefitted.

Yoga Training to Village People

Yoga Training to Village People

2. Blood Donation camp (21.11.2019)

NSS volunteers donated 50 units of blood in blood Donation camp which was conducted on Nov. 21, 2019 at KIA in association with PHC, Athani, Erode District.

Blood Donation camp

Blood Donation camp

3. National girl child day celebration (24.01.2020) Mini marathon was conducted for female students and staff members of KIA for celebration of National girl child day on 24.01.2020.

Mini marathon

Mini marathon