Bharathidasan University Annual Report NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 24 Abstract of the Activities during the year 2011 – 12 No. of No. of S. No. Name of the Programme/Camp Camps Participants 1. National Level Programmes attended i. Republic Day Parade Camp 01 01 ii. National Integration Camp 01 03 iii. Adventure Camps 02 34 iv. Mega Camps 02 04 v. Youth Festival 01 02 vi. Indian Student Parliament 01 04 2. Foreign Visit (China) by the NSS Volunteer 01 01 3. Patriotic March 01 60 4. Socio-Economic survey conducted 01 5. NSS Volunteers participated in the National 08 Level Programmes Male 27 Female 21 6. NSS Programme Officers participated in the 03 05 National Level Programmes 7. Programmes on „Menstrual Hygiene 01 120 Management‟ 8. Programmes organised with other agencies 06 9. Programmes organised for other agencies 05 10. Personality Development Programme 05 No. of S. No. Name of the Programme/Camp Beneficiaries Units 1. No. of Awareness Rallies conducted 105 Public 2. No. of Blood Donation Camps organised 10 500 units 28,700 3. No. of Tree Plantation Programmes organised 248 saplings 4. No. of Medical Checkup camps conducted 105 3,450 5. No. of Dental camps conducted 30 800 6. No. of Eye Check up camps conducted 42 450 7. No. of Veterinary Camps conducted 25 800 2011-12 1 Bharathidasan University Annual Report NATIONAL LEVEL PROGRAMMES Republic Day Parade Camp Mr. V. Arun Balaji (II B.A.), NSS volunteer of Bishop Heber College has been selected and participated in the Republic Day Parade Camp held in New Delhi from 1st to 31st January 2012. The NSS volunteer thanked the NSS Cell of Bharathidasan University and the Regional Centre for providing the opportunity to meet the Honourable President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and other dignitaries. Earlier, the Pre-Republic Day Parade camp was held on 30th September 2011 at Bharathidasan University Campus, Trichy to select the suitable NSS Volunteers among the University level. 75 Male NSS Volunteers and 65 Female NSS Volunteers turned up for the event. 4 Male NSS Volunteers and 4 Female NSS Volunteers were selected for the Regional level selection camp held from 22nd October to 31st October 2011 at Trivandrum. National Integration Camp Manomaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli organised a National Integration Camp at Vivekananda College, Agaestheeswaram, Kanniyakumari District from 4th to 10th June, 2011. i. B. Gnana Srinivasan - National College, Trichy ii. S. Senthilnathan - Govt. Arts College, Kulithalai iii. M. Irin Princy - Holy Cross College, Trichy NSS Mega Camp at Junnar The following NSS Volunteers has attended the 12 day NSS Mega Camp at Junnar District, Pune, Maharashtra from 18th to 29th June, 2011. i. C. Sivaranjani - Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchy ii. T. Jaikumar - Dharmapuram Adhinam College, Mayiladuthurai The 12 day camp involved 7 days of camping activities at Junnar and 5 days of Educational visit to places of Historical importance in 2011-12 2 Bharathidasan University Annual Report Maharashtra. The Inaugural function and the valedictory function was held at University of Pune, Pune. NSS Mega Camp at Delhi The following NSS volunteers attended the 12 day NSS Mega Camp at Delhi from 13th to 24th November, 2011 i. S. Sathish Kumar - Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy ii. S. Gowri - Bon Secours College for Women, Thanjavur The 12 day camp involved 7 days of camping activities at Delhi and 5 days of visit to Historical importance. The participants also had the opportunity to witness the Indira Gandhi NSS Awards Ceremony on 19th November, 2011 at Delhi. Summer Adventure Camp The I Batch of Summer Adventure Camp conducted at WHMI, Narkanda, Shimla, from 23rd June to 2nd July, 2011. The camp was attended by the following NSS Volunteers NSS Volunteers Male i. V. Anbarasu - AVVM Sri Pushpam College College, Poondi ii. T. Pravin - Imayam College of Arts and Science, Thuraiyur Female iii. S.J. Karthika Jayasree - Shrimathi Indira Gandhi College, Trichy iv. R. Dhakshayini - Bharathidasan University College, Perambalur Contingent Leader Mrs. T. Vimala - Seethalakshmi Ramaswamy College, Trichy 2011-12 3 Bharathidasan University Annual Report Winter Adventure Camp Winter Adventure Camp under Rajiv Gandhi Adventure Scheme has been organized at „Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, Manali, Himachal Pradesh‟ from 21st to 30th March, 2012. The camp has been re-allocated exclusively for Bharathidasan University. 30 NSS Volunteers (15 Male + 15 Female) and 3 NSS Programme Officers (2 Male + 1 Female) were selected to participate in the Winter Adventure Programme. The list of participants are given below: NSS Volunteers Male i. S. Anand - Dept. of Economics, Bharathidasan University, Trichy ii. A. Krishtoper Abraham - M.I.E.T. College, Trichy iii. R. Vallal - Urumu Dhanalakshmi College, Trichy iv. N.S. Tamiliniyan - Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy v. S. Harikrishnan - Dharmapuram Adhinam College, Mayiladuthurai vi. S. Anbalagan - Bharathidasan University College, Perambalur vii. K. Ashok Kumar - Bharath College of Science & Management, Thanjavur viii. S. Marimuthu - H.H. The Rajah‟s College, Pudukkottai ix. R. Rajasekar - Periyar E.V.R. College, Trichy x. A. Fazal Ahmed - National College, Trichy xi. P. Murali - Pavendhar Bharathidasan College, Pudukkottai xii. G. Thiyagarajan - Adaikalamatha College, Thanjavur xiii. M. Kamesh - Srimad Andavan College, Trichy xiv. S. Kumar - Thanthai Hans Roever College, Perambalur xv. P. Augustine - Govt. Arts College, Ariyalur Female i. S. Jeevitha - Annai College, Kumbakonam ii. G. Dayana Jayaleela - Holy Cross College, Trichy iii. N. Karpagam - Cauvery College for Women, Trichy iv. A.E. Jehan Kaisar - Seethalakshmi Ramaswamy College, Trichy v. R. Aishwarya - Shrimati Indira Gandhi College, Trichy vi. P. Parameshwari - Bharathidasan University College, Orathanad vii. M. Vidhya - Bishop Heber College, Trichy viii. M. Dhivya - Rajah Serfoji Govt. College, Thanjavur ix. J. Nisha Banu - K.N. Govt. Arts College, Thanjavur 2011-12 4 Bharathidasan University Annual Report x. K. Bhuvaneswari - Nehru Memorial College, Puthanampatti xi. A. Revathi - Bharathidasan University Constituent College, Lalgudi xii. G. Shanthi - Govt. College for Women, Pudukkottai xiii. P. Saranya - Imayam College of Arts & Science, Thuraiyur xiv. D. Shruthi - Valluvar College of Science & Management, Karur xv. D. Vidhya - Sri Bharathi College of Arts & Science for Women, Kaikurichi NSS Programme Officers – Contingent Leaders Male i. Dr. P. Sivakumar - Periyar E.V.R. College, Trichy ii. Mr. A. Abdul Hakeem - Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy Female iii. Ms. S. Varalakshmi - Shrimati Indira Gandhi College, Trichy 2011-12 5 Bharathidasan University Annual Report An Orientation programme was conducted for the participants at the Bharathidasan University on 15th March 2012. NSS Coordinator of Bharathidasan University, Dr. L. Ganesan and Youth Officer from Chennai NSS Regional Centre, Shri. Thirumalai Rajkumar gave the guidelines to the participants about the Winter Adventure Camp. All the 30 NSS Volunteers and 3 NSS Programme Officers attended the orientation programme. They were explained about their travelling, trekking, safety measures, etc., during the 10 days Winter Adventure Camp at Manali, H.P. Pic: The Winter Adventure Camp Team was felicitated by the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. K. Meena, Coordinator, Dr. L. Ganesan along with other University officials News Report on ‘The Hindu’ & ‘Dinakaran dt: 05.04.2012 2011-12 6 Bharathidasan University Annual Report National Youth Festival The 17th National Youth Festival was organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India at Mangalore, Karnataka from 12th to 16th January 2012. During the festival the National Youth Convention & Suvichar was also conducted. The participants from Bharathidasan University are: NSS Volunteers i. A.J. Rufina Amreen - Cauvery College for Women, Trichy ii. N. Mohamed Azarudeen - Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy Contingent Leader iii. Mrs. P. Priyadarshini - Assistant Professor in English & NSS Programme Officer, Bharathidasan University College, Perambalur Pic: The Tamil Nadu Team at the 17th National Youth Festival at Mangalore. Indian Student Parliament Five NSS Volunteers – S. Sathish Kumar, N.S. Tamiliniyan, R. Nijanthan, K.S. Siva & C. Nivas from Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy attended the 2nd Indian Student Parliament held at Pune from 10th to 12th January 2012. 2011-12 7 Bharathidasan University Annual Report China visit by the NSS Volunteer To designate “2011 as the year of India – China Exchange”, the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India sent a 500 member Indian Youth Delegation to China from 20th to 29th September 2011. The main purpose of the visit is to promote mutual understanding of values and culture amongst the youth and to develop better relations between the two neighbouring countries. R. Priyadarshini, a NSS Volunteer from Govt. Arts College for Women, Pudukkottai has been selected and participated in the Indian Youth Delegation. She also participated in the Republic Day Parade Camp in the year 2011. The delegates comprised youth from diverse fields, representing all parts of the country. Pic: Priyadarshini along with other delegates during the China visit Pic.: Cultural Performance by all State Dancers of India 2011-12 8 Bharathidasan University Annual Report MAJOR ACTIVITIES Patriotic March Patriotism is the only balsam that will heal any social evil that hinders our nation from becoming the