Popularly known as NSS, the scheme was launched in Gandhiji's centenary year, 1969.Aimed at developing students's personalities through community service. NSS is a voluntaryassociation of young people in colleges, universities, and at the +2 level working for acampus-community linkage..
The cardinal principle of the NSS program is that it is organized by the students themselves,and both students and teachers, through their combined participation in community service,get a sense of involvement in the tasks of nation-building..