The National Service Scheme, popularly known as NSS, was launched in Mahatma Gandhiji's centenary year, 1969, aimed at developing students' personalities through community service. NSS is a voluntary association of young people in colleges, universities, and at the +2 level working for campus-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.