HIMWANT KAVI CHANDRA KUNWAR BARTWAL RAJYAKIYA MAHAVIDYALAYA

Activities

All colleges and universities have a broad educational mission: to develop the "whole student". On college campuses, extracurricular involvement is a key tool in personal development. For the majority of college and university students, involvement in extracurricular activities plays an integral role in their collegiate experience. Students become involved in extracurricular activities not only for entertainment, social, and enjoyment purposes, but also, importantly, to gain and improve skills.

1. NSS (National Service Scheme)

The motto of the National Service Scheme (N.S.S.) is, "Not Me, But You". This expresses the essence of democratic living and upholds the need for selfless service and appreciation of another man's point of view. It implies that the welfare of an individual is ultimately dependent on the welfare of society as a whole.  The N.S.S.  demonstrates this motto in its day-to-day activates. In order to inculcate feelings of service towards nation and understanding of national priorities amongst youth a vision of National Service Scheme came into existence. In accordance with this, NSS units in institutions like ours function devotedly and dedicatedly. Students participate enthusiastically in various activities under NSS, like day and night camps and appear for NSS A, B and C Certificate examination.

History of NSS

In India, the idea of involving students in the task of national service dates back to the times of Mahatma Gandhi, who encouraged the students to understand their social responsibility and dedicate themselves to doing "something positive so that the life of the villagers might be raised to a higher material and moral level".

The University Grants Commission headed by Dr. Radhakrishnan recommended introduction of national service in the academic institutions on a voluntary basis with a view to developing healthy contacts between the students and teachers on the one hand and establishing a constructive linkage between the campus and the community on the other hand.

The idea was again considered by the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) at its meeting held in January, 1950, the Board recommended that students should devote some time to manual work on a voluntary basis and that the teachers should also associate with them in such work. In the draft First Five year Plan (1952), the need for social and labour service for students for one year was further stressed and various related schemes were put into operation by various educational institutions. In 1958, the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru mooted the idea of having social service as a prerequisite for graduation and directed the Ministry of Education to formulate a suitable scheme for introduction of national service into the academic institutions.

On August 28, 1959 a National Service Committee was appointed under the Chairmanship of Dr. C.D. Deshmukh. The committee recommended that national service for a period of nine months to a year may be made compulsory for all students completing high school education and intending to enroll themselves in a college or a university. The scheme was to include some military training, social service, manual labour and general education. The recommendations of the Committee could not be accepted because of its financial implications and difficulties in implementation.

In 1960, Prof. K.G. Saiyidain submitted his report under the title "National Service for the Youth" to the Government with a number of recommendations as to what could be done in India to develop a feasible scheme of social service by students. It was also recommended that social service camps should be open to students as well as non-students within the prescribed age group for better inter-relationship.

The Education Commission headed by Dr. D.S. Kothari (1964-66) recommended that students at all' stages of education should be associated with some form of social service. In 1967 the State Education Minister recommended that at the university stage, students could be permitted to join the National Cadet Corps (NCC) which was already in existence on a voluntary basis and an alternative to this in the form of a new programme called the National Service Scheme (NSS).

In May, 1969, a conference of the students' representatives of the universities and institutions of higher learning convened by the Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission also unanimously declared 'that national service could be a powerful instrument for national integration. It could be used to introduce urban students to rural life.

The details were soon worked out and the Planning Commission sanctioned an outlay of Rs. 5 crores for National Service Scheme (NSS) during the Fourth Five Year Plan. It was stipulated that the NSS programme should be started as a pilot project in select institutions and universities.

On September 24, 1969, the then Union Education Minister Dr. V.K.R.V. Rao, launched the NSS programme in 37 universities covering all States. It was appropriate that the programme was started during the Gandhi Centenary Year as it was Gandhi ji who inspired the Indian youth to participate in the movement for Indian independence and the social uplift of the downtrodden masses of our nation.

The cardinal principle of the programme is that it is organised by the students themselves and both students and teachers through their combined participation in social service, get a sense of involvement in the tasks of national development. Besides, the students, particularly, obtain work experience which might help them to find avenues of self-employment or employment in any organisation at the end of their university career.

The scheme now extends to all the states and universities in the country. It has aroused among the student youth an awareness of the realities of life, a better understanding and appreciation of the problems of the people. NSS is, thus, a concrete attempt in making campus relevant to the needs of the community. From 1991-92 onwards NSS has launched a nationwide campaign on AIDS Awareness called "Universities Talk AIDS" (UTA) which has earned international attention and appreciation.

Community service rendered by university and 10+2 level students has covered several aspects like adoption of villages for intensive development work, carrying out the medico-social surveys, setting up of medical centres, programmes of mass immunization, sanitation drives, adult education programmes for the weaker sections of the community, blood donation, helping patients in hospitals, helping inmates of orphanages and the physically handicapped etc. NSS volunteers did commendable relief work during natural calamities/emergencies such as cyclones, floods, famine, earthquake, etc. From time to time all over the country the NSS students have also done useful work in organising campaigns for eradication of social evils, and popularization of the nationally accepted objectives like nationalism, democracy, secularism, social harmony and development of scientific temper.

Objectives

Symbol
The symbol for the NSS has been based on the giant Rath Wheel of the world famous Konark Sun Temple (The Black Pagoda) situated in Orissa, India. The wheel portrays the cycle of creation, preservation and release and signifies the movement in life across time and space, The symbol thus stands for continuity as well as change and implies the continuous striving of NSS for social change.

Badge
The NSS Symbol is embossed on the badge. The eight bars in the wheel represent the 24 hours of a day. The red colour indicates that the volunteer is full of young blood that is lively, active, energetic and full of high spirit. The navy blue colour indicates the cosmos of which the NSS is tiny part, ready to contribute its share for the welfare of the mankind.

NSS Day
NSS was formally launched on 24th September, 1969, the birth centenary year of the Father of the nation. Therefore, 24th September is celebrated every year as NSS Day with appropriate programmes and activities.

2.Sports

The Games department has facilities for Cricket, Volley-ball, Short put, Discus, Carom and Badminton.

Annual Activities
Different sports competitions are organised in the college. The college does not have a sports coach currently, so to meet the demands of the students a faculty member is given the responsibility of running the activities.

2.Red Ribbon Club

The Red Ribbon is a global symbol created in1991 in New York. It expresses solidarity with people living with HIV/ AIDS & it aims to unite people in the common fight against the disease.

Background
Red Ribbon Club (RRC) is a comprehensive promotional and preventive intervention to enhance voluntary blood donation as well as mainstream HIV & AIDS prevention, care & support and treatment impact, mitigation, stigma reduction, among the youth in educational institutions. It will also prepare and promote youth peer educators within and outside the campuses.

The Need and Context

• Worldwide, 38.6 million people live with HIV.
• More than four million new people get infected each year.
• Half of all new infections are among the age group of 15-24 years.
• Need for primary prevention intervention through mainstreaming.

Rationale behind focusing Youth

• Unaddressed growing concerns
   Beliefs and values surrounding body, sex and sexuality  
  Existing curriculum do not address psycho-social needs
   Inadequate information about HIV/AIDS/RTI/STIs and drugs
  Less access to healthcare
  Vulnerable age group to indulge in unsafe practices.                                  
  Young minds are impressionable, reaching to them at the earliest can effect behavior change
  
  

Role of the Red Ribbon Club

• Educate youth with correct, concise and adequate information.
• Enable youth, especially the female students, to identify and understand situations of exploitation and abuse.
• Sensitize the youth regarding care and support needs of People Living with HIV (PLHIV).
• Increase access to health care services.
• Create linkages between youth and GOs, NGOs and CBOs.
• Organize and facilitate Voluntary Blood Donation (VBD) camps and mobilize the youth for VBD.
• Create among the youth a cadre of peer educators

E.Symbol

• Red like Love, as a symbol of passion and tolerance for those affected.
• Red like blood, representing the pain caused by many people who have died of AIDS.
• Red like the anger about the helplessness about which we are facing for a disease for which there is still no cure.
• Red as a sign of warning not to carelessly ignore one of the biggest problems of our time.
  

4. Other Activities

a. Classes for Soft Skills Development were started in January 2012.
b. Free Help and Counseling by subject teachers for the Competitive examinations for all and especially for students of weaker sections.