NSS
in Gorakhpur University
National Social Scheme in Gorakhpur University
was started in 1969 under the Head Ship of Captain P.B. Verma. Since then the
participation of the students in their scheme is gradually increasing and increasing
in number of the units of National Volunteers is apparent.
THE
FOLLOWING ARE THE CHIEF AIM OF N.S.S.
To gain through knowledge
of the society, develop the incidity of social responsibilities, to develop necessary
skill for collective life, to gain skill in participation the society, to develop
the quality of leadership for establishing democratic value, to adopt the concept
of national integration in its real meaning, and to pave the way to face the odds
of natural calamities and emergency according to the need of the situation, since
1969 up to date Capt. P.B. Verma, Dr. Birij Kishore Singh, Dr. Shail Nath Chaturvedi,
Dr. Om Shanker Srivastava, Dr. Prabhakar Pandey, Dr. Sri Narain Chaturvedi, Dr.
Smt. Karuna Sibhou, Dr. Ashok Srivastava, Dr. Amresh Chandra Shukla have lent
their services as the coordination. At present Dr. Awdesh Pratap Shukla is working
on a coordinator.
At present 9 units of the volunteers are active in the
university, which are making successful efforts through organizing special camps
and programmes from time to time to spread education in society, to awaken the
people for the preservation of environment and health and to perform other social
works.
A brief report of the progress of year 2002-2003 and the number of
the members of the department is as below.
" Dr. Awdesh Pratap Shukla
- Program Co-coordinator
" Dr. Srinewas Mani Tripathi - Program officer
(Vivekananda Unit)
" Dr. Mukun Saran Tripathi - Program officer (Bose
Unit)
" Dr. Shivakant Singh - Program officer (Jagore Unit)
"
Dr. Uma Srivastava - Program officer (Chetna Unit)
" Dr. Param Hans Pathak
- Program officer (Shahstri Unit)
" Dr. Anurag Dwivedi - Program officer
(Gandhi Unit)
" Dr. Divya Ravi Singh - Program officer (Priya Darshini
Unit)
" Dr. Satish Chandra Pandey - (Buddha Unit)
" Dr. Barhishna
Narain Pandey - (Shivam Unit)
Activities Done
By NSS
*Number of volunteers taking part in literacy programmes
- 4490.
*Number of persons made literal - 4598.
*Number of volunteers taking
part in education and entertainment programmes (speech, elocution, contest, essay,
slogan writing, poster and cultural activities) - 6451.
Preservation
and development of environment
*Number of plants planted and
survived - 5126 and 3128 respectively
*Number of pits dug for plantation -
5213
*Construction and repairing of link roads - 36 km, 480 meters.
*Number
of wells, streets, and gutters, cleaned. 40, 05 and 1010128 meters.
*Number
of volunteers taking position of the activities viz. V.P.O. film demonstration,
physical efficiency, prabhat feri, cultural program etc - 16463.