NSS

The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports of the Government of India oversees the National Service Scheme (NSS), a Central Sector programme. It gives students the chance to participate in a range of government-led community service initiatives. The principal aim of community service is to foster the character and personality development of young people enrolled in school. "Education through Service" is the NSS's stated goal.
When NSS was first introduced in 1969, it involved roughly 40,000 volunteers at 37 universities. Since then, it has expanded to 657 universities, 51 +2 councils/directorates, 20,669 colleges/technical institutions, and 11,988 senior secondary schools. More than 7.4 crore pupils have benefited from NSS since its founding.
Sipajhar College's NSS is made up of one unit with one hundred volunteers. The unit is affiliated to Gauhati University NSS Cell under the Regional Directorate of NSS, NE Region, Guwahati.The unit adopted a village called 'Maroi-Bijulibari', which is around 2 km from Sipajhar College.

The NSS Badge
• All the youth volunteers who opt to serve the nation through the NSS led community service wear the NSS badge with pride and a sense of responsibility towards helping needy.
• The Konark wheel in the NSS badge having 8 bars signifies the 24 hours of a the day, reminding the wearer to be ready for the service of the nation round the clock i.e. for 24 hours.
• Red colour in the badge signifies energy and spirit displayed by the NSS volunteers.
• The Blue colour signifies the cosmos of which the NSS is a tiny part, ready to contribute its share for the welfare of the mankind.

Motto:
The motto of National Service Scheme is “NOT ME BUT YOU” Objectives of the National Integration Camp:
• Rich cultural diversity of India.
• History of our diversified culture.
• National pride through knowledge about India.
• To integrate the nation through social service.