KU to have reservations for NSS volunteers

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Kashmir University is seriously thinking of having reservations for meritorious students associated with National Service Scheme Programmes of University of Kashmir and its affiliated collages. This was disclosed by, Vice Chancellor Prof. Riyaz Punjabi while speaking at the valedictory function of the training programme for NSS programme officers organized by the National Service Scheme (NSS) wing of the University of Kashmir in collaboration with Training Orientation & Research Centre (TORC) and Institute for Development & Communication (IDC) Chandigarh

Vice chancellor was all praise for the NSS wing of the KU and its coordinator Dr. Iqbal A. Hakim and said that he is happy to know that NSS wing of our varsity is now moving beyond Srinagar city. Turning nostalgic VC remembered his time as a volunteer in Bosnia Herzegovina, Palestine, and Africa saying it is a unique kind of joy you get while serving as a volunteer for a social cause aimed at serving humanity. VC said service of humanity. Speaking about the varied role of role of NSS, VC also expressed his desire that various departments of the University need to collaborate such noble efforts of NSS wing to make their educational inputs more meaningful to society.

Prof. S. Fayaz Ahmad Registrar KU said that NSS provides right kind of platform in educational institutions for social service and links relevance of education system with the society. Registrar said that final contentment in life does not come through material gains it comes just while serving the humanity and taking up a social cause for betterment of the humanity.

Prof. G. R. Malik, the guest of honour highlighted the role & responsibility of academicians and student volunteers in shaping the personality and guide the youth in community services on sound moral principles. Prof malik quoted from various Hadith of prophet of Islam Hazrat Mohammad (SAW) and said that self development is linked with selfless and voluntary service .

Dr. Satvir Singh Malik –training coordinator represented TORC/IDC thanked & congratulated the University of Kashmir in particular the NSS, wing of Kashmir University for such collaborative endeavours

Earlier Dr. Iqbal Ahmad Hakim, NSS Programme Coordinator, Kashmir University and the Training Incharge of the training programme while welcoming the guests and the participants of the programme expressed his satisfaction over the successful conclusion of the training programme and achieving the intended objectives of the programme. He informed that more than 40 NSS programme Officers (teachers) from various colleges and secondary schools participated in the training programme. He said that these NSS Programme Officers guide and organise the social service activities of the NSS student volunteers at their institutions. Dr Iqbal emphasized that to succeed and to maximize in social efforts; we need to have structures, systems and strategies from the grassroots level to the top which is best provided to the educated youth by the platform like NSS. Presenting the report of the programme, Dr Iqbal said that during the ten day training programme, the detailed overview of NSS programme, its scope, coverage and activities were discussed. Besides this, he said , various specialized technical sessions were also conducted in which experts from the University and outside covered the areas like; disaster preparedness and mitigation; voluntary service and personality development; HIV/AIDS, swine flue (H1N1) and community health; entrepreneurship skill and scope at grass root level; duties and responsibilities as human beings for social service towards community in the light of one’s religion; Environment issues and biodiversity etc.

It was also resolved that all the NSS affiliated institutions would observe plantation week in the month of March 2010 and would plant more than 50,000 plants/saplings donated by Rahim Motors besides other trees in their institutions and its surroundings. At the end, certificates were distributed among the participants of the training programme by the Vice-Chancellor, Kashmir University Prof Riyaz Punjabi. The function ended with the vote of thanks presented by Er. Qaiser Rashid.