Chandigarh January 23, 2023
The NSS unit of Panjab University SSG Regional Centre, Hoshiarpur organized a seven days NSS camp from Jan 16, 2023 to Jan 22, 2023 with the theme “Care and A ware Society” under the guidanee of Prof. H. S. Bains, Director. The camp started with a formal inauguration with lightning up the lamps by the NSS coordinators Dr. Satish Kumar, Dr. Gaurav Saini, and Dr. Sukhbir Kaur.
During camp, various activities are performed like cleaning campus and collecting donations for the slum areas from faculty, staff and the local society of Hoshiarpur. NSS volunteers got a huge response and support from locals for donations. The lectures on the teachings of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, drug abuse and general health awareness are delivered by Dr. Meena Sharma and Dr. Kamiksha Sharma respectively. A survey is also conducted in adopted village Mehlanwali and blanket and ration is given to needy.
The local campaign is also conducted in various areas of the city to aware society about drug abuse and no single use plastic. The volunteers distributed blankets and clothes in the slum area for needy. The NSS volunteers delivered lectures in different local schools on career guidance, general awareness, and good and bad touch for primary students and health and hygiene for seniors. The volunteers also visited the Ashakiran School for Special Children. Jahankhellan and conducted various activities with them. The volunteers also collected plastic waste at Chintpurni road on hilly area.
The closing ceremony was conducted at BSF camp, Kharkan where volunteers are educated about role, tasks and recruitment process of Boarder security force and a documentary on BSF was also shown. The student committee members of NSS camp are also felicitated by Sh Ravi Bhushan, Second in command at BSF camp, Kharkan.
Press Release No. 12732
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DPR, PU
