National Service Scheme

Contributor: Prof. Gautam Saha, Dept. of Electronics & Electrical Communications Engineering, IIT Kharagpur A third of the IIT KGP freshman community certainly had an exceptional experience this winter. The annual National Service Scheme (NSS) camp for this year was based at village Shyameshwarpur under Gopali Gram Panchayat of Kharagpur Block I. Activities were also carried out at neighbouring villages, Sholadahar and Nachna. A total of 553 first-year students participated in this one-week long camp that started on 28th November. Having to arrive by 7 a.m. at the campsite and stay on till past 4 p.m., the volunteers initially had an…