NEWFANGLED INITIATIVE OF NSS – IIT ROORKEE.

The Environment Cell of NSS – IIT ROORKEE has taken a giant leap forward in their motto of safeguarding Mother Nature by preparing advantegeous Organic Fertilizer from daily squandering of vegetable peels. The demonstration of the whole procedure was done at Azad Bhawan by the NSS students in the presence of NSS Coordinator Dr. Smita Jha and Prof. Navin Kumar Navani. This idea is a brain child of Prof. Navani. The peels are mixed with a chemical which is a mixture of micro organisms forming Lactic acid and are derived from yogurt, cheese and jaggery water is added which catalyses the work of these micro organisms. The organic fertilizer is prepared just within 7 days and is easy on the pocketbook too. Dr. Smita Jha was overwhelmed by the perseverance displayed by the students and while addressing them said, “These students have shown how NSS works. The underlying objective of NSS to serve the nation is getting fulfilled by the use of technology coupled with intelligence for betterment of society.” The program was concluded on this note.

BLOOD DONATION CAMP

"You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will 
never be able to repay you."

As following the noble tradition of ‘Not for me, but for the Nation”, National Service Scheme (NSS, IIT Roorkee Chapter) organized its pièce de résistance , the Blood Donation Camp, on Sunday 7th something extraordinary and satisfactory to the souls who continuously strived to 
make the event a success. . With a whopping 958 blood donors, the event broke the national level record at the institute level. 

Prof. (Dr.) S.P. Gupta, the honorable Deputy Director and Prof. (Dr.) D.K. Nauriyal, the Dean of Student Welfare, inaugurated the Blood Donation Camp and marked 
the beginning of the most successful blood donation camp, IIT Roorkee has ever witnessed so far. IMA Blood bank Dehradun, Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital Dehradun and Civil Hospital, Roorkee were the three participating blood banks. 

NSS Coordinator

The donors had to undergo three levels of screening before donating blood to ascertain their eligibility for donating blood. The primary consisted of weight and blood pressure checkup and secondary dealt with hemoglobin test and the tertiary issued the blood bags with questions concerning the donor history. As appreciation, various refreshments like water, fruits, biscuits, juice along with goodies and a certificate were provided to the proud donors. Some of the donors who could not meet the criteria had to  goempty-handed.

A great amount of awareness was created regarding the camp through door to door campaign, posters, promotional video and motivational lecture. Arrangements were also setup as to provide a help desk that did a remarkable job of handling people’s doubts and queries. The first time donors were doubtful of the experience but seemed contented after the donation. BDC cutouts proved to be a major source of entertainment for people. 

Main hall

Volunteers were motivated by the zeal and the enthusiasm of donors who waited for hours to participate in this noble cause and encouraged students from all branches to take part in this wonderful project. Not only boys but a large number of girls also came forward to donate blood.


Novel Jindal, a fourth time donor and the first donor of the camp, showed no sign of fear and even inspired others to donate the blood. The chief guest Dr. S.P. Gupta, Deputy Director admitted his desire to accompany and observe and to be involved in all the activities of NSS. Further he applauded the work of youngsters and suggested the involvement of alumni in such events

                           

He further shared with us his first life-saving experience when he was a youngster and stressed upon the point of displaying life-saving experiences to motivate the donors. Mrs. Banerjee, an active socialist, imparted some pearls of wisdom - “ Spread Awareness, Collect Data and Continue providing support”. She also suggested the uploading of a database to help students in times of crisis and further showed her concerns regarding anaemic girls in the campus.

                                 


She also shared her first experience of blood donation which was in the first year of her college back in 1985. NSS Coordinator Dr. Smita Jha, the flag bearer of this camp narrated her endeavors as a student of Bihar University to organize a blood donation camp and how she was influenced by the death of a child suffering from thalassemia which changed 
her thought process altogether. She further said that its pretty weird that people hardly bat an eyelid while undergoing piercings and tattooing but feel that a syringe is painful. In a way, this perception needs to be changed and she pretty much summed it up that, “Life is precious, try to save it whether yours or others”.

News report

Vibhor Agarwal, after donating blood, pretty much conveyed the feelings of everyone "I really appreciate the patience and zeal shown by the donors today". In the end, the three blood banks congratulated Mr. Mohit Tanwar, General Seceratary, NSS IIT Roorkee, and appreciated the hard work put by him and his team. The whole NSS team conveyed gratitude towards the donors and expects the next camp to be even greater.

Certificates

Supervision by doctors

Hats off to girls

NSS cell members also donated

Age doesn't matter, its feeling which matters

Quiz-Buzz

                                                     

The students of IIT Roorkee under NSS RT-Education cell organized a quiz competition at Government Primary School (Shri CheddiRam Yadav School), Khanzarpur. The timings for the event were 6-7pm. The event was planned to be open for anyone studying in class1-12 regardless of their place of study. Before the event a promotion drive was scheduled for the time slot 5-6pm.

Quiz organised on 5th September, on occasion of Teacher's Day 

All the students from first year RT-Education Cell and their immediate supervising seniors reported on time. After the division of all present in small teams, every team was assigned a particular nearby lane and more to cover. The purpose was to spread the word about the quiz competition and encourage children to join the regular classes, i.e., conducted by RT-Education cell of NSS daily from 6-7pm at the same place. This task was undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm befitting of the occasion. Procedure dictated for the participants was to observe and watch closely then to answer the asked questions. 

RT-Education Cell Students organizing Quiz

The preplanned modus operandi was to show a short motivational video by “Kuch Aapka Emotional Fulls” that was about the essence and spirit of teacher’s day after that the participants were asked questions about the preview. Similarly questions were asked respectively after a PowerPoint presentation of great personalities of nation like Bhagat Singh, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Swami Vivekananda, many more and their Date off births and lastly a short movie about the life of Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. 

Active participation from students

Some mayhem and humorous situations occurred due to the participant zeal and enthusiasm to take part. A ball-point pen was deemed fit to be given as prize to the ones who answered correctly. 

Child receiving reward

Then after a general photo session of all the participants as a group to mark and cherish the occasion, chocolates were distributed to all of the participants irrespective of whether he/she won or didn’t even try to answer a single question.  They were told why we feel the need to assign a whole day to respect and honor our teachers and why it is celebrated on the same day as Dr.Radhakrishnan’s Birthday.