Offering A Helping Hand To Paniyala

It is said that real India is found in the villages. The rural people have been safeguarding the true essence of the grand Indian culture till today. But the hardships of these people have always been overlooked by the government. Their interests are neglected and their lack of awareness is always exploited by others thus leading them to misery.

In order to tackle this nationwide problem, the dynamic Prime Minister of India launched an easy and affordable economic scheme named as ‘Jan Dhan se Jan Suraksha’. It aims at strengthening the financial stance of the people in rural areas.

To spread awareness regarding this government initiative, Pragati Cell of NSS, IIT Roorkee visited a village named Paniyala which is about five kilometers away from the campus.

Paniyala is a flourishing village where people welcomed the students warmly. The students interacted with the villagers and explained them about the scheme. The volunteers cleared the doubts of the people and helped them understand the benefits of the proposal. The people were also enthusiastic and showed interest. A total of about sixty people showed up for the event out which forty people got themselves enrolled to the various policies. There were two banks, Punjab National Bank and Bank of Baroda who attended to the villagers.

It was a successful endeavor by the Pragati Cell which plans on setting up a camp in Paniyala in September to assist the locals.

Know and Control Yourself

Self-control strength is a central construct to theories of willpower, optimal functioning, freedom from addiction, and abilities to override problematic social motives and behaviours (e.g., aggression).

Training the students on these grounds, NSS, IIT Roorkee under the aegis of DOSW organised a guest lecture on “Art of controlling yourself and discovering self-glory” by ISKCON speaker Dr. GG Krishna Murthy, a famous Youth Counsellor & Trainer of Communication, Meditation, Leadership and Time Management.

He came up with the objective of making every Tom, Dick, and Harry know their insight.

A small meditation session conducted by him took all and sundry into a world of calmness and peace. He portrayed various examples to show whatever has happened with us, it was our Past, but due to that Past, one should not spoil the future.

What he meant was that every great person in this world became great because he had a great control on himself and his wits. Everyone was totally engrossed in his speech. He was communicating with everyone as if he was amongst the audience only. He added that the reason for him being the Institute Silver medallist was self-control via ‘MEDITATION’.

The life history of Iskcon founder A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Mother Teresa and the struggles they faced in their life filled every person with enthusiasm and confidence to face all difficult circumstances boldly and without any fear. He sighted example of Mahatma Gandhi highlighting the importance of having a good EQ.  His words were an eye-opener for everyone as everyone realised the importance of SQ and EQ over IQ and that meditation is powerful enough to make us have control on ourself. The lecture was mesmerising and ended with smiles and contentment.

Completion of Yet Another Successful Semester By NSS Model Village

With an intention of continuing its success in rural areas of Roorkee, the volunteers of Model Village cell of NSS, IIT ROORKEE again completed a semester of free coaching classes from 11:00 am-1:00 pm in Bhangeri village on 1^st November, 2015. The cell volunteers had been working rigorously in the areas of health, education, employment and awareness to ensure a healthy and progressive society. 

The activity which forms the part and parcel of this cell is to provide free education to the children of all age groups and thus, preparing them for the impending competition that awaits them when they actually get into the intricacies of real life. In order to facilitate developmental strategies and to bridge the gap between urban and rural India, Model Village, NSS IIT Roorkee strives to work hard in this direction and ensures the availability of basic amenities, facilities and useful commodities to the rural folk. With regular lessons of subjects like Physics, Maths, etc. from Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday are meant to be devoted for doing simple and knowledgeable experiments along with giving a little dosage of moral sciences and healthy sports activities like kho-kho and kabaddi.

Other happenings included events like quizzes, essay writing aimed at cultivating their co-curricular activities also. Not only this, regular students and winners were awarded to further invoke their interests in respective areas.

In a nutshell, the journey which started three years back from a small section of the village has now moved on to the entire village with 90 students at present, thus creating more awareness and involving even greater participation.

Talent Hunt in IITR

It is rightly said that talent is not contingent on age, same was showcased in an event named “PRERNA’S GOT TALENT” organized by Prerna cell of NSS, IIT Roorkee on November 1, 2015. The event was first of its kind to be organized by NSS, IIT Roorkee.

The event was attended by number of students studying under the teaching programme of Prerna cell. The main motto behind organizing the event was to develop self confidence among students so that they can overcome their stage phobia. The event served dual purposes by not only boosting confidence level of students but also turning out to be a recreational event for the students where they enjoyed and took a break from their regular schedule.

The event was composed of number of activities such as dancing, singing, standup comedy, all of where performances of students were appreciable. At last top 3 position holders were awarded with prizes and chocolates were distributed to all participating students.