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National
Service
Scheme
About Us
Who are We ?
The National Service Scheme at IIT Bombay is the largest student volunteer organization on campus, dedicated to social and community service. We offer students opportunities to make a positive impact on society through various departments, from education for the underprivileged to using technology to solve social issues. Our primary goal is spreading happiness through community service.
What we do?
We aim to bring about a positive change in the society with focus on Education and Development of the underprivileged, conserving Nature and sowing the seeds of Sustainability. More than 350 volunteers guided by a team of 40 members carry out several initiatives throughout the year. We also work in close collaboration with several NGOs and Governmental bodies.
Our reach
Initiatives

Mangrove Clean-up Drive
Mangrove Clean-Up aims to preserve and protect the vital mangrove ecosystems. Volunteers participate in clean-up drives to maintain biodiversity and raise environmental conservation awareness. These efforts contribute significantly to the sustainability of our natural surroundings and promote ecological responsibility among the campus community.

Field Visit
We organized a skit and a demonstration to highlight how over irrigation and unregulated traditional methods of irrigation leads to low crop yield, pollution of groundwater resources, and how use of innovative technology can solve such issues.

Old Age Home Visit
Visits to old age homes foster intergenerational connections and provide emotional support to the elderly. Volunteers engage in activities like storytelling, games, and conversations, aiming to bring joy and companionship to senior citizens. These visits help bridge the gap between generations, promoting mutual understanding and respect while enhancing the emotional well-being of the elderly.

Plantation Drive
The Plantation Drive focuses on increasing green cover and promoting environmental sustainability. Volunteers participate in tree-planting activities across campus and nearby areas, aiming to create a healthier and more eco-friendly environment. These drives also educate participants on the importance of biodiversity and environmental stewardship, fostering a sense of responsibility towards nature.

Graduation Collection Drive
"Happiness comes in byte-sized pieces, some small, some large. It infects one person, and spreads like a ripple, till it becomes an epidemic. We rise by lifting others." NSS IIT Bombay continues its struggle to give more meaning to someone's graduation and to someone's need.

Ummeed
We teach the kids of construction workers from the labor camp and are grateful to our volunteers for sparking this 'UMMEED' in these young hearts.

Orphanage Visits
Orphanage visits focus on providing care, support, and educational resources to children in need. Volunteers spend time with the children, helping with their studies, organizing fun activities, and offering mentorship to nurture their growth and development. These visits aim to create a supportive environment where children feel valued and motivated to pursue their dreams.

Mangrove Clean-up Drive
Mangrove Clean-Up aims to preserve and protect the vital mangrove ecosystems. Volunteers participate in clean-up drives to maintain biodiversity and raise environmental conservation awareness. These efforts contribute significantly to the sustainability of our natural surroundings and promote ecological responsibility among the campus community.

Field Visit
We organized a skit and a demonstration to highlight how over irrigation and unregulated traditional methods of irrigation leads to low crop yield, pollution of groundwater resources, and how use of innovative technology can solve such issues.

Old Age Home Visit
Visits to old age homes foster intergenerational connections and provide emotional support to the elderly. Volunteers engage in activities like storytelling, games, and conversations, aiming to bring joy and companionship to senior citizens. These visits help bridge the gap between generations, promoting mutual understanding and respect while enhancing the emotional well-being of the elderly.

Plantation Drive
The Plantation Drive focuses on increasing green cover and promoting environmental sustainability. Volunteers participate in tree-planting activities across campus and nearby areas, aiming to create a healthier and more eco-friendly environment. These drives also educate participants on the importance of biodiversity and environmental stewardship, fostering a sense of responsibility towards nature.

Graduation Collection Drive
"Happiness comes in byte-sized pieces, some small, some large. It infects one person, and spreads like a ripple, till it becomes an epidemic. We rise by lifting others." NSS IIT Bombay continues its struggle to give more meaning to someone's graduation and to someone's need.

Ummeed
We teach the kids of construction workers from the labor camp and are grateful to our volunteers for sparking this 'UMMEED' in these young hearts.

Orphanage Visits
Orphanage visits focus on providing care, support, and educational resources to children in need. Volunteers spend time with the children, helping with their studies, organizing fun activities, and offering mentorship to nurture their growth and development. These visits aim to create a supportive environment where children feel valued and motivated to pursue their dreams.

Mangrove Clean-up Drive
Mangrove Clean-Up aims to preserve and protect the vital mangrove ecosystems. Volunteers participate in clean-up drives to maintain biodiversity and raise environmental conservation awareness. These efforts contribute significantly to the sustainability of our natural surroundings and promote ecological responsibility among the campus community.

Field Visit
We organized a skit and a demonstration to highlight how over irrigation and unregulated traditional methods of irrigation leads to low crop yield, pollution of groundwater resources, and how use of innovative technology can solve such issues.

Old Age Home Visit
Visits to old age homes foster intergenerational connections and provide emotional support to the elderly. Volunteers engage in activities like storytelling, games, and conversations, aiming to bring joy and companionship to senior citizens. These visits help bridge the gap between generations, promoting mutual understanding and respect while enhancing the emotional well-being of the elderly.

Plantation Drive
The Plantation Drive focuses on increasing green cover and promoting environmental sustainability. Volunteers participate in tree-planting activities across campus and nearby areas, aiming to create a healthier and more eco-friendly environment. These drives also educate participants on the importance of biodiversity and environmental stewardship, fostering a sense of responsibility towards nature.

Graduation Collection Drive
"Happiness comes in byte-sized pieces, some small, some large. It infects one person, and spreads like a ripple, till it becomes an epidemic. We rise by lifting others." NSS IIT Bombay continues its struggle to give more meaning to someone's graduation and to someone's need.

Ummeed
We teach the kids of construction workers from the labor camp and are grateful to our volunteers for sparking this 'UMMEED' in these young hearts.

Orphanage Visits
Orphanage visits focus on providing care, support, and educational resources to children in need. Volunteers spend time with the children, helping with their studies, organizing fun activities, and offering mentorship to nurture their growth and development. These visits aim to create a supportive environment where children feel valued and motivated to pursue their dreams.
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Testimonials

Gyanesh Jaiswal
Environment and Sustainability
My experience at NSS has been enriching. I had many opportunities to venture out of campus and had fun. There was mangrove cleanup drive, which was my fav cause it was a new experience to go down a mangrove swamp and clean it. Plantations drives were like a mini trek carrying saplings up and down hills and planting them. Beach cleanup drives were a mini treasure hunting on beach where we found many unexpected things. Upcycling workshops also improved DIY skills. Overall the experience was fun and enriching which also developed a strong sense of responsibility and awareness about environment.

Aditya Singh
Environment and Sustainability
Initially I thought that NSS won't be as fun as nso/ncc but it was quite fun actually (atleast my department EnS). The in campus activities were also good (compulsory to attend) but not as fun as the field trips. The field trips were the best. Very fun no work load. I made many new friends and interacted with many seniors as well during the activities. Apart from that I want to thank our AA, Aarohi didi (she guided me more in my acads than NSS actually as without her help I would have been stuck in course selection loop my whole life), Chinmay bhaiya (the one whom I irritated the most by not following the instructions but at the same time we made the most fun memories with him) and Anushka didi. My favorite NSS memory is visiting Visiting YMC.

Ayushi Beniwal
Environment and Sustainability
Before every activity i used to feel like, ‘again I’ll have to go on sunday morning for attendance but what I didn’t realised back then was the memories I was making while doing the activities, be it be in campus or trip, the friends I made in my nss group, the memories, the bond with my AA, I gained all this along with doing activities which gave a sense of satisfaction since through them i was contributing toward the development of the environment and most importantly I was enjoying doing it. My favorite memory is the first trip to mangrove clean up drive, we looked at how adventurous it was, we got all messy at the end but it was fun and also the one where we went to yusuf mehrali centre, that was quite an enjoyable one

Ankur Kumar
Environment and Sustainability
The activies were all very memorable and enjoyable. And knowing that such fun activities are also helping in creating a positive impact was a very positive feeling. So overall my experience as an NSS volunteer was very much fun. Mangrove Cleaning Drive is one of my favourite NSS memory because it had started raining during our work which made the whole experience very worthwhile.

Gyanesh Jaiswal
Environment and Sustainability
My experience at NSS has been enriching. I had many opportunities to venture out of campus and had fun. There was mangrove cleanup drive, which was my fav cause it was a new experience to go down a mangrove swamp and clean it. Plantations drives were like a mini trek carrying saplings up and down hills and planting them. Beach cleanup drives were a mini treasure hunting on beach where we found many unexpected things. Upcycling workshops also improved DIY skills. Overall the experience was fun and enriching which also developed a strong sense of responsibility and awareness about environment.

Aditya Singh
Environment and Sustainability
Initially I thought that NSS won't be as fun as nso/ncc but it was quite fun actually (atleast my department EnS). The in campus activities were also good (compulsory to attend) but not as fun as the field trips. The field trips were the best. Very fun no work load. I made many new friends and interacted with many seniors as well during the activities. Apart from that I want to thank our AA, Aarohi didi (she guided me more in my acads than NSS actually as without her help I would have been stuck in course selection loop my whole life), Chinmay bhaiya (the one whom I irritated the most by not following the instructions but at the same time we made the most fun memories with him) and Anushka didi. My favorite NSS memory is visiting Visiting YMC.

Ayushi Beniwal
Environment and Sustainability
Before every activity i used to feel like, ‘again I’ll have to go on sunday morning for attendance but what I didn’t realised back then was the memories I was making while doing the activities, be it be in campus or trip, the friends I made in my nss group, the memories, the bond with my AA, I gained all this along with doing activities which gave a sense of satisfaction since through them i was contributing toward the development of the environment and most importantly I was enjoying doing it. My favorite memory is the first trip to mangrove clean up drive, we looked at how adventurous it was, we got all messy at the end but it was fun and also the one where we went to yusuf mehrali centre, that was quite an enjoyable one

Ankur Kumar
Environment and Sustainability
The activies were all very memorable and enjoyable. And knowing that such fun activities are also helping in creating a positive impact was a very positive feeling. So overall my experience as an NSS volunteer was very much fun. Mangrove Cleaning Drive is one of my favourite NSS memory because it had started raining during our work which made the whole experience very worthwhile.

Gyanesh Jaiswal
Environment and Sustainability
My experience at NSS has been enriching. I had many opportunities to venture out of campus and had fun. There was mangrove cleanup drive, which was my fav cause it was a new experience to go down a mangrove swamp and clean it. Plantations drives were like a mini trek carrying saplings up and down hills and planting them. Beach cleanup drives were a mini treasure hunting on beach where we found many unexpected things. Upcycling workshops also improved DIY skills. Overall the experience was fun and enriching which also developed a strong sense of responsibility and awareness about environment.

Aditya Singh
Environment and Sustainability
Initially I thought that NSS won't be as fun as nso/ncc but it was quite fun actually (atleast my department EnS). The in campus activities were also good (compulsory to attend) but not as fun as the field trips. The field trips were the best. Very fun no work load. I made many new friends and interacted with many seniors as well during the activities. Apart from that I want to thank our AA, Aarohi didi (she guided me more in my acads than NSS actually as without her help I would have been stuck in course selection loop my whole life), Chinmay bhaiya (the one whom I irritated the most by not following the instructions but at the same time we made the most fun memories with him) and Anushka didi. My favorite NSS memory is visiting Visiting YMC.

Ayushi Beniwal
Environment and Sustainability
Before every activity i used to feel like, ‘again I’ll have to go on sunday morning for attendance but what I didn’t realised back then was the memories I was making while doing the activities, be it be in campus or trip, the friends I made in my nss group, the memories, the bond with my AA, I gained all this along with doing activities which gave a sense of satisfaction since through them i was contributing toward the development of the environment and most importantly I was enjoying doing it. My favorite memory is the first trip to mangrove clean up drive, we looked at how adventurous it was, we got all messy at the end but it was fun and also the one where we went to yusuf mehrali centre, that was quite an enjoyable one

Ankur Kumar
Environment and Sustainability
The activies were all very memorable and enjoyable. And knowing that such fun activities are also helping in creating a positive impact was a very positive feeling. So overall my experience as an NSS volunteer was very much fun. Mangrove Cleaning Drive is one of my favourite NSS memory because it had started raining during our work which made the whole experience very worthwhile.
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