1. “GANDHIAN VALUES AND
NSS”
PRESENTED BY :
NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME,
SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH COLLEGE,
(UNIVERSITY OF DELHI)

2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF NSS AND ITS
RELATIONSHIP WITH GANDHIJI
❑ It was in the year 1958, Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru took initiative and advised the
academicians to suggest the programme to
involve student Youth in Social Service
activities.
❑ The Education Commission was appointed
under the Chairmanship of Dr. B.S. Kothari,
(1964)
❑ the NSS programme was started on 24th
September, 1969, during the Mahatma
Gandhiji Centenary years. Since Gandhiji
had inspired the Youth to participate in the
National Movement such as Non
Cooperation, Civil disobedience and Quit
India Movements for the Independence of
India and for the Social upliftment of the
downtrodden masses.
INHERENT
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
GANDHIJI AND
NSS

3. INFLUENCE OF MAHATMA GANDHI BEHIND
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NSS
“Manava Seva ya
Madhava Seva”
- MAHATMA GANDHI
Service to man is
service to god...
❑ The National Service Scheme was
started to establish a meaningful
linkage between the Campus and the
Community.
❑ For the national reconstruction and national resurgence it was
deemed fit that the student youth, teachers and intellectuals should
be properly sensitized and utilized for strengthening the Indian
Society, as particular emphasis on rural community, who are living
in poverty, illiteracy, with social backwardness.

4. HOW ARE GANDHIAN VALUES REFLECTED IN NSS ?
PURPOSE OF NSS :
“ EDUCATION THROUGH
SERVICE”
MOTTO OF NSS :
“ NOT ME, BUT YOU”
INSPIRED BY THE IDEALS OF
MAHATMA GANDHI
OTHER VALUES:
❖ Self development by getting social leadership skills and a sense
of fraternity.
❖ Grassroot development.
❖ Sadbhavana.
❖ Emphasis on awareness and discipline.
❖ Sharirk Shram.

5. Gandhian Persona in NSS Values:
Mahatma Gandhi’s long
struggle for independence
NSS
VALUES
❑ Collective conscience of all
humanity as a whole.
❑ His technique of mobilizing
people.
❑ Value-based education.
❑ Love, tolerance, truth,
nonviolence and service of

6. GANDHIAN VALUE OF NATION BUILDING AND
ITS RELATION WITH THE AIMS OF NSS
Aims of NSS Activities with regards
To Nation Building:
▪ Awareness on Environmental Protection
▪ Health Awareness Programme
▪ Literacy Programme
▪ Community Development
▪ Student Development

7. LIFE SKILLS GAINED THROUGH NSS HAS AN
INHERENT
CONNECTION TO GANDHIAN VALUES !!- -build one’s personality and ultimately reform the
society
▪ Self Actualisation
▪ Empathy
▪ Interpersonal Skills
▪ Effective Communication
▪ Problem Solving
▪ Decision Making
▪ Creative Thinking
▪ Coping with Stress
▪ Coping with emotions

8. ▪ GANDHIAN AND NSS VALUES IN CONTEXT TO
PRESENT
SITUATION OF YOUTH
“ YOUNG MIND IS LIKE A CLEAN SLATE”
Gandhian values are
inculcated among the
youth in earnest:
▪ So as to make them more
vivacious and active for
nation-building.
▪ Inculcated good values in
youth and make them
healthy partners in nation-
building
▪ Gandhian philosophy is
best suited for the
present-day situation and
needs to be epitomized
among the youth.
▪ Will lead to positive
nation building with trust,
prosperity, harmony and
happiness.

9. SOME RECENT EXAMPLES OF GANDHIAN
VALUES AND PRINCIPLES ADOPTED IN NSS
ACTIVITIES
GANDHIAN PRINCIPLE
OF SELF
DEVELOPMENT
AND EDUCATION
ARTICLE 45 OF THE INDIAN
CONSTITUTION
NSS volunteers helping
children in villages and
slums in providing
education
ARTICLE 47 OF
THE INDIAN
CONSTITUTION
NSS Volunteers inviting
doctors for health camps
and blood donation
camps
Gandhiji ‘s
‘Swacchta Hi Seva’
also led to
Adoption of
cleanliness drives
By NSS Volunteers

10. THANK YOU !

11. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We are extremely grateful to our respected sir,
Dr. Rajeev Ranjan Sinha, NSS Programme
Officer, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College for his
immense help and guidance for completing
this presentation.
We would also like thank the organizers for
providing us a platform for expressing our
views on this much important topic.

12. Presented by :
1. SHREEYON DAS
2. SAMIKSHA KAPUR
3. YASH RAJ
4. ADARSH DAS
SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI