NSS Activities 2022-23

NSS Programme Officer Dr. Lata Krishnan made the opening remarks. Principal Dr. Eknath Zhrekar welcomed the resource person and spoke about the importance of the awareness of organ donation.

Mr. Shrikant Apte (Apte Kaka) explained with the help of videos the meaning of organ donation. The concept of “Brain Dead” and the importance of organ donation to help save the lives of people. He stressed on the fact that people are not aware about organ donation and hence there is a shortage of organs like eyes, skin, kidney, liver etc. which could be made available to save lives of people. Apte Kaka said that now the form for registering to be an organ donor was easily available online.

Ms. Sanjivani Bhagwat explained how skin can be donated to help numerous burn victims. Eye donation to children born blind was also explained. She used videos to explain her concepts.

Dr. Poherekar of K.E.M. Hospital shared her experiences and explained various cases where she had participated and the organ donation process had been carried on very successfully.

IQAC Coordinator, Dr. Anaya Markandeya shared her thoughts on Organ Donation Awareness. She explained that while people were aware of blood donation, organ donation is not properly understood. People have various misconceptions regarding organ donation. She took the lead and said that she will register for organ donation and thus inspired the students to register for being organ donors.

NSS Programme Office Dr. Tushar Pawar proposed the vote of thanks. He thanked Apte Kaka and his team for the valuable information shared. He explained his thoughts on the need and importance of sharing facts regarding organ donation and becoming instrumental in taking the mission of organ donation awareness across India.

F.Y.B.Com. NSS Leader Suman Singh led the 1st October, 2022 De-Addiction or Vyasan Mukti NSS Rally. NSS volunteers of the college reported to Azad Maidan at 2.30 p.m. sharp. From here they started on their De-Addiction or Vyasan Mukti NSS Rally to Gateway of India. NSS volunteers from most of the colleges affiliated to the University of Mumbai had participated in this mega rally. The crowd was well organized and they moved in college squads energetically through the roads leading to the Gateway of India.

The volunteers were dressed in white and black and carried the college NSS banner with them. They were given masks to wear to attract the attention of the passers-by. They shouted slogans on De-Addiction or Vysan Mukti and called for a healthy and fit youth of India. A person free from substance abuse is a responsible citizen and a true patriot!

The students walked briskly and shouted slogans of Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamar, Jai Jawan Jai Kisan, Jai Hind, Vande Mataram. They were full of joy as they walked through the thick traffic attracting the attention of passers by. The police personnel steered the rally through the busy streets and ensured that they moved smoothly spreading the message of the joy and jubilation of 75 years of Indian Independence. Their message was De-Addiction.

Though the route was long, students walked on joyfully and did not feel the exhaustion of the journey. The students completed the rally and assembled at their destination, the Gateway of India. Here they had their refreshments, sang the national anthem and then dispersed.

The NSS volunteers reported to PI Darade of Chembur Police station, Basant Park, Chembur Mumbai on Sunday 4th September, 2022 at 2.00 p.m.. They were asked to wait in the police station and later guided to the Teen Talav pond opposite Acres Club, Chembur, Mumbai. The students guided the vehicle traffic and pedestrians, groups of people carrying Ganesh Idols to the entrance of Teen Talav pond. The area was kept free of traffic jams and the volunteers played their role of assisting the police staff in traffic regulation, very well.

Police force ensured that only small groups of volunteers took to the road to regulate traffic as they wanted to reduce footfall in that area. Many NSS volunteers from different colleges in the vicinity had gathered for traffic regulation duty and the police team did a good job of sending in only the team of volunteers required from time to time. All the 25 volunteers of our college got an opportunity to regulate traffic and assist in the Ganpati Visarjan activity on 3 busy days of Ganpati Visarjan, Sunday 4th September, Tuesday 6th September and Friday 9th September, 2022 from 2.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m..

The NSS unit of the college partnered with My Green Society and other NSS Units of colleges in Mumbai to participate in a Bleach Cleaning Project at Worli Beach – Worli Patti, the section allotted to us for cleaning of the coastline. This project is a nation-wide initiative where citizens have come together and taken the responsibility to clean their sections of the coastline. This is a part of the Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar initiative.

T.Y.B.Com. student Rahul Sukhdev led a team of 22 MNDC NSS volunteers to participate in the Beach Cleaning Project on 17th September, 2022.

Volunteers reported to the venue at 7.00am to the Worli Beach and collected plastic waste and other waste from 7.00 a.m. to 9.00 a.m.. They wore gloves and deposited the waste in bin bags. The waste collected by the NSS volunteers was weighed. 261 kilograms of waste was collected. The organizers commanded the volunteers for their efforts. Refreshments were served to all the volunteers at the end of the project.

An online form was filled up by the participants and all the participants received certificates for their participation in the Beach Cleaning Project.

A team of 8 members comprising of 2 Doctors 5 medical technicians and one PRO Ms. Neeta Dange arrived at the college campus at 2.30pm. NSS PO Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lata Krishnan and Asst. Prof. Tushar Pawar with 25 NSS Volunteers greeted Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals Blood Bank team and got busy making arrangements for the Blood donation drive. Beds were set up, registration counter, Doctor’s counter, Certificated Desk, Refreshments corner were all set up and manned by the NSS volunteers and Blood Bank Team members. NSS volunteers called their friends and relatives and alumni students to donate blood. Teachers and non-teaching staff in the campus too were informed about the start of the blood donation camp. The volunteers helped in registering donors and facilitating the process of blood donation. Volunteers made announcements promoting the Blood Donation Camp. Both the NSS programme officers Asst. Prof. Tushar Pawar and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lata Krishnan joined the volunteers in this blood donation camp and motivated the volunteers to participate enthusiastically.

Students from College, alumni of college, friends and outsiders visited the camp and volunteered to donate blood.

35 units of blood were collected.

The NSS Volunteers worked sincerely and enthusiastically. Tea and snacks were given to blood donors and the team of organizers.

NSS Leaders Lekhraj Dholpuri, Jayshree Balotiya, Tasmiya Shaikh, Shivani Gupta led the event. A certificate was awarded to the college by Sir J. J. Hospital Blood Camp. Principal Dr. Eknath Zhrekar received the certificate on behalf of the NSS Unit of the college.

It was a moment of joy and gratification of a NSS Blood Donation Camp successfully completed.

NSS volunteers, students of the degree college, and students of the Junior college gathered in front of the college building at 3:30 p.m. on 13th August, 2022. The NSS Rally was combined with the Swachch Bharat Abhiyan. The NSS Leaders had carried with them gloves and bin bags to collect dry waste, plastic waste from the streets of Chembur Mumbai.

While at the rally, a group of NSS volunteers engaged in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Groups of students took turns to pick up plastic waste using gloves.

The rally started from Sion Trombay Road, moved into Thakkar Bappa Colony and through Siddharth Colony and back to Chembur Naka.

While walking in the rally the students picked up dry waste from Sion Trombay Road, Thakkar Bappa Colony and Siddharth colony.

The students completed the rally and assembled at the ground floor multipurpose hall. The dry waste collected was disposed of in the college campus dust bin. The Swachch Bharat Abhiyan was successfully conducted.

NSS volunteers, students of the degree college, and students of the Junior college gathered in front of the college building at 3:30 p.m. on 13th August, 2022. The NSS Rally was combined with the Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign. The NSS Leaders had collected 100 Indian flags free of cost from the BMC Office, Chembur, Mumbai.

The rally started in Sion Trombay Road, moved into Thakkar Bappa Colony and through Siddharth Colony and back to Chembur Naka.

While walking in the rally the students distributed flags to the shopkeepers and residents of Thakkar Bappa Colony and Siddharth colony. They asked the recipients to put up the flag in their houses, shops, and vehicles to celebrate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Students were happy to distribute the Indian flags and the people receiving the flags were filled with joy, receiving the Indian flag.

The students completed the rally and assembled at the ground floor multipurpose hall. All the flags were distributed to people around the rally in houses and shops, students, teachers and non-teaching staff of the college. The Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign was successfully conducted.

NSS volunteers, students of the degree college, and students of the Junior college gathered in front of the college building at 3:30pm on 13th August, 2022. They followed a colour code for dressing. Few were dressed in white, some wore orange shirts or kurtas and others wore green shirts or kurtas. Few students came dressed in blue shirts or kurtas. This colour code was decided to represent the colours of the Indian flag.

Flags were distributed to the students who carried sticks with them. 20 placards were made on the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav theme. Students lined up in height order and formed two squads. The NSS banner was held in the front of the squad. Teachers and leaders walked besides the squad. One police personnel joined the rally that started at 4:00 p.m. sharp from the Mahatma Night Degree College of Arts and Commerce, College Campus.
The route was through Sion Trombay Road to Thakkar Bappa Colony, through Siddharth Colony and back to Chembur Naka, College campus.

The students walked briskly and shouted slogans of Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamar, Jai Jawan Jai Kisan, Jai Hind, Vande Mataram. They were full of joy as they walked through the thick traffic attracting the attention of passers by. The police personnel steered the rally through the busy streets and ensured that they moved smoothly spreading the message of the joy and jubilation of 75 years of Indian Independence.

Though the route was long, students walked on joyfully and did not feel the exhaustion of the journey. On the way they distributed flags to the shopkeepers and residents of Thakkar Bappa Colony and Siddharth colony. Students picked up plastic bags and participated in cleaning the streets of Chembur.

The students completed the rally and assembled at the ground floor multipurpose hall. Here they had their refreshments, sang the national anthem and then dispersed to the classes for lectures.

The NSS leaders gathered in the ground floor multipurpose hall and made arrangements for the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Extempore Event.

35 students participated in the Extempore Event. They spoke for a minute each with a lot of feelings about freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi, Rani Laxmibai, Bhagat Sigh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Subhash Chandra Bose and others and their sacrifices for Indian Independence.

The evening was spent well and the sacrifices of freedom fighters were fondly remembered with a lot of reverence. The NSS volunteers were happy to participate in the event.

The NSS leaders gathered in the ground floor multipurpose hall and made arrangements for the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Poster Making and Rangoli making event. The NSS banner was put up and the stationery, crayons, pastels, pencils, felt pens were distributed among the participants along with the paper for poster making.

The participants were engrossed in making their sketches and colouring bright beautiful images of freedom fighters, the Indian National Flag, the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav theme image and images that inspire and ignite love for the nation. A sketch of Bhagat Singh made by a volunteer looked very impressive.

The rangoli-making event was flagged off by the NSS Programme Officers. Space was allotted to every participant around the pillars of the hall in the ground floor multipurpose hall of the college. Students had brought their own material and started with the rangoli making process.

All the participants were engrossed in making images and were at their creative best. The hall was being decorated and the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav main banner was put up. The air was filled with excitement and joy. Teachers and students walked around and appreciated the efforts of the participants. At 6.00pm the posters were collected. Group photographs were taken of all the participants. The posters made by students were put up in the hall for all to see in the last period at 8:15 p.m..

52 NSS Volunteers, 29 boys and 23 girls with 2 Programme Officers Asst. Prof. Tushar Pawar and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lata Krishnan took the 7.15 a.m. train from Kurla to reach Khardi, at 9.15 a.m. The team of students entered the premises of Our Town and reached the reception area. After Tea and breakfast the team walked to the location designated for tree plantation. 50 plants were distributed to the students. Neem, Gulmohar, Badam, Temple Tree, Rain Tree, Eucalyptus and Bamboo saplings were distributed to students. Two teams were made and the tree plantation took place parallely in two areas. One team was monitored by NSS Programme Officer Asst. Prof. Tushar Pawar and the other team was monitored by NSS Programme Officer Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lata Krishnan. Gardner Mr. Sadhu and Manager Mr. Bhagwan facilitated the tree plantation activity. 50 trees were donated by Ms. Freya Palia of Our Town, Khardi. The trees will be nurtured and taken care of by the gardeners of Our Town. Tree plantation photographs were taken with the NSS Banner and College banner.

After the tree plantation activity the volunteers assembled to thank the hosts, manager Mr. Bhagwan, gardener Mr. Sadhu, kitchen staff and Ms. Freya Palia for their contribution and support to the NSS Tree Plantation Project. Students returned to Chembur at 6.30 p.m.

The NSS Tree Plantation project was a grand success.