CU-NSS SHOWCASE-2015

GOVT. SCHOOL VISIT FOR PLEDGE TAKING CEREMONY-SWACHH BHARAT MISSION

“Cleanliness is next to goodliness”

Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan is  one step towards cleanliness.It was established on 2 nd October
2014.A clean India would be a best tribute India could pay to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150 th
birth anniversary in 2019.He invited 9 people to join the cleanliness drive and requested each
of them to draw nine more into the initiative.By inviting people to participate the Swachh
Bharat Abhiyaan has turned into a National movement.A sense of responsibility has been
evoked among people through clean India movement. Believing in the thought NSS Unit Cell
of Chitkara University, Baddi organised a visit to the government school.     

It was organised on 8th September, 2015, in Kalujhanda. Around 10 volunteers participated in
this event along with NSS president Punit Jain and vice president Ritika Goyal. The
volunteers were first asked to gather near CU bridge at 9 a.m. After which everyone headed
towards the college van which was arranged to take them to primary school in our adopted
village.The volunteers  had a short introduction with students and faculty of the school. The
NSS volunteers  and the school students took pledge on swachh bharat abhiyaanin the
presence of school faculty. After that all were provided with  sweets as mark of a positive
start to the grand desire of cleaner and greener India. 

The  motive of this event was that to make students realise the value and importance of
cleanliness in our surrounding. Being clean and tidy is important. Cleanliness should start
with personal hygiene. It is crucial for people to learn about hygiene, and the various diseases
linked to lack of it. Any habits, good or bad, taught or even picked up at a young age, get
embedded into one's personality. Unfortunately, today, many adults themselves do not set
very good examples of cleanliness. School and other educational institutions should spread
knowledge on importance of cleanliness by adding it in curriculum and textbooks.
Demonstrating cleanliness in school premises, involving students in cleaning activities is a
very good way to spread awareness about cleanliness.

We must take it as a social and moral responsibility to clean our surrounding and also educate
and encourage others to do the same. After the event completed all the volunteers were asked
to head towards the college van. Everyone reached college with a smile of satisfaction on
their faces at 10 am where they were appreciated by all for their extraordinary effort.

PLEDGE TAKING CEREMONY -SWACHH BHARAT MISSION

“Green India, clean India, our dream India”

The words convey the right motive of every Indian today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
launched country’s ever biggest cleanliness drive, “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”. It started on
Mahatma Gandhi ji’s anniversary this year. This campaign aims to accomplish the vision of a
'Clean India' by 2 October 2019, the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. The NSS Unit cell
of Chitkara University, Baddi has never failed to take up initiative that would benefit the
society in any it could. This time NSS organised a pledge taking ceremony.

The pledge taking ceremony was organised on 7 september 2015, after college hours in the
lawn near Chemistry Lab. The ceremony was conducted in the presence of all the cleaning
staff of the campus. . It was also organised in room no. 217 during Sankalp in which the
students of sankalp participated along with NSS volunteers. The ceremony was also attended
by NSS programme coordinator Ma’am Pooja Dhiman. The event was led by President Punit
Jain and Vice President Ritika Goyal.  Around 50 volunteers participated in the ceremony
along with the others.

At first all the cleaning staffs of the campus was invited to the location for pledge taking
ceremony regarding “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”. They were organised into proper lines after
which the pledge taking ceremony started. By putting their hand forward, they took the oath.
They repeated every word of the pledge with utmost determination to work in order to bring a
change in the society that we all desire of. The Sankalp students also repeated every word of
pledge with innocence and determination.

The aim of the mission is to cover all the rural and urban areas of the country to present this
country as an ideal country before the world. The mission has targeted aims like eliminating
the open defecation, converting insanitary toilets into pour flush toilets, eradicating manual
scavenging, complete disposal and reuse of solid and liquid wastes, bringing behavioural
changes to people and motivate health practices, spreading cleanliness awareness among
people, strengthening the cleanliness systems in the urban and rural areas as well as creating
user friendly environment for all private sectors interested for investing in India for
cleanliness maintenance.

After taking oath everyone was made aware about ways to keep our surroundings clean. They
were suggested ways by which a positive change regarding cleaning could be brought up in
the society. They were told that at first we need to change our mentality toward cleaning. We
need to put off our egos and should start working as a team for a cleaner and greener India for
which every Indian aspires off.

They were satisfied by every word that was told to them and they promised to work for the
same. The staff was provided with sweets as a mark of a positive start for a big goal. The
event successfully ended with smiles on everyone’s face.

POSTER MAKING CONTEST-SWACHH BHARAT MISSION

“Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected”

There is a strong connection between creativity and self-motivation. We are always
experiencing moments in our life that lead us to creativity. Creativity is something we all
have, we just have to discover it in order to be able to have self-motivated and achieve what
we desire the most. For those who struggle with self-motivated NSS helps them to find
something they are passionate about, and to expand that passion in to motivation. With one
such motive a Poster Making Competition was organised.

It was organised on October, 7, 2015 in 5-6th hour in room no. 1507 pi block. It was a great
idea to present creativity along with motivation in front of the people. Around 25 students
participated in the event. The volunteers were guided about the management of the event
and were assigned particular jobs for the smooth working of the event. The participants were
given information about the competition along with that they were precisely made aware of
the rules regarding the same.

Words, when used in the correct way, can melt the stoniest of hearts. Words are known to
have triggered mass movements, which changed the course of history. Motivational posters,
too, make use of concise words to deliver the message in the most striking of manners.
Hence, they tend to create a rather strong impact on the mind. They have also initiated actions
in many cases. They induce a sense of optimism if things are not going well. And creativity
adds to the beauty of the words. It like giving visualising what we try to convey through our
message. Hence the participants were with a striking and current theme of “Swachh Bharat".

A small step from the end of every Indian citizen can be a big step for fulfilling the purpose
of the Narendra Modi’s ‘Clean India’ campaign or “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”. Our Prime
Minister Narendra Modi has started a cleanliness campaign called “Clean India” or “Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan”. We should understand that cleanliness it not only responsibility of our
prime minister however, it is the responsibility of each and every person living on this earth.

We conjointly should actively participate in this campaign for the healthy lives of all of us.
Cleanliness should be initiated at home, school, college, society, community, office,
organization and country level to bring a clean India revolution all over the India.  We all
should understand the motto, importance and necessity of cleanliness and must try to apply it
in our daily lives.

The posters made by the students contained quotation like that. They were filled with
creativity. The event successfully ended with announcing one winner at the end.

SHRAMDAAN--AN INITIATIVE FOR SWACHH BHARAT

“Good hygiene enhanced sound well-being”

Believing in the thought,”Not Me, But You” NSS Unit Cell of Chitkara University, Baddi 

organises many events regarding the same. Wherever we live, it is important for us to keep it 

clean. If our homes are clean we will obviously enjoy a healthy life. NSS as a team 

understands the importance of a clean and healthy society. To promote this wonderful idea 

NSS organized Shramdaan(cleanliness drive).

It was organised on 30th September, 2015, Kalujhanda. Around 22 volunteers participated in 

the event. After college hours the volunteers were called near anganwadi of our adopted 

village. At first the volunteers were asked to gather under the CU Bridge. The event was led 

by President Punit Jain and Vice President Ritika Goyal. They guided the new volunteers 

about the event and also divided them in teams which were further assigned locations and

with particular jobs.

Being clean and tidy is important. Cleanliness should start with personal hygiene. It is crucial 

for people to learn about hygiene, and the various diseases linked to lack of it. Any habits, 

good or bad, taught or even picked up at a young age, get embedded into one's personality. 

Unfortunately, today, many adults themselves do not set very good examples of cleanliness. 

In fact, habits like smoking, chewing tobacco and betel leaves, and spitting on roads and 

sidewalks, are a sick heritage handed down from our parents and elderly relatives. Many 

public places used for defecating are left messy and stinking, leading to any number of 

diseases. There is a dire need to educate and sensitise people about the importance of 

cleanliness in light of our faith.

Litter on roads, polluted water bodies and poor sanitation make excellent breeding grounds 

for creepy crawly pests. A healthy environment is necessary if we want to stay healthy. If the 

environment is dirty it badly affects the health of the people living around.

School and other educational institutions should spread knowledge on importance of 

cleanliness by adding it in curriculum and textbooks. Demonstrating cleanliness in school 

premises, involving students in cleaning activities is a very good way to spread awareness

about cleanliness. 

SPREADING AWARENESS ABOUT  BENEFITS OF MAINTAINING CLEANLINESS.

We must take it as a social and moral responsibility to clean our surrounding and also educate 

and encourage others to do the same. 

After the event completed all the volunteers were asked to head towards the college. 

Everyone reached college with a smile of satisfaction on their faces where they were 

appreciated by all for their extraordinary effort.

CU-N.S.S. TEAM

NSS UNIT CELL AND ITS PILLAR.

National Service Scheme, under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Govt. of India,

popularly known as NSS was launched in Gandhiji’s Birth Centenary Year 1969, in 37

Universities involving 40,000 students with primary focus on the development of personality

of students through community service. Today, NSS has more than 3.2 million student

volunteers on its roll spread over 298 Universities 42 (+2) Senior Secondary Council and

Directorate of Vocational Education all over the country.

CU-NSS

Chitkara University NSS Unit Cell is the only unit working for the welfare of the University as

well as the society. Its hardworking volunteers work with only one motive that is,” Not Me,

But You”. This club provides the students a fair chance to participate in the noble cause of

helping the needy. This club is divided into four different clubs i.e. Sankalp, Unnati, Prayas,

Umang. All these groups are meant to work in four different manners. These are explained

as follows:-

Sankalp

In this NSS volunteers teach the slum children after college hours. The noble work of Each

One Teach One seems to come true seeing the dedication with which students take out

some time out of their busy academic schedule and use it for the betterment of the society.

Being a part of this club gives our volunteers a chance to get aware of the difficulties that

children of our society from financially weak families are facing. Our volunteers and the

slum children share a very loving relationship.

Unnati 

In this the volunteers give the slum children of middle age, computer education. They teach

the children how to use a computer, typing, and various keys in it etc. It not only gives the

volunteers a chance to interact with them but also gives a golden chance to the slum

children to enhance their knowledge. The club attempts to provide them with facilities in

education that they lack otherwise.

Prayas

In this our team organises various medical camps for the welfare of the society like, Dental

Camp, Blood Donation Camp, and Eye Check up Camp. The scheduled day the whole team

puts in effort to make the event a success. A team of doctors is invited for the check up.

People from the campus and nearby areas attend the camp.

Umang 

Under this part of the club our team organises various events that provide our volunteers

fair chance to get face to face with the problems that our society as well as its various

generations are facing.  Events like cloth donation, slipper donation, Shramdaan and rallies

regarding awareness are organised.  In cloth donation and slipper donation selected

volunteers visit the village area for the donation. Our team organises various rallies in which

we visit the nearby slum area where with help of reciting slogans, posters, personally

meeting the people and giving pamphlets we spread awareness. Another event called

Shramdaan is organised in which the volunteers take the initiative to clean the area in the

campus as well outside the campus.

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“Not Me, But You”

This has been the ultimate motive of NSS. The volunteers of NSS put in efforts everyday just to bring a positive change in the society. NSS as a team has never failed to take the stand for the needy. Whether it is matter regarding children, poor people, or it is about our mother earth our team has worked with utmost dedication for it. They don’t work for appreciation but they work for the society and for the eternal satisfaction they get by doing the same. NSS has been organising as well as participating in variety of events that help in fulfilling the motive of NSS. And this time they organised NSS showcase.

On 26th September, 2015, NSS Showcase was organised in the cultural fest Algorythm 2015 of Chitkara University. In the showcase the volunteers participated along with the children from slums who are given education in Sankalp. Showcase is reflecting a social message without dialogues and just music. A person’s body language conveys whatever he enacts. It was a tough job to organise an event like that but CU-NSS as team worked day and night with all the hard work, dedication and determination. The event was organised under the guidance of President Punit Jain and Vice-President Ritika Goyal.

The event gave a chance to strengthen the bond among the NSS volunteers. They learned teamwork and how to perform in the best way, even in odd situation. They faced difficulties but handled them with togetherness. They helped one another to prepare a great show.

NSS Showcase was about the ultimate motive of ‘Not Me, But You’. It reflected all the activities that the volunteers of NSS performed each and every day. The acts performed within showcase exhibited about the problems that the people of our society are facing whether it is poverty, lack of education facilities or child labour. It also conveyed how NSS as a team brought a great change in the lives of people. The NSS Showcase was not just liked and appreciated by the people but also it made the people aware about the commendable job the volunteers of NSS do. The audience clapped and cheered for the team.

The hard work put in by every member of NSS not just in performing for Showcase but also the volunteers who put in efforts every day to uplift the society made NSS Showcase a great success.

NSS SHOWCASE 2015

CLOTH DISTRIBUTION

                              

“Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.”

The above lines are certainly true. Today’s youth is tomorrow’s nation. And today’s youth are our students. Students do pay a vital role in the society and how a society is shaped generation after generations. There are many activities that students take initiatives for the betterment of the society. In the same way CU-NSS organises many events like that. Cloth Donation is one such event. In this event NSS volunteers donate old clothes to the needy.

The NSS Unit Cell of Chitkara University, Baddi organized a cloth distribution event on September 22, 2015. The event was organised in the slum areas of Pinjore (Haryana). About 8 volunteers took part in the event. The event was organised in the presence of President Punit Jain and Vice-President Ritika Goyal. The aim of the activity was to distribute clothes among the slum children and needy people, as giving away the things that can help other people always brings joy and happiness to us and the people around. The students of Chitkara University were notified about this activity a week ago and students were instructed to bring their old, unused clothes and put them in the drop boxes that were placed at many places in the University.

The volunteers were first told to gather under the CU-Bridge. The new volunteers were given information about the event. They were given guidelines about how to act in odd situations and how to handle them. They were given information about the whole strategy on which the event was going to work. They were divided into teams and were assigned their jobs. After gathering all the requirements at around 11.45 a.m. they headed towards the location.

Everyone reached the location at around 12.30 p.m. The NSS members called the slum children, their parents and other needy people from nearby areas and the cloth distribution process started at one common location. There was a lot of excitement among the kids when they queued up to receive the clothes and it was a delight to see their expressions when that excitement turned into a smile when they received the clothes. Same was the case with the men and women who were also present to receive clothes and the NSS members made sure that every person or child gets his/her fare share of clothes and that no one is returned empty-handed.

                  

With this activity, the teamwork between the NSS members just got better and their bond with each other grew stronger. People watching this activity also learnt the lesson that giving away your things to make someone else happy in turn makes you happy. The volunteers were provided with refreshment after the completion of the event. The event was a great success as it not only ensured a positive feeling among the poor people but also among our volunteers. Everyone returned with smiles on their faces as it was a proud moment for them.

Helping Attitude

What is helping attitude? Why there is any need to help others? Why should one help others? What one will get in return of helping others?

Answers of all such sort of question will get the one who has helped any needy even once.

The kind of feeling one will be having after helping others can easily be quoted as “do good, have good”

Actually the whole universe is working on the principle of actions and reactions.

As one sow, so shall the person reap.

A very simple act of helping others gives us immense pleasure, inner peace, a sense of satisfaction of being a good human and even our well -wishers feel proud on us as we are engaged in noble tasks.

According to philosophers the best way to worship god is to serve his creatures in any possible way.

National service scheme is one way to serve the weaker sections of the society where our responsible NSS volunteers provide their services to serve the humanity by organizing numerous events to help them out.

Now question is how one can help the needy?

1.  By providing them moral support.

2.  By guiding and counselling them.

3.  By teaching them practical lessons of life.

4.  By educating them.

5.  By encouraging them to do well in life and be an example for others.

6.  By motivating Youngers to study and explore their natural talent.

7.  By encouraging them to be responsible towards their duties, family and society.

8.  By realizing them value of relations.

9.  By training them for their original thinking.

10. By adopting the way “ each one, teach one”

11.  By offering them eatables and other articles of their need.

12.By providing them a sense of brother-hood-ness towards others.

13.   By proving them helping hands at the time of their crisis.

This is the way by which we can serve humanity. Let all of us join together to serve the mankind in the best possible way, to help those who actually need our support to rise.

Events organized under NSS unit with the motive to serve mankind are-

1.  Providing basic education to slum children under sankalp

2.  Providing basic computer education to village students under unnati

3.  Holding blood donation camps

4.  cloth/slipper distribution drives

5.  medical/general health check-up camps

6.  eye/dental check-up camps

7.  holding sports meet at government schools

8.  health survey camps at anganwadi

awareness campaign on cleanliness

9.  cleanliness drives

10.awareness seminars on health diseases like hiv-aids

11.  expert lectures on drug de-addiction

12. rallies to spread awareness on gender equality, daughter education, bijli bachao desh banao, beti bachao beti padhao

13.  adventure camps

14. session on understanding peace and spirituality

let all of us give our contribution in these noble causes and get the positive vibrations as the silent blessing from the almighty.

Pooja Dhiman

Women's Marathon

      

“There is no tool for development, other than empowerment of the women”

Women empowerment is empowering the women to take their own decisions for their personal dependent. Empowering women is to make them independent in all aspects from mind, thought, rights, decisions, etc by leaving all the social and family limitations. Believing in the thought NSS Unit Cell of Chitkara University, Baddi organises many events regarding the same. This time especially the female volunteers of NSS participated in the inauguration ceremony of women’s police station in Panchkula.

It was organised on 28th August, 2015, in Panchkula. Around 90 female volunteers participated in the event along with NSS programme coordinator Ma’am Pooja Dhiman and our hostel warden Ma’am Rupali. The volunteers were first asked to gather in courtyard at 6a.m. After which everyone headed towards the college buses which were arranged to take them to the location in Panchkula. The volunteers were provided with breakfast which was provided by the college. At 8a.m. the buses reached the location where everyone gathered for the inauguration. The event started with a march from Mansa Devi Mandir and continued till Panchkula Station. After the march the volunteers were asked to sit. Then the event started with the touching performance by the Band RJ Pankaj. Then came the dance performance on Female Foeticide which touched the hearts of all. Female foeticide is the illegal practice of killing a foetus which is determined as a female. Female foeticide is prevalent in our country as a major social evil. The patriarchal social structure of India gives a secondary position to women. Female foeticide is a matter of shame. We must take it as a social and moral responsibility to stop the practice of female foeticide and also educate and encourage others to stop it completely. The dance performance expressed all these ideas in a very impressive manner. After this everyone welcomed honourable Chief Minister who addressed everyone with his kind words of appreciation.

After the event completed all the volunteers were asked to head towards the college buses. Everyone reached college with a smile of satisfaction on their faces at 12pm where they were appreciated by all for their extraordinary effort.

CU-NSS HEALTH SURVEY CAMP

      
 

“The greatest wealth is Health”.

Good Health starts from the very infancy. It is here that protection and care is needed, so that each organ functions well, each organ develops naturally, and there are no deformities, disabilities and diseases but often the health of children remain neglected, with the result that they grow unhealthily and that affects their education as well. A healthy child develops into a healthy adult. Along with the education of the children their health is also a matter of concern for our team CU-NSS. Hence for the same a ‘Health Survey Camp’ was organised in the anganwadi of village Kalujhanda.

This camp was organised on 4th September, 2015 in the anganwadi of nearby village of kalujhanda. It was organised in the presence of ex-President Deepanshu Singla, President Punit Jain, and Vice-President Ritika Goyal, and two other volunteers. All the required volunteers were first told to gather under the CU-Bridge from where everyone was going to leave for the location. After all the requirements were gathered, they were placed in the van and the van left at 10.00 am for the place of action along with volunteers.

At around 10.15am we reached the location where we met all the members of anganwadi and the children over there. The children were between the age of 2-3 years. There were around 10 children. After the interaction we started with our work. We were supposed to check the weight and height of the children in order to know their BMI. BMI is a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. BMI is a measure for indicating nutritional status. All their details were being mentioned in a form by one of the volunteers. Meanwhile one of the volunteer entertained the other children so that they didn’t get bored.

After checking the height and weight of all the children, they were gifted with sweets and biscuits. The teachers of anganwadi were also presented with gifts. After this all the volunteers returned back to college. In the evening the event continued in Sankalp. The volunteers present there checked the BMI of the students of Sankalp. The children were also provided with refreshments after which they were taken to ground for playing games. The children of anganwadi as well as the students of Sankalp enjoyed a lot which marked the success of the event.