On the eve of National Service Scheme (NSS) day, the NSS wing , University of Kashmir (KU) organized a special lecture on the topic “NSS:Its origin and relevance in higher Education” for NSS volunteers of various Universities and colleges of Kashmir division.

Professor Akash Gulalia, former Dean Social Sciences, BPS Women University and OSD at Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan delivered the special lecture.
Prof.Akash discussed at length about the origin and relevance of NSS in the higher education sector of our country.
The speaker emphasised on the fact that higher education institutions need to give special attention to NSS so that more and more students are encouraged to be part of this movement.
He also talked about the importance of voluntary services to address the issues faced by the society in the contemporary times.
While discussing the priority areas of intervention and the role of youth, the speaker highlighted the importance of student led movements like NSS to address the challenges faced by our country.
During the course of lecture the speaker shared some of his experiences with the NSS volunteers.
The lecture was followed by a question answer session.
The organizing team was led by Dr. Musavir Ahmad, Coordinator NSS University of Kashmir and included Programme officers namely Dr.Wakar Amin, Dr.Yasir Hameed, Dr.Hina Basharat and Dr.Shazia Malik. The lecture was moderated by D.Wakar Amin and Dr.Yasir Hameed presented the vote of thanks.