The union ministry of youth affairs and sports has selected Mangalore University for the Indira Gandhi NSS Award 2013. Vice-chancellor T C Shivashankara Murthy will receive this prestigious award from the President Pranab Mukherjee at an awards function to be held in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapathi Bhawan on November 19. The award consists of Rs 2 lakh cash, a memento and a citation, vice-chancellor Murthy said here.
The 33-year-old university is the fourth university in Karnataka after RGUHS, Bangalore University, and UAS, Dharwad to bag this award. The university which was shortlisted for the award last year too piped a dozen other shortlisted universities across India this year to make the grade. The then National Service Scheme (NSS) coordinator of the university Gananatha Shetty Yekkar will join the vice-chancellor in receiving the award.
Dedicating the award to the 16,902 NSS volunteers in 160 NSS units functioning in 110 colleges under the university, the VC told reporters here that a selection committee headed by the secretary, ministry of youth affairs and sports has seen the university's track record over past 5 years in NSS activities in making this selection. The university is the only institution in the state to have made NSS part of its academics for under-graduate students, he said.
The NSS volunteers over the last three years have created assets worth Rs 1.30 crore. In 2012-13, 18.70-lakh regular activities were carried out, 42.08-lakh special camp activities conducted, 4,775 blood units donated, 13,075 saplings plants, 5,115 children immunized for polio. The total value of durable assets created in the last academic year amounts to Rs 79.06-lakh, he said, adding these factors have influenced the selection committee's decision.
The 33-year-old university is the fourth university in Karnataka after RGUHS, Bangalore University, and UAS, Dharwad to bag this award. The university which was shortlisted for the award last year too piped a dozen other shortlisted universities across India this year to make the grade. The then National Service Scheme (NSS) coordinator of the university Gananatha Shetty Yekkar will join the vice-chancellor in receiving the award.
Dedicating the award to the 16,902 NSS volunteers in 160 NSS units functioning in 110 colleges under the university, the VC told reporters here that a selection committee headed by the secretary, ministry of youth affairs and sports has seen the university's track record over past 5 years in NSS activities in making this selection. The university is the only institution in the state to have made NSS part of its academics for under-graduate students, he said.
The NSS volunteers over the last three years have created assets worth Rs 1.30 crore. In 2012-13, 18.70-lakh regular activities were carried out, 42.08-lakh special camp activities conducted, 4,775 blood units donated, 13,075 saplings plants, 5,115 children immunized for polio. The total value of durable assets created in the last academic year amounts to Rs 79.06-lakh, he said, adding these factors have influenced the selection committee's decision.
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