RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
and
NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME
Organizes
NSS Mega Summer Camp 22nd June - 3rd July 2009
at RGNIYD Campus, Sriperumbudur
 

          The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India has been imparting various programmes under National Service Scheme (NSS). In an effort to make NSS more attractive to the NSS Volunteers and also to improve their overall personality development, the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, GOI is organizing with Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) and National Service Scheme for the first time a NSS Mega Summer Camp for 400 NSS Volunteers drawn from various parts of the country for a duration of 12 days from 22 June to 3 July 2009 at Sriperumbudur. The 400 Volunteers were selected to include 15 Volunteers from each state and union territory. The Volunteers would undergo a 12-day camp involving 7 days of camping activities and 5 days of educational visit. The programme will be inaugurated by the Hon’ble Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. M. S. Gill on 22 June 2009 at 10 a.m. The Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri. Pratik Prakashbapu Patil and the Secretary, Youth Affairs, will also be attending the programme.

Camping Activities  

            The theme of the camp will be aimed at promoting volunteerism and citizenship. Areas of involvement will focus on health, employability, environment and rural development thereby developing the personality of the participating youth by providing them academic and cultural inputs including field visits. Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development will be organizing academic sessions on the above themes to the participating youth besides conducting group work on these themes. Besides, the participating youth would be visiting various industries in Chennai to have a glimpse of technological innovation and advancement in the manufacturing sector. For the physical and mental wellbeing of the volunteers during the camp, Yoga and Physical Training sessions are also being organised. The cultural component of the camp is being organised to provide training to the Volunteers on organizing different formats of cultural programmes with the help of SPIC-MACAY.

Educational Visit

               As a part of the educational visit, the NSS Volunteers will visit various places of cultural and historical importance in Chennai, Coimbatore, Kochi, Trivandrum, Kannyakumari and  Madurai from 28 June to 3 July 2009. The 400 NSS Volunteers will be divided into two groups. Group 1 will be visiting these places in clock-wise direction and Group 2 will be visiting these places anti-clock-wise.

 NSS Mega Summer Camp-June 2009