Extention Services (NCC)
Sree Narayana Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research, Pangod, Puthoor has two NSS units which have been implementing voluntary service in different areas. Dr. G. Sahadevan and Smt. Maniamma Ramji are the program officers. Total strength of NSS volunteers is 200 in two units. Every year we are adopting a village where services are rentered with the coperation of local gramapanchayath. Free Ayurveda Medical camp, Medical survey. Plantation of medicinal plants, supplying medicine for prevention of disease and awareness programs are conducted.
Every year we conduct a special camp for 07 or 10 days. In these camps we arrange so many activities such as awareness classes, Debates, Lecturer classes on various subject for the all-round development of students especially their individuality. Our students have volunteered to donate their eyes and their willingness submitted to the concerned authorities. Every year we donate blood voluntarily to the Taluk Hospital as well as District hospitals. We have arranged classes on communicative English, Sanskrit and Yoga.
Every year our volunteers will visit Gandhi Bhavan, Pathanapuram an aboard of destitute elders. This can create empathy for the elders and induce in their minds social commitment. The members of the NSS took care and attended the patients at Gandhibhavan and guided the needy to attend our hospital for free treatment. Seedlings of medicinal plants supplied by the Forest Department are planted in the campus.
Regular check up and blood group determination identifying cancer patient are conducted by the NSS groups in the adopted village and hospital by giving wide publicity.
Regularly promote NSS volunteers to attend leadership camps, quiz competition, debates and seminars. Some of the NSS volunteers have attended international camps in Delhi and Madras.
We get the coperation of the Panchayat also. This year our NSS volunteers have participated in cleaning the roads of Puthur and nearby places. We have participated in the TB eradication program organized by Edavattom Panchayath and our efforts were well accepted by them.