A Study On Impact Of Nss Volunteering On Personality And Career Development Of Passed Out Graduates

Abstract

The NSS was launched in 1969 by the then Union Education Minister, Dr. V.K.R.V. Rao in 37 Universities with strength of 40,000 volunteers during Birth Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi. The main objective of NSS was to orient the student youths to community service while studying in educational institutions.(Sanajaobi Devi & Singh, 2015) The present paper aim to find out impact of NSS volunteering on personality development and career development of passed out graduates. For the study purpose 176 ex-NSS volunteers were taken as sample who have passed out their graduation from colleges located in Ratnagiri district. The findings of the study reveals that NSS volunteering has helped volunteers in their personality development as well as it are very useful in their job/career development.