{"id":46868,"date":"2025-01-22T07:25:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/?p=46868"},"modified":"2025-01-22T07:25:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T07:25:46","slug":"education-news-odisha-state-nss-awards-20-honoured-for-outstanding-contributions-to-social-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2025\/01\/22\/education-news-odisha-state-nss-awards-20-honoured-for-outstanding-contributions-to-social-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Education News &#8211; Odisha State NSS Awards : 20 Honoured for Outstanding Contributions to Social Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bhubaneswar 22\/01\/2025( Odisha Samachar\/Rajat Mohapatra)-The Odisha State NSS Awards Ceremony for 2023-24 was held today by the Higher Education Department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46869 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-1-300x151.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-1-300x151.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-1.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>During the event, 20 individuals and units were honoured for their outstanding contributions to the National Service Scheme (NSS). The awards included recognition for 12 volunteers, three program officers, three NSS units and two units that excelled in blood donation and tree plantation activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event was graced by Shri Suryabanshi Suraj, Hon&#8217;ble Minister of Higher Education, as the Chief Guest. In his address, Shri Suraj emphasized that the awards would serve as a source of inspiration for the youth of Odisha. He highlighted the critical role of empowered youth leadership in building Vikshit Odisha. He further encouraged young people to actively participate in social service and developmental initiatives with a spirit of collaboration and dedication.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46871 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-3-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-3-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-3.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46870 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-2-300x140.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-2-300x140.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-2.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Prof. Geetanjali Dash, Vice-Chancellor of Berhampur University and Ms. Sarita Patel, Regional Director of the NSS Regional Directorate also joined the event. Dr. Ramesh Chandra Behera, State NSS Officer and Deputy Secretary of the Higher Education Department, delivered the welcome address and offered a vote of thanks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46872 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-4-300x215.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-4-300x215.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-4.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It is noteworthy that students from various universities and colleges across Odisha have been actively participating in NSS activities as volunteers. <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46873 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-5-300x134.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-5-300x134.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NSS-5.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>These activities range from promoting Swachh Bharat, tree plantation, blood donation, road safety and cybersecurity awareness to create awareness and provide assistance during natural calamities like floods and cyclones. The youth\u2019s efforts in such endeavours have significantly contributed to create awareness and extend support to the communities.<\/p>\n<p>()<\/p>\n<p>Odisha # Odisha News # Odisha Samachar # <a href=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/\">Eodishasamachar.com<\/a>\/ \u00a0Education News #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhubaneswar 22\/01\/2025( Odisha Samachar\/Rajat Mohapatra)-The Odisha State NSS Awards Ceremony for 2023-24 was held today by the Higher Education Department. During the event, 20 individuals and units were honoured for their outstanding contributions to the National Service Scheme (NSS). The awards included recognition for 12 volunteers, three program officers, three NSS units and two units &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46868"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46874,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46868\/revisions\/46874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}