National Service Scheme is a student - centered programme and it is complementary to education. It is a noble experiment in academic extension. It inculcates the spirit of voluntary work among students and teachers through sustained community interaction. It brings our academic institutions closer to the society. It is a link between the campus and community, the college and village, knowledge and action. The overall aim of NSS is the Personality Development of students through community service. It gives an extension dimension to Higher Education system and orients the student youth to community service.

      The NSS unit of Vignan’s University was conducted an awareness program on Digital Literacy to Self Help Group (SHG) resource persons(women leaders of Tenali region). The object of this program is to create awareness of making cashless transactions using various options such as mobile banking, Rupay cards, Bank credit/debit cards, e-POS machines etc., which is the need of the hour, to overcome the problems being faced by them while transactions with different financial bodies. The NSS student volunteers have conducted two days training program for 204 trainers (‘SHG’ resource persons) on 24th&25th January 2017.These two days workshop created awareness about cashless and digital transactions among SHG women’s resource persons. Each SHG resource person after going back will train 250 to 500 SHG members in their group. So the object of the program has been achieved by reaching 5000 women in this region. Registrar, Commodore Dr. M.S. Raghunathn, NSS program Officer Dr. K. V. Krishna Kishore addressed the gathered group. Vara Prasad, AP Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA) sate coordinator also participated in this program.The NSS program officer Dr. K. V. Krishna Kishore and all student volunteers are took active part in the campaign. On 24th&25th January2017 total 204 DWACRA women leaders are participated in this campaign. More than 20 student volunteers has been training them.

      NSS Unit of Vignan’s University has organized Swatch BharathProgramme in Salapadu village on 30/12/2016 in between 1.45pm to 3.45 pm in prepared schedule. As per the schedule, Assigned to ECE department to clean the Salapadu village. Each & Every individual has participated in this program and clean their surroundings. In this event, NSS Program Officer Dr .K .V. Krishna Kishore, Asst. Registrar Mr.GowriSankar& third year NSS Faculty coordinator Mr. Mhalingam said that with the help of student volunteers we have been doing this program in every month & spending one day with few hours for this program. NSS Program Officer, Asst. Registrars &ECE Faculty coordinator lead this program and also NSS student volunteers coordinated this program in a grand scale. Total 120 NSS student volunteers are participated in this camp.

     Free medical checkup camp was conducted at Vignan University on 5th of December in the University campus for all the teaching and non- teaching staff. The camp was organized by Ramesh Hospital, Vijayawada. The free Medical checkup camp was a social service rendered by Ramesh Hospital aiming for better health status of the people. Nearly 124 teaching and non teaching staff members had blood sugar checkup was done for all the people. Along with that, blood pressure check up, consultancy in special diet for obese people was also offered in the camp to all the people. A team of 13 including doctor, pharmacist, lab technician, dietician and 4 NSS volunteers were engaged in this camp to ensure better health awareness among university staff members. Even the university authorities, such as the Registrar, Dean E&M and Dean IT Services were also a part of this program. The NSS unit of the University took active initiation and role in organizing this program.

     On the occasion of NSS day we would like to organize some service oriented programmes in university premises and adopted villages. One of the events are: 1.Tree plantation program is conducted at the main gate Vignan’s University on 23.09.20016. The Second event is with respect to request from ENDO LIFE hospital; to organize the free Diabetic screening camp on 24th September 2016 in our adopted village Veeranayakunipalem to improve the overall awareness and preparation on how to deal with Diabetic problems. The Third event is books distribution at ZPH School vegendla village on 24.09.2016. And the fourth event is we request Dr. Rajesh ophthalmologist on Eye donation awareness camp in the University premises on 24.09.2016.

      NSS unit of Vignan’s university has taken up volunteer service at Pushkaraghat, to do various service oriented activities from 12.08.2016 to 23.08.2016. In this regard, students are requested to enroll as volunteers to participate in this prestigious event and render your services to the pilgrimages at the ghat.

     NSS Unit of Vignan’s University has organized SwachhVignanProgramme in University campus on 30/07/2016 in between 2.10pm to 3:30pm in prepared schedule. As per the schedule, Assigned to S&H department to clean the U block premises & surrounding grounds. Each & Every individual has participated in this program and clean their surroundings. For this time, NSS Unit mainly concentrated on cleaning of U block & cleaned the surroundings of U block with the help of NSS student volunteers. In this occasion, NSS Program Officer Dr. K.V.Krishna Kishore & Asst. Registrar Mr.GowriSankar both said that with the help of student volunteers we have been doing this program in every month & spending one day with few hours for this program. NSS Program Officer & Asst. Registrars lead this program and also NSS student volunteers coordinated this program in a grand scale.

     A ‘Blood Donation Camp’ was organized at VU on the Birthday of Dr. LavuRathaiah, the Chairman of Vignan’s group. This camp was organized by VU NSS team in collaboration with Needs Blood Bank, Guntur at two different venues on the campus- Sanskriti Seminar Hall and Mechanical Lab.

There was high enthusiasm among students and faculty members to be a part of this noble mission on the legend’s birthday. More than 472 students of all the years and some faculty members donated blood. 2 doctors, six pathologists were supervising this particular camp. The NSS coordinators rendered their services for making it a grand success.

      27 July 2015 was the day when Dr. Kalam fell and with him fell the entire nation last year. Even after one year of his untimely demise, many have not recovered of that tragic shock. To commemorate the greatness and humility of this legendary scientist and Indian President, a peace candle march was held at Vignan’s University on 27th July 2016. Thousands of students and faculty members were a part of this candle march that started from BhuvanaVijayam Block (A-Block) to AryabhattaBlock (U-Block) in the afternoon. Utter silence was speaking the loudest roars of sorrowful hearts of the Vignanites as they walked the rally with glowing candles in their hands. After the candle march all the students and faculty members paid floral tribute to DrKalam‘s portrait at U Block and pledged to follow his footsteps.

     A two day free diabetic check up camp was conducted at VU on 4th and 5th of July on the Varsity campus for all the teaching and non- teaching staff. The camp was organized by Endo Life Hospital, Guntur under the stewardship of DrKongara Srikanth, MD, DM (Endocrinologist).