‘NSS IIT Delhi’ App: An In-house-Developed Mobile App Makes Volunteering More Accessible

The IIT Delhi”s National Service Scheme”s (NSS) launched an in-house-developed Mobile App named ‘NSS IIT Delhi’ to make volunteering more easy and accessible. With an aim to revolutionise youth engagement and social impact, a team of young NSS volunteers, with the support of tech-savvy mentors, embarked on a mission to build an app that communicate their language.

Through this app, students who like to be NSS volunteers can now register, find projects near them, track their volunteer hours, and connect with fellow volunteers – all on a user-friendly platform. In short, NSS App is a game-changer.

“We wanted something simple, accessible, and engaging,” said Abhishek, a student programmer who led the app”s development. “Something that would resonate with our generation and make volunteering an effortless act of kindness,” he added.

The App”s launch generated impacts across the NSS network at the Institute. Within days of its release, thousands of registrations flooded in, and with a 4.9-star rating in Google Play and 5-star in the App store, it denotes the vibrant digital map of volunteers eager to contribute. The development has been made possible with constant inputs from the Office of the Dean of Students and the Computer Service Centre (CSC), IIT Delhi, the press release issued by the institute added.

It has a map of the campus with live tracking and the numbers of all the important contacts, like the Institute’s Security Control Room, Hospital, Ambulance and many more. In conclusion, the IIT Delhi NSS App stands as a testament to the power of technology to amplify social good.