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President Mukherjee presents Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Awards

Today, it has more than 3.6 million student volunteers spread over 351 universities

President Mukherjee presents Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Awards

ANI New Delhi

President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday presented the Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Awards (2014-2015) at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

National Service Scheme (NSS) was launched during Mahatma Gandhi's Centenary Year (1969) involving 40,000 student volunteers in 37 universities.

Today, it has more than 3.6 million student volunteers spread over 351 universities and 42 (+2) Councils and implemented in 16,057 academic institutions.

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First Published: Nov 19 2015 | 3:15 PM IST

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