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DSBA NSS wing, ever since its inception has been following the objectives of inculcating leadership qualities and democratic attitudes, developing a sense of social and civic responsibility among the volunteers and utilising their knowledge in finding practical solutions to community problems.
In continuation with upholding the philosophy of the NSS for self-less service, the NSS wing in the institution had its inaugural program for enrolment of first year student volunteers to NSS for the academic year 2018-2019 on 19th September’18 at 3:30 pm at G-05. The program was coordinated by NSS Program Officer -Prof Kasthuri Gopal and Senior NSS volunteers.
The guest was Dr. Lingaraju Yale, National Director for River Rejuvenation Projects - Art of Living. He was accompanied by Ms Shreya Ramkumar, Interior Designer at Art of Living. Dr [Brig] Sandes-Principal, DSBA; Dr Veena K N -Dean, DSBA and Prof Nikitha-HOD were present on this momentous occasion.
Ms Afreen Noorie [III Year BCom] introduced the guest to the audience and they were given a floral welcome.
Dr. Y Lingaraju is a well-known and highly respected geohydrologist of India, who formerly was Director - Karnataka State Remote Sensing Applications Centre. He last served as Director Geomatics Centre, Water Resource Development Organization-Government of Karnataka. His long and illustrious career in the field of geohydrology, spans over 5 decades. He has served as an expert member in initiatives in ground water resources, drinking water management, flood mitigation methodologies, artificial recharge, dam safety, studies on impact of tunneling, irrigation and application of Geomatics techniques for water resources planning and investigations. Presently as a National Director for River Rejuvenation Projects - Art of Living, he is responsible for planning and monitoring of River rejuvenation projects, spanning over 4 states currently, i.e. Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu.
He began his address by defining what makes a river, continued with importance of river; insight into the river basin of Bangalore, the lost rivers around the city, the water table; urbanization -its destruction to the eco system.; the importance of trees and vegetation cover. He spoke extensively about the AOL river rejuvenation work; his contribution, revival of Kumudvathi and Suvaranmukhi River.
Dr Lingaraju motivated the NSS volunteers by offering the following suggestions.
Ms Shreya was also a huge inspiration to the volunteers. A youth herself, she spoke about how being an interior designer she was entailed to work with wood, thus understanding the significance of trees and the importance of a sustainable option. She recounted her association with the rejuvenation projects, and motivated the students to protect the environment by participating in the multiple and interesting things happening at Art of Living.
Dr Sandes addressed the NSS volunteers and told them to give a thought to the inspiring path breaking initiatives taken by AOL and decide which project they would like to be associated with and accordingly NSS wing can conduct the activities in the academic session. He presented a token of appreciation from the institution to both the guests.
Dr Veena thanked Dr Lingaraju for his awe-inspiring talk and once again emphasized on the right use of natural resources and impact of misuse and the result in dwindling of the natural resources.
After the session, the first-year students were formally inducted in the NSS wing.
