IIT Delhi students develop mobile phone app for NSS volunteers

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Delhi) has developed a mobile phone application ‘NSS IIT Delhi’. The students of IIT Delhi can use the application to register, find projects, track volunteer hours, and connect with fellow volunteers of the National Service Scheme (NSS).

The application has been developed by a team of young NSS volunteers, with the support of tech-savvy mentors. A programmer Abhishek said "We wanted something simple, accessible, and engaging. Something that would resonate with our generation and make volunteering an effortless act of kindness."

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. Within days of the launch, thousands of registrations have been made on the app. It has acquired 4.9 star rating on Google Play and 5 star rating on the Apple store.

"The App has made volunteering so much more accessible," Sudhanshu, a student, said. "I can explore projects happening around me, and it's so easy to join in and make a difference. I can now see my hours completed in real time," he added. The team has also made it easier to track blood donation requests and scribe requests, so the students can directly see the requests posted and can also look at the location and route through the map integrated with it.

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The application has a map of the IIT campus with live tracking and the numbers of all the important contacts such as the IIT security control room, hospital, ambulance and others. It has also provided student hangout spots such as Rajdhani, night messes, and other outlets at IIT Delhi.