Skill Development
VTM NSS College, Dhanuvachapuram is a vanguard institution rooted in the ideals of selfless service, philosophy of action, the value of unity, and the need to change with the changing times, to ensure the holistic development of its learners. The institution has strived to provide a skill-based training programme to equip the learner to understand their capability and skill and make them self-reliant through self-employment. As such, the institution has strengthened the Skill Development Training Programme “Naipunya”, (previously titled Skill Enhancement Programmes – till the academic year 2019-20) launched in 2021 on World Youth Skill Day. “Naipunya” was flagged off with the intent to provide and equip the learners with knowledge and skills outside the university-prescribed curriculum and become self-sufficient. Various departments and clubs/cells in association with IQAC conducted more than 40 skill development programmes that included Umbrella making and marketing, soap making, bookbinding, Basic household repair and Energy Saving, Art of Bonsai making, Aquarium Making, Seed pen making, Jewellery making, Art from scraps, PPT preparation and presentation, Yoga and Well-being, Seed pen making, etc. The Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) was established in VTM NSS college in May 2023, by joining in the last quarter of IIC 5.0. In the subsequent months, IIC has relentlessly tried to make the institute an innovation hub in the locality for promoting entrepreneurship and start-up-related activities. IIC has conducted a series of skill and entrepreneurship development programs both based on the calendar stipulated by the Ministry of Education and a self-driven calendar designed by the institute. The programmes conducted include a series of skill development programs to equip the students to establish their start-ups, awareness programs about innovation and start-ups to uplift the knowledge of students and faculty members of the institute, skill exhibition programs to boost the confidence of the students, idea, and business plan hackathons to find out the ideas worthy for further support and collaborative programmes with the guidance of encouraging entrepreneurs and industry representatives.