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Records & recognition

Certificates

How certificates are issued, verified and corrected — for regular service, the special camp and distinguished programmes.

Issuing policy

A certificate recognises completed service

Certificates are issued on completion of the prescribed service — regular activities and the seven-day special camp — and for distinguished programmes as per the applicable NSS guidelines. Dates of issue, eligibility and collection are announced by the programme officers through Notices and through the unit notice boards.

No certificate is delivered automatically from the website. If a certificate is shown as available on Notices or on Achievements, follow the collection or download instruction given there — or raise a ticket via Support if something is missing.

Programme-year certificate

Issued on completion of 120 hours of regular service for the year, as recorded by the programme officer against the volunteer's roll number.

Special camp certificate

Issued on full attendance at the residential special camp — a separate certificate recognising camp service in the adopted habitat.

Integration & distinguished programmes

Certificates for national/state integration, leadership and other approved programmes are issued as per the relevant NSS guidelines.

How to check whether your certificate is ready

  1. Watch Notices and Achievements for the issuing notice.
  2. That notice will say where to collect (NSS office / school office) or whether a download link is provided.
  3. Bring a valid identity and your unit / batch details when collecting.

Downloads that may be linked

Where a certificate issue is paired with a circular or pro-forma, the document is published under Downloads. Filter by category or year.

Name, roll-number or batch error?

Certificate records are prepared from the unit register. If your name, roll number or batch is wrong on a notice or certificate, do not re-register — raise a ticket so the programme officer can correct the record.

Raise a ticket

Or write via Contact — include your unit, batch and roll number.