Advanced Learners Repository An NSS College Initiative (ARANI)

देवान्भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु व: |
परस्परं भावयन्त: श्रेय: परमवाप्स्यथ || 11||
(Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 11)
devān bhāvayatānena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ
parasparaṁ bhāvayantaḥ śhreyaḥ param avāpsyatha
By this (Yajna) you nourish the gods and the gods will nourish you; thus by nourishing one another you shall attain the Supreme goal (i.e. liberation).

In practical terms liberation becomes a total experience of life in which the right mental attitude and knowledge are necessary. This fact is outlined by the concept of sacrifice known as atmarpana (‘offering to Atma’). Primary purpose of Yajna has to create harmony. This harmony refers mainly to issues of nature and the place of human beings within the environment, but also to the harmony within the human body itself.
The lighting of the Yajna Agni which is very strenuous with the churning of the special instrument made from a Banyan twigs/logs, chanting Agni Suktham, is considered extremely auspicious. This instrument which is used to ignite the Yajna fire is known as ARANI.

It is the need of the hour to enhance and empower students in higher education sector to capacitate their employability skills so as to overcome any challenges in the job market with confidence. There is little space for the students in the Arts and Science colleges to devote for placement training or individual development in the present scenario. In order to empower the students in leadership and personality skills without hampering their hectic academic and extracurricular schedule, NSS College, Pandalam, has evolved an elaborate and efficient mechanism which will cater to the needs of students in this direction. NSS College Pandalam, with a glorious tradition and heritage, has evolved a unique and ingenious system to empower students devoid of their inequalities in talents, brilliance, creativity or academic excellence.
This programme is named as ARANI because of its objective and great ideology behind it. This is also an ardours process encompasses wide range of activities focuses to enhance the students to mould them with Leadership, Administration and Management (LAM) skills.

Advanced Learners Repository An NSS College Initiative (ARANI) is an innovative system to empower the Advanced Learners with different expertise so that they can extend their skills to enhance the rest of the students. This is an innovative student capacitating mechanism for Advanced Learners, identified through exclusive methods from different departments, to execute multifaceted activities and thereby focus on the holistic development of the students.
Vision
Holistic development of the students to evolve them as empowered Leaders
Mission
Strengthen the student population to meet challenges with an effective futuristic approach 
Objectives
Enable the students to

• conduct Peer teaching
• Arrange Extension and outreach activities as per department directions
• Assist and Associate with the department in every initiative to enrich and empower the department
• Promote, inspire and render assistance in conducting Workshops, Seminars and Conferences
• Empower them as responsible citizens.
• Develop Leadership skills
• Develop administrative capability
• Be self disciplined, ethical, self reliant and empathic
• Imbibe the values of coordination, integration, team work and responsibility
• a role model for every student
• Adhere with the noble values and principles of NSS College Pandalam and be a Goodwill Ambassador of the institution
• Extend every possible assistance to different levels of students in the class to improve their academic level
• identify mental stress, personal problem, family problem or depression among students and be a personal counsellor to him/her and report to the department if the problem is beyond your ambit of control

This programme is divided in three different sections - Select, Support and Empower. Selection of students for this empowerment programme shall be based on rigorous screening process due to its significance. Emancipation of students from all restraints which lay hurdle in their empowerment process is the fundamental aim of this programme. This is aimed to strengthen the whole student population in the campus devoid of department or subject relevance. To overcome the practical difficulty to implement the programme on the entire student clan, this programme has developed a system to impart the training to selected few from each department so that these children could be the torchbearers for the rest of the students.

It is intended to have a selected group of students from each class to receive the training programmes which involves a spectrum of activities on LAM skills. To facilitate the ease execution of the programme it is advised to disseminate the LAM skill development to the Advanced Learners of each department selected by the departments concerned through exclusive selection processes which they think effective. This programme is aimed to enhance the capacity of the selected students through whom the skill development activities shall be imparted to the rest of the students based on any system which the departments can identify accordingly.

Excessive exposure to the social media and its impact on youth is a critical issue which adversely affects the creative talents of them which in turn makes them addicted with the social media instead of exploring their own innate skills. It’s imperative to provide them an ample platform to express their potential and empower the youth to extend their wings beyond horizon.
ARANI will enhance the selected Advanced Learners from different departments through different orientation programmes involve various activities bespoke for the students. There shall be Leadership training programmes, orientation classes, games, motivation programmes and managerial tasks. The programmes will enhance the students to develop major skills which are essential for them to meet the challenges in the real life situations which are alien to them while living in the comfort zone as a student. It is vital to imbibe the competitive attitude and strong emotional balance among the students to overcome the critical challenges they may face once they finish their campus life and enter into the society with high expectations and innovative thoughts. It is very much disturbing to realise the lack of psychological balance and emotional strength among the youngsters today which may deteriorate their confidence while facing critical but realistic situations. Frustration and depression are haunting these children and they may become prey to negative thoughts, deeds or situations. It is painful to know the increasing rate of suicides and accidents due to rampant activities among students.

Skills on Effective communication, Team building, Trust, Leadership, Concentration, Planning, Coordinating, Responsibility etc and more shall be imparted among the students through ARANI.