The National Service Scheme (NSS) of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) has developed an in-house mobile app named ‘NSS IIT Delhi’ designed to revolutionise youth engagement and social impact.

With the help of the App, IIT Delhi students who would like to be NSS volunteers can now register, find projects near them, track their volunteer hours, and connect with fellow volunteers – all on a user-friendly platform.

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 into the App itself.

Within days of launching the app, thousands of registrations flooded in, with a 4.9-star rating in Google Play and 5-star in the App Store. “We wanted something simple, accessible, and engaging,” says Abhishek, a student programmer who led the app’s development. “Something that would resonate with our generation and make volunteering an effortless act of kindness.”