To combine academic activities with social service and to install a sense of service to the nation a unit of the N.S.S. was started in the academic session 1977-78. Since then the scheme has expanded and there are three unites with a total strength of 100 boys and a women’s wing consisting of 50 girls it work under N.S.S. of Utkal University. The National Service Scheme (NSS) is a Central Sector Scheme of Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. It provides opportunity to the student youth of 11th & 12th Class of schools at +2 Board level and student youth of Technical Institution, Graduate & Post Graduate at colleges and University level of India to take part in various government led community service activities.

The sole aim of the NSS is to provide hands on experience to young students in delivering community service. Since inception of the NSS in the year 1969, the number of students strength increased from 40,000 to over 3.8 million up to the end of March 2018 students in various universities, colleges and Institutions of higher learning have volunteered to take part in various community service programmes.