The Nair Service Society is an organization created for the social advancement and welfare of the Nair community, established under the leadership of Sri. Mannathu Padmanabhan. The NSS has evolved into a well knit and coherent organization that has never swerved from the noble ideals and high principles of the founder.
The NSS runs more than a hundred schools, number of arts and science colleges, training colleges, engineering college, Homeo Medical College, several nursing colleges, Polytechnic College, TTC Schools, Working Women's hostels and Technical Institutions. NSS has extended the benefits of its service beyond communal and religious boundaries and has been playing a significant role in the social, economic, educational and political transformations of the state.
Sri.Mannathu Padmanabhan the peerless leader of the Nair Community, the immortal founder of the Nair Service Society and the great social reformer was born in the closing decades of the 19th century in perunnai, a village in changanacherry taluk of the erstwhile state of Travancore as the son of middle-class parents. His early life was marked by poverty and deprivation. After education he became a teacher and a pleader and was deeply involved in political and social movements. He dedicated his life to uplift the Nair Community from darkness to light by fighting against social evils and inspired generations with his vision and leadership.
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