About Nair Service Society
The Nair Service Society (NSS) is an organization created for the upliftment
and welfare of the Nair community. It is headquartered at Perunna in
the town of Changanassery in Kottayam District, Kerala State, India.
It was established under the leadership of Mannathu Padmanabhan. The
NSS is a three tier organisation with Karayogams at the base level,
Taluk Unions at the intermediate level and the Headquarters at the apex
level.
The Society owns and manages a large number of educational institutions
and hospitals. These include the NSS College of Engineering at Palakkad,
NSS Hindu College at Changanassery, NSS College at Pandalam, Mahatma
Gandhi College at Thiruvananthapuram, Pazhassi Raja NSS College at Mattanur,
Kannur and the Women's College at Niramankara, Thiruvananthapuram.
Taking the lead given by Mannath Padmanabhan, expatriate Nairs both
in other startes of India as well as in countries other than India have
formed Nair Service Societies in their states and countries of domicile.
Examples are Karnatka Nair Service Society with 21 karayogams in Bangalore,
and the Calcutta Nair Service Society in Kolkata. These Societies of
Non Kerala origin retain the cultural uniqueness of the Nairs at the
same time adapting many practices to the times and country of their
adoption. Efforts are on to bring together all Nair groups the world
over under an umbrella "International Federation of Nair Societies".