Frequently Asked Questions


Students, Staffs & their family members, Local people in and around, i.e. anyone who is interested to devote his/her time to render selfless service can join VSO. No criteria for joining VSO required except for your willingness to work towards the betterment of society and to Be The Change You Want To Be.
Satisfaction that you get when you do something for Humanity. Experience of being part of a community event and chance to organize events will help you build up experience for your future.
We welcome volunteers throughout the year to join us. The sooner you join the more time will you get to work with us, and we with you.
Sign up in the VSO webpage and fill in all the details of the registration form. Submit the form (including a passport photo) and you will receive your temporary VSO Id number. Once your form is verified and approved by the Chief Coordinator you will receive an intimation mail with your permanent VSO Id number. There is NO Registration fees to join VSO
YES. Once your registration is approved by Chief Coordinator and you get a permanent VSO ID number then you are eligible to receive a VSO ID card. Take a copy of your passport photo and visit Office of Director of Student Affairs, manipal.edu to collect your ID card. Without passport photo no ID card can be issued.
Prior intimation is send to all the volunteers when the VSO T-shirts are available. Volunteer can collect the VSO T-shirt by paying the nominal fees. For more information contact the We Care student Coordinator.
Every Monday projects will be uploaded in the website. Sign in using your user id and password and register for the project of your interest. You can register for only one project in a week and registration is first cum first serve basis.
NO. You cannot participate in a project until your registration is verified and approved as you need to register for the projects online. Once you upload all the necessary details properly it will take maximum 7 days to approve your registration.
NO. Volunteers need to carry their VSO Id cards during the participation of projects.
VSO requests its volunteers to participate in the project for which they have registered. But in case of genuine reasons they can withdraw their names. Option is given online. But volunteer has to intimate the weekly coordinator by Saturday so that someone else can participate in the project.
Every week only a few volunteers get a chance to participate in VSO project as there is a huge pool of volunteers. VSO requests its volunteers to participate in the project for which they have registered. In case you don’t participate in a project without prior intimation to the weekly coordinator your name will be noted and if such incidents happen for more than 3 times you will not allowed to participate in future project till the Chief Coordinator permits.
Attendance for every program will be taken on the day of the project by the weekly coordinator of that week. The number of hours will reflect in your account within the next 7 days.
Your attendance status will be automatically reflected in your account.
Your attendance will be credited within 7 days and it should reflect in your account. In case attendance is not given contact the respective weekly coordinator to claim your attendance.
NO separate letter is issued by VSO as a proof of being a VSO volunteer. The VSO Id card is a sufficient proof that you are a volunteer of VSO.
It will take maximum 14 working days to issue a certificate after it has been approved by Chief Coordinator. Certificate can be collected from Office of Director of Student Affairs, manipal.edu.
YES. VSO gives you a certificate at the completion of your course, however you can apply anytime. But only one certificate is issued to a volunteer during the entire tenure of his/her course. But you should complete a minimum of 28 hours of volunteer service to be eligible to receive a certificate. To recognize the volunteers work there are three types of certificates depending upon the number of hours of service they have completed. It is named as >=30 hours to < 60 hours: Bronze ; >=61 hours to < 90 hours: Silver ; >=91 hrs : Gold
Only one certificate is issued to a volunteer during the entire tenure of his/her course. You can apply online for a certificate via your account, only after completion of minimum 30 hours. In case you are not able to apply online via vso website then send an email request with your Full name, VSO ID, College name, VSO hours, Name of two vso projects which you have participated maximum. Send the email to anup.naha@manipal.edu to approve and process. Collect the certificate from Office of Student Affairs, MAHE after 14 working days.

For further queries, Drop a mail
volunteers@manipal.edu