The brainchild of Dr. Raj Warrier, former Vice Chancellor of Manipal University, the Volunteer Services Organization of Manipal University, now in its decennial year, is the official social upliftment umbrella of Manipal University spread across the Manipal and Mangalore Campuses. With its volunteers having students and staff from all colleges of Manipal University, staff children and spouses as well as the general public in Manipal, it is one of the most active social clubs in Manipal. Under the guidance of Dr. H Vinod Bhat, the Vice Chancellor of the University who is the organization’s Chairman, many projects such as visits to orphanages, schools for the specially abled, pediatric ward, old age homes, slums, Blood Donation Campaign, Clean Manipal Campaigns, and other activities happen on a weekly basis all year round. Aside from this, VSO volunteers are sought after for smooth coordination of all of the University’s biggest events. The Manipal Marathon, the IBCA Asian Chess Championship Tournament, Manipal Research Colloquium, Academy of General Education National Science Day Program, MHRD”s VISAKA Program, Utsav are some of the university’s events VSO lends its hands in. Apart from these, VSO also has regular collection and spot fixing drives in Manipal and Mangalore alongside its flagship annual events, Daan Utsav, Tarang, Sparsh and Carnival de Manipal.