case of national emergency. In the Naval wing, cadets are trained as per the naval rules and discipline at the senior as well as on junior level. They are considered as reserves, second in line of defence in case of national emergency. Apart from these, the open units in the college are Girls Wing, Air Wing, Signal Wing, Armed Squadron and Medical Wing. National Service Scheme National Service Scheme (NSS) is a community service program sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. The motto of the NSS is ‘Not Me But You’, and its objective is developing the personality of the student through community service. The NSS Unit of Fergusson College was started in 1975 with about 50 students. Presently the NSS Unit consists of about 200 students from senior college and 100 students from junior college. The activities of the NSS are to help the students understand community, their relation with community, National Integration, and Social problems. Periodicals The photography department, with contributions from current and former students, brings out an e-magazine, Fergzine. SAATHI Astro Club The Astro Club is an activity started in 1997. Apart from weekly lectures, problem solving sessions and documentary screening, students also organise Physics/Astronomy exhibitions, seminars, workshops, sky observations, Space Week and Asteroid hunt program. "Frontiers in Physics" is a unique annual seminar organised by the students exclusively for the students with speakers from national and international institutions. Students also publish "Dimensions" a special science bulletin each term. Notable alumni P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) — 9th Prime Minister of India Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008) — 7th Prime Minister of India. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Veer Savarkar) (1883–1966) — Hindu nationalist advocate, president of the Hindu Mahasabha, Author, Poet, a Nationalist & reformer Shubhangi Kulkarni (born 1959) - former India women captain, Arjuna awardee and secretary of erstwhile Women's Cricket Association of India P. L. Deshpande (1919–2000) — Marathi writer, actor, music composer, film and television producer, film director, music director & a great philanthrope. Famous as "Maharashtra's beloved personality" Ram Ganesh Gadkari (1885–1919) — Marathi playwright, poet and writer Prahlad Keshav Atre 1898 – 1969) — playwright (Shyamchi Aai (film)); leader of the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement B. V. Doshi - An Indian architect, first Indian architect to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, awarded with Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi (1904-1989) - An Indian Socialist politician who