NSS for community service, NCC for military training, MY Bharat for digital volunteering, plus the student union.
Higher education enrolment in Kalahandi stands at 11.7%, behind the typical district. 18.9% of young men read a newspaper regularly, behind the typical district. College NSS and NCC units channel this enrolled, civic-aware student body into service and discipline programmes.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 77% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kalahandi, which ranks 27 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 71.5%, while it lags on young men using the internet at 43.9%.