NSS for community service, NCC for military training, MY Bharat for digital volunteering, plus the student union.
Higher education enrolment in Dehradun stands at 70.1%, better than the typical district. 37.7% of young men read a newspaper regularly, better than the typical district. College NSS and NCC units channel this enrolled, civic-aware student body into service and discipline programmes.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dehradun, which ranks 5 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young men using the internet at 88.5%. On young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 46.6%, it sits close to the national mark.