Panjab University Campus Students Council

Student Centre, Panjab University

Panjab University Campus Students Council or PUCSC is Students' union consisting of the departmental representatives and other office bearers i.e. President, Vice-President, Secretary and Joint-Secretary along with 114 Departmental Representatives (DRs)[1] directly elected by the students from the various teaching departments on the Panjab University, Chandigarh campus.[2][3] Further, these elected office-bearers and department representatives elect the remaining five members of the executive of the Council.[4] The Dean Student Welfare is ex officio Chairman of the Council. Elections are held every year in August–September months.[5] There is ban on property defacement for clean elections.[6]

Student Representation

Panjab University, Chandigarh has over 70% female students but only 15-20% of girl students vote or participate in election process,[7] therefore the Council president’s post was never headed by a girl in the history of the university elections.[8][9] Thus PUCSC politics are dominated by male students only.[10] As of 2015, PU has about 13681 student voters with UIET having largest voters about 1897 students.[11] But sometimes UIET and Law Dept. gets less representation in Election panels.[12] Freebies are offered by Student organisations to lure students especially freshers by movie tickets, free meals, Disc Parties, free trips etc.[13][14] Parties have to overcome regional and language barriers of students as University has students from different parts of India.[15] In 2015, along with student council elections PU authorities also conducted a referendum to decide whether campus should be made a vehicle-free zone or not.[16] In 2015, there was only 56% voting as only 8,131 voters out of total 14,000 voted.[17] In 2016, NOTA was introduced first time in Campus elections and was used by 6 to 9 percent of students.[18]

Elections in Affiliated Colleges

Elections are also held in Colleges only in Chandigarh that are affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh[19] and these are:

Student Issues

There are many issues that is a responsibility of Council to solve.

Council Presidents

Since 1977, Council was usually represented by students leaders of campus based parties like SOPU (Student Organisation of Panjab University) and PUSU (Panjab University Student's Union). But in 2013, first time Congress affiliated NSUI won Council President's post.[25] In 2015, as another surprise, first time PUCSC president from Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal)'s student wing SOI was elected.[26] In 2016, Amritpal Singh, first dalit[27] presidential candidate in PU from lefist Students For Society (SFS) gave impressive performance with 2494 votes[28][29] first time in Campus student Politics[30][31] due to its successful rallies.[32]

Presidents of PUCSC

President Student Organization Duration First Runner-up Student Organization
Nishant Kaushal[33] PUSU 2016-2017 Piyush Anand SOI-ABVP-INSO
Jasmeen Kang SOI-NSO 2015–2016 Baljinder Singh PUSU-ABVP
Divyanshu Budhiraja NSUI-NSO 2014–2015 Rachit Duggal SOPU-SOI
Chandan Rana NSUI 2013-2014 Satwant Singh PUSU-NSO-ABVP-INSO
Satinder Singh Satti SOPU-NSO-HSA 2012–2013 Abhinav Puri PUSU-NSUI
Pushpinder Sharma SOPU 2011–2012 Sumit Goklaney PUSU
Gurvindervir Singh Aulakh PUSU-INSO 2010–2011 Mohit Taneja SOPU-ABVP

Notable Student Organisations

In 1974, Ajaib Singh founded Progressive Students’ Union (PSU) as in 1977 first elected president was Bhupinder Khosla. PUSU was formed in 1977 and SOPU in 1985 while NSUI first contested at PU Campus in 1997 and ABVP won an office-bearer post in 2000.[34] Different Organisations take part in Activities and compaigning.[35]

See also

References

  1. ↑ TNN (26 August 2015). "It's your day today at PU". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ↑ India (3 August 2015). "Parties, issues and polls at PU centre stage". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Punjab University to elect new team on August 26". Punjab News Express. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "SOI maintains presence in executive of student council". The Times of India. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "PU writes to admn, seeks to prepone student elections". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  6. ↑ India (2015-08-22). "Three FIRs for defacement". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
  7. ↑ India, Campus Tv (20 August 2015). "Jyoti Exclusive Report - Views - Girl students - PU - Election - Opinion - 2015". YouTube. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Girls relegated to smaller posts in students' council". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  9. ↑ Priyanka KachhavaPriyanka Kachhava, TNN (19 August 2015). "Will the girls stand up, please". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  10. ↑ Service, Tribune News (23 August 2015). "Faces running the show from behind the scenes". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  11. ↑ ब्यूरो (19 August 2015). "छात्र संघ चुनावः जानिए कहां, कितने वोटर्स?: Amarujala" (in Hindi). Retrieved 23 August 2015.
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  13. ↑ "SOI organises parties, trips in PU in name of welcoming freshers". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  14. ↑ Service, Tribune News (23 August 2015). "Panjab varsity student parties plan freebies to lure voters". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  15. ↑ Service, Tribune News (23 August 2015). "At PU, familiarity breeds support". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  16. ↑ IANS (22 August 2015). "Panjab University to hold referendum to tackle vehicular chaos". Business Standard News. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "SOI springs surprise in PU students' body elections with clean sweep". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  18. ↑ "NOTA, popular choice".
  19. ↑ Service, Tribune News (26 Aug 2015). "City colleges make last-minute preparations". http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/education/city-colleges-make-last-minute-preparations/124664.html. Retrieved 26 Aug 2015. External link in |website= (help)
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  21. ↑ Priyanka KachhavaPriyanka Kachhava, TNN (18 August 2015). "Skipping polls, this group campaigns for vehicle-free campus". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  22. ↑ TNN (18 August 2015). "Chautala, Warring woo voters at Panjab University". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  23. ↑ Priyanka KachhavaPriyanka Kachhava, TNN (4 August 2015). "What happened to central varsity call?". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  24. ↑ "Afghan students devoid of hostel rooms due to PU elections". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  25. ↑ "In a first, NSUI wins Panjab University students' council elections". NDTV.com. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  26. ↑ Service, Tribune News (26 August 2015). "SOI alliance sweeps Panjab University polls". tribuneindia. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  27. ↑ "Casteism a dominant factor in other student organisations, says Dalit candidate for PU council elections".
  28. ↑ "PU future back with PUSU".
  29. ↑ "PUSU alliance sweeps Panjab University elections".
  30. ↑ "When Left got it almost right".
  31. ↑ "Winds of change: Dafli finds rhythm in noise of speeches".
  32. ↑ "Rallies prove a damp squib at PU".
  33. ↑ "Panjab University Campus Students' Council".
  34. ↑ Service, Tribune News (23 August 2015). "How parties fared over the years". http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/education/how-parties-fared-over-the-years/121088.html. Retrieved 23 August 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  35. ↑ India (23 August 2015). "3 days to go for PU elections: Student organisations step up campaigning". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  36. ↑ India (11 August 2015). "PU student elections: Panjab University political battle of wits, online and offline". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  37. ↑ "NSUI speaks through cartoons; targets SOI and PU authorities". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  38. ↑ "SFS members protest PU fee hike". The Indian Express. 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  39. ↑ "Students For Society SFS". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  40. ↑ Service, Tribune News (25 August 2015). "ABVP supporter, Mehak Veer Sandhu thrashed by youths in Sector 15 market". http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/abvp-supporter-thrashed-by-youths-in-sector-15-market/124190.html. Retrieved 25 August 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  41. ↑ India (14 August 2015). "PU polls: HIMSU, SAP declare panels". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

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