Panjab University Campus Students Council
Panjab University Campus Students Council or PUCSC is Students' union consisting of the departmental representatives and other office bearers like President, Vice-President, Secretary and Joint-Secretary along with 123 Departmental Representatives (DRs)[1][2] directly elected by the students from the various teaching departments on the Panjab University, Chandigarh campus.[3][4] Further, these elected office-bearers and department representatives elect the remaining five members of the executive of the Council.[5] The Dean Student Welfare is ex officio Chairman of the Council. Elections are held every year in August–September months.[6] There is ban on property defacement for clean elections.[7]
Student representation[]
Panjab University has over 60% female students[8] but only 15-20% of girl students vote or participate in election process,[9] and until 2018, the Council president’s post was never headed by a girl in the history of the university elections.[10][11] Thus PUCSC politics are mostly dominated by male students.[12] As of 2018, PU has about 15541 student voters with UIET having the most voters, about 2451 students followed by UILS with 1345 and Department of Laws with 1050.[13] But sometimes UIET and Law Dept. get less representation in Election panels.[14] Freebies are offered by Student organisations to lure students especially freshers by movie tickets, free meals, Disc Parties, free trips, etc.[15][16] Parties have to overcome regional and language barriers of students as the university has students from different parts of India.[17] 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.[18] In 2015, there was only a 56% turnout with 8,131 voters out of total 14,000 voted.[19] In 2016, NOTA was introduced first time in campus elections and was used by 6 to 9 percent of students.[20]
Budget[]
In the academic year 2018-19, PUCSC's budget was ₹35.8 lakh (US$48,000).[21]
Elections in affiliated colleges[]
Elections are also held in Colleges only in Chandigarh that are affiliated to Panjab University[22] and these are:
- GGDSD College, Sector 32, Chandigarh
- MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36-A, Chandigarh
- DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh
- Sri Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26
- Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26
- Dev Samaj College for Women, Sector 45
- Post Graduate Government College, Sector 11
- Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 42
- Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 11
- Post Graduate Government College, Sector 46
- Government College for Commerce and Business Administration, Sector 50
Student issues[]
There are many issues that is a responsibility of Council to solve.
- Women's Safety[23][24]
- Vehicle (four-wheeler) Free Campus[25]
- Placements[26]
- Stray Dogs and Monkeys on campus leading to rabid bites[27][28][29]
- University Fees hike[30]
- New Hostels[31][32]
- 24-hour hostel timing for girls[33][34]
- Central University Status[35]
- Regarding Foreign students, as sometimes these students face problems.[36]
- Implementation of reservation in Panjab University Senate and Syndicate[37]
Council presidents[]
Since 1977, the Council was usually represented by students leaders of campus-based parties like SOPU (Student Organisation of Panjab University) and PUSU (Panjab University Students' Union). But in 2013, first time Congress-affiliated NSUI won the Council President's post.[38] In 2015, as another surprise, first-time PUCSC president from Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal)'s student wing SOI was elected.[39] In 2016, Amritpal Singh, first SC[40] presidential candidate in PU from Students For Society (SFS) gave an impressive performance with 2494 votes[41][42] the first time in campus student ppolitics[43][44] due to its successful rallies.[45] In 2018 Shubu Rajput was elected as president of PUCSC, of Panjab University, from SFS.[46][47] Paras Rattan from ABVP was the last candidate to get most highest votes ever.
Notable student organisations[]
In 1974, Ajaib Singh founded Progressive Students’ Union (PSU) as in 1977 first elected president was Bhupinderpal Singh Khosa. PUSU was formed in 1977 and SOPU in 1985[48] while NSUI first contested at PU Campus in 1997 and ABVP won an office-bearer post in 2000.[49] Different Organisations take part in Activities and compaigning.[50]
Non political organisations[]
- Ambedkar Students' Association (ASA) is a non political student organization[51] and doesn't participates in PUCSC elections but works for welfare of all poor students on campus especially from Other Backward Class (OBC), Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) communities.[52][53][54]
Political organisations[]
These student organisations participate in PUCSC elections:
- PUSU (Since 1977)[55]
- SOPU (Since 1985)[56][57]
- Students For Society (SFS)[58][59]
- ABVP, student wing affiliated to BJP-RSS[60]
- NSUI, student wing of Indian National Congress[61]
- SOI, student wing of Shiromani Akali Dal[62]
- INSO, student wing of Haryana based Jannayak Janta Party[63]
- CYSS (Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti), student wing of Aam Aadmi Party[64]
- All India Students Association (AISA), student wing of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation[65]
- GGSU, student wing of Gandhi group gang of Khanna[66]
- Indian Student's Association (ISA)
- NSO
- HPSU
- HIMSU
- SAP[67]
- HSA or Hindustan Student Association (since 2009 )
- KCSU[68]
- College Student Front (Since 2017)
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External links[]
- Students' unions in India
- Panjab University
- Student politics in India
- Students' unions