Student Centre, Panjab University

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] Furthermore, 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$45,000).

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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.

  • Connectivity in North and South campus of PU in sector 14 & 25
  • 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 new President of Panjab University Ayush Khatkar from (Jind, Haryana).[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 politics[43][44] due to its successful rallies.[45] In 2018 Kanupriya was elected as the first female president of PUCSC, of Panjab University, from SFS.[46][47] In October 2022, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) students’ wing Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) candidate Aayush Khatkar became the President of PUCSC.[48]

Presidents of PUCSC

President Student Organization Duration First Runner-up Student Organization
Jatinder Singh NSUI 2023-2024 Divyansh Thakur CYSS
Aayush KhatkarCYSS2022-2023Harish GujjarABVP
NANA2021-2022--
NANA2020-2021--
Chetan[49]SOI2019–2020Paras RattanABVP-INSO
Kanupriya[50][51]SFS[52]2018–2019Ashish Rana[53]NSUI

ABVP[54]

Jashan kamboj NSUI-GGSU[55]2017–2018Hassanpreet KaurSFS
Nishant Kaushal[56]PUSU-NSO2016-2017Piyush AnandSOI-ABVP-INSO
Jasmeen KangSOI-NSO2015–2016Baljinder SinghPUSU-ABVP
Divyanshu BudhirajaNSUI-NSO2014–2015Rachit DuggalSOPU-SOI
Chandan RanaNSUI2013-2014Satwant SinghPUSU-NSO-ABVP-INSO
Satinder Singh SattiSOPU-HSA-NSO2012–2013Abhinav PuriPUSU-NSUI
Pushpinder SharmaSOPU2011–2012Sumit GoklaneyPUSU
Gurvindervir Singh AulakhPUSU-INSO2010–2011Mohit Taneja
PUCSC Elected Office Bearers for last 10 years
S. No. Duration President Student Organisation Vice President Student Organisation General Secretary Student Organisation Joint-Secretary Student Organisation Ref
1. 2023-24 Jatinder Singh NSUI Ranmeekjot Kaur SATH Deepak Goyak INSO Gourav Chahal PUHH [57]
2. 2022-23 Ayush Khatkar CYSS H.S. Baath NSUI Parvesh Bishnoi INSO Manish Boora NSUI [58]
3. 2021-22 Elections Cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to non commencement of classes due to Covid-19 [59]
4. 2020-21
5. 2019-20 Chetan Chaudhary SOI Rahul Kumar NSUI Tegbir Singh NSUI Manpreet Singh NSUI [60]
6. 2018-19 Kanupriya SFS Daler Singh SOI Amarinder Singh SOI Vipul Atray NSUI [61]
7. 2017-18 Jashan Kamboj NSUI Karanvir S Mahal NSUI Vani Sood NSUI Karanbir S Randhawa PUSU [62]

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[63] while NSUI first contested at PU Campus in 1997 and ABVP won an office-bearer post in 2000.[64] Different Organisations take part in Activities and compaigning.[65]

Non political organisations

Political organisations

These student organisations participate in PUCSC elections:

References

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