Twenty two year old Kanupriya on Thursday created history by becoming the first woman President of Panjab University Students' Council as she won the presidential post by a huge margin of 719 votes.
Belonging to Students for Society (SFS), a leftist organisation not affiliated to a political party, she won the president’s post in the Panjab University students’ council .
An MSc 2nd year student from Zoology Department, Kanupriya hails from Patti town in Punjab. Her mother is a nurse, while her father is in a private job.
The SFS polled 2,802 votes while the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) came second with 2083 votes. Students Organisation of India (SOI) got 1,997 votes. The National Students Union of India (NSUI) got 1583 votes while 209 votes went to NOTA.
Daler Singh of ISA (SOI alliance) won the vice president’s post, Amarinder Singh of INSO (SOI alliance) won the secretary’s post and Vipul Atray of the NSUI won the joint secretary’s post.