The election notification for the much awaited student union election was released on Tuesday by Ranchi University (RU) Vice-Chancellor Dr RK Pandey in the presence of university officials and college principals. The much awaited student union election will be conducted here at the university after a gap of nine years.
However, giving rest to all anticipations, none of the minority institutions will participate in the upcoming student election even after university constant appeal time and again to actively involve themselves in the poll procedure. None of the minority institution heads have either attended the meeting of union poll conducted in past by university officials.
Polling will be conducted through direct procedure at all the constituents and Under Graduate (UG) colleges whereas at University level the voting will be conducted through indirect method scheduled on December 20.
On financial side, all the constituent colleges under RU have been instructed to utilize its own student union funds collected over the years, however at Post Graduate (PG) level the university will fulfill the financial requirement of the student union election. Yet, the fiscal details have yet not been furnished by any participating institutions by far as mentioned earlier.
“The maximum amount decided is Rs. 5000 for all the colleges to spend on student election poll. Election will be conducted for five posts that include president, vice-president, secretary, joint secretary and deputy secretary. The electoral ballot this year will have none of the above (NOTA) provision as well,” said Dean Student welfare (RU), Dr. SC Gupta.
“A separate student grievance Redressal cell will be constituted to address the student need during the election procedure under the chairmanship of RU VC. All the polling work will be carried out at University Department of Chemistry, Morabadi Campus. RU VC has formed a committee constituting nine members for university department students’ union election 2016,” added Gupta.
The Vice Chancellor has also announced the election schedule for electing the office bearers of RU student election through indirect election. After the direct election process, the publication of final electoral list at university level out of elected members through direct election is slated to be released on December 14 at DSW office.
Different colourful ballet papers for all the five posts were also released including the guidelines for voters besides deciding the responsibilities of all the office bearers and university officials for the upcoming election on Tuesday. At every college, an observer will be deputed for keeping strict vigilance on polling process. Soon all colleges will send letter to district administration for ensuring safety on campus premises. University will also conduct a training session for all the officials involved in poling on November 28.