Girl power to fore in student union poll

Sunit Dhawan
Tribune News Service
Rohtak, October 18

Girl students have bagged the top positions in the student union elections at Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), State University of Performing and Visual Arts (SUPVA) and a majority of the colleges located in different parts of the district.

In fact, the top three positions of students’ union at the State University of Performing and Visual Arts (SUPVA) have been swept by girl students. While Divya Vats of the Department of Urban Planning and Architecture has been elected as the union president, Tamanna Balhara of the Department of Design has been elected vice-president and Isha Gautam of the Department of Lifestyle Accessories has been elected secretary of the union.

SUPVA Students Union president Divya, who is the daughter of architectural model maker Harish Vats and home-maker Savita Vats of Delhi, says that their university was a unique integrated campus of different institutes and she would try to make it known across the country by organising events and coordinating with other institutions.

“I will also try to raise the voice of the students as till now, they had no such platform/mechanism to get their concerns addressed,” she maintained while talking to The Tribune on Friday.

Yashika of the Department of Zoology at the MDU has been elected the president of the MDU Students Union. Daughter of Kanwar Sain, a driver, and Neeta, a housewife of Rewari, Yashika says she had never thought of entering student union politics, but contested the election on being motivated by her friends and teachers.

“I will try to ensure that the provision of merit-based scholarships at the university, redress the students’ grievances related to hostel issues and ensure the safety of girl students on the university campus. We will also make efforts for the withdrawal of cases registered against the university students during the recent agitation against indirect elections. I will discuss the pressing concerns of the students with my team and then decide on the future course of action,” she said.

Know your leaders 

At SUPVA, Divya Vats has been elected the union president, Tamanna Balhara vice-president and Isha Gautam secretary of the union, while Yashika of the Department of Zoology has been elected the president of the MDU Students Union.