Committee formed for conducting student unions polls in Haryana

Haryana government has formed a four-member committee for making arrangements for student union elections to be conducted in colleges and universities of the state.
The student union elections are going to be conducted in the state after a gap of nearly two decades as per the recommendations of the Lyngdoh Committee.
Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said here today that the four-member committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor of Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, Tankeshwar Kumar, which would submit its report within three weeks for making arrangements for the elections.
The other members of the committee are Vice-Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Bijender Kumar Punia, Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, K C Sharma, and Registrar of Indira Gandhi University, Meerpur, Rewari, Madan Lal, he said.

Elections to students unions in colleges and universities of the state had not been conducted for the last 20 years, Sharma said.
"But now, as promised (during 2014 assembly elections), the BJP government in the state has announced that it will conduct these polls from the current academic session for which the schedule would soon be released," he said.
He said elections to student unions infuse a sense of leadership among the students which is essential for their bright future.
"In all sectors, be it the private or government, one could not prove his excellence without having the quality of leadership," the minister added.