Nagpur University students' council polls from Sept 29

Nagpur University students' council polls from Sept 29

Director of social welfare Arun Patil informed that the procedure for formation of the council would kick-start from September 29 in over 800 NU colleges. On October 4, the respective Students' Council secretaries will be selected through unanimous voting procedures. Patil will later decide the dates for the selection of president of the council body. The government had made announcement regarding ban on students' council elections in February.

With this comeback of the polls, each section of colleges affiliated to the university will select their respective class representatives (CRs). The second important phase of selection of university representatives (URs) will be conducted in the subsequent days in individual colleges. The URs will be selected from CRs by principals and teachers of the respective colleges. Colleges falling under university jurisdiction across six districts are eligible to participate in the process. Among all colleges, 15 institutes will be selected for final polls by the university officials. Candidates are elected annually on the basis of their academic performance. The other details about this provision and its functions are available on www.nagpuruniversity.org.

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NU forms anti-ragging cell

NU vice-chancellor Vilas Sapkal finally took the much-awaited step and constituted an anti-ragging committee on Friday. to curb the menace.

The body will be led by lecturer Devendra Mohture from Anna Gundewar College. Head of psychology department, LAD College R Kubhalkar and senate member Ritesh Ganar will be the members while Arun Patil, director of social welfare, will be the secretary of the panel.