Institute Initiative for Electoral Literacy

Whether Electoral Literacy Club (ELC) has been set up in the College?

Yes. Electoral Club has been set up in college. The club’s steering committee comprises of 5 faculty members, 1 Alumni, 2 students and 1 corporate representative. All students admitted to NSHM Knowledge Campus becomes the member of the club as per institutional policy.

Whether students’ co-ordinator and co-ordinating faculty members are appointed by the College and whether the ELCs are functional? Whether the ELCs are representative in character?

Yes.The club has both Student Coordinator and faculty coordinator. The faculty coordinator is Prof. Rajkumar Dasgupta and the student coordinator is Jeet Ghosh

Value Added Courses

Identification and conduct of content beyond syllabus activities to bridge the curricular gaps based on the inputs of IQAC and industry experts such as add on courses, simulation exercises, guest lectures, field visits, and workshops and on the job training for students in the industry, self-learning assignments to cover the content beyond syllabus.

What innovative programmes and initiatives undertaken by the ELCs? These may include voluntary contribution by the students in electoral processes-participation in voter registration of students and communities where they come from, assisting district election administration in conduct of poll, voter awareness campaigns, promotion of ethical voting, enhancing participation of the under privileged sections of society especially transgender, commercial sex workers, disabled persons, senior citizens, etc.

Voter Registration camp for the eligible students in the campus.

Voter awareness camp conducted at various tehsil places in Amravati district.

Voter awareness camp conducted for disabled persons & senior citizen at various villages.

Voter awareness guest lectures conducted for in-house students.

Any socially relevant projects/initiatives taken by College in electoral related issues especially research projects, surveys, awareness drives, creating content, publications highlighting their contribution to advancing democratic values and participation in electoral processes, etc.

Graduate Constituency voter awareness & registration drive conducted in Behala, Kolkata.

Teachers Constituency voter awareness & registration drive conducted in Tollygunge, Behala, Kalighat.

Extent of students above 18 years who are yet to be enrolled as voters in the electoral roll and efforts by ELCs as well as efforts by the College to institutionalize mechanisms to register eligible students as voters.

All students above 18 are encouraged for enrolling themselves into voter list. Benefits and rights of voters are taught in the class. Responsivity of every citizen to vote is campaigned in the Institution in regular intervals.

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