PUWF formed in PU

Panjab University Women Front

(Arise, awake & stop not till goal is reached)

PRESS RELEASE

Chandigarh, 31 August: In a unique initiative, Girl students of PU have formed a distinctive platform ‘Panjab University Women Front (PUWF)” to fight for the girls cause. This was announced by PU INSO campus president Deepika Thakur at a press conference at PU students centre on Monday.
“Arise, awake & stop not till goal is reached” will be the PUWF slogan, Deepika said. It is just a humble beginning, we will show our strength in November, she said while referring to scores of girls’ representatives present on the occasion, she added. PUWF logo was also released on the occasion.
Deepika called upon all the students organisations to follow the example set by INSO and give real responsibilities to the girls. “Why girls should be restrained to the post of Vice President, important posts like President & General Secretary should be offered to the girls”, she added. INSO has set up an example in women empowerment when a girl has been chosen to lead the organisation and made its PU campus president, she further added.
Girls should not be used as a rubber stamp to garner the girl’s votes but they should be part of all decision making, Deepika said. Girls can understand the students’ problems and girl leadership is the need of the hour, PUWF leader further added.
Deepika Thakur said that PUWF will be a non-political front of all girls irrespective of their political affiliations and leanings. She said that all girls of PU having a fire and spirit for taking up girls cause will be involved in the PUWF. She thanked INSO for providing such a non-political platform to the girl students of PU. She said that PUWF will consist of representatives from all girls’ hostels & day scholar girls of the PU whose primary task would be to highlight problems faced by girls in the university.
We have been working on modalities for the last one month and we have been able to formulate a team that has representatives of all sections/departments of students, Deepika added. PUWF units will also be opened in all the colleges, educational institutions of Chandigarh, she further added. I have already got calls from different colleges for the women front & Girls are very excited about it, said Deepika.
Deepika said that PUWF will work as a medium between authorities and the girls. There is a lack of communication between girls and the authorities, and in many cases, the girls are not able to approach the university authorities due to lack of any suitable platform, she added.
Girls have great power and PUWF will work for making all the girls realize their huge strength so that they do not have to go to others to protect hem selves or solving their problems, Deepika said. PUWF would directly take up the girls problems with the authorities, she added.

INSO MANIFESTO

INSO MANIFESTO

(Please comment & suggest)

OUR PROMISES

· Proper computer Laboratory with 100 computers studded with all the internet & facilities in University Library.
· Students will be given right to assess the performance of their teachers as per the UGC guidelines. This practice would provide more transparency and encourage impartiality.
· The students would not be asked to vacate the hostels till they complete their courses as it generally happens in the case of research scholars (M.Phil/LLM/ M. Pharmacy/M.Sc. Honours School). No extra charges would be charged from them.
· Students are not given opportunity to attend national/international seminars, conferences. INSO will ensure that all students get opportunity to attend those seminars as per the merit. All the invitations received at the university would be compulsorily available at the PU website on a designated student’s corner.

Constitution of Planning Committee of University shall be headed by D.S.W. with 2 Students as members. This Committee should be responsible for planning the future plans, needs of teaching blocks, hostels, laboratory, library facilities and more studies courses as per the requirement of the students community.

Lift charges for hostels to be abolished. No charge to be charged for lifts as it is basic requirement.

Concessional student passes on the pattern of Delhi Govt. where Rs.26 is charged per month for all bus routes.

Concessional student passes for students should be applicable in all the buses of CTU, Haryana and Punjab Roadways.

Framing of a uniform policy for allotment of hostel accommodation. All the lists of new admissions in hostels should be available at all the hostels and on PU website along with the percentage of the students. PU hostel policy should also be available on PU website, so that there is more transparency in hostel admissions.

Division of the hostel fees as well as hostel admission fees among those students, being forced to share rooms against their wishes or entitlement. All other hostel funds should also be divided among the students as they are using the facility meant for one student.

· Fundamental change in the revaluation system of the PU. The system has some inherent faults. PU Administration should refund the revaluation charges of student, whose marks get increased as it was not his fault that he was given lesser marks by the first examiner. Charges (if any are to be paid) should be paid by the first examiner, who gave lesser marks.
· Central University to PU with all the existing quotas for the university students.

Implementation of Group Insurance Policy for P.U. students from this year.

Separate hostel facility for research scholars.

· All the students enrolled under university should have the right to vote in PUCSC elections including ‘Department of Evening Studies’ students.

Recruitment of adequate number of Professors, Readers, Lecturers and non-teaching staff in various departments like BDS, Pharmacy, UIET, Law, MCA etc.

Solving the infrastructure problems of UIET & BDS campus.

Central placement cell, check on performance of departmental placement cells functioning.

Number of seats and scholarships for researchers from university side should be increased.

Organization of Job fests, sports fairs, Technology fairs, management fairs, pharmacy fairs, media fairs etc. on the university campus.

Priority should be given to P.U. students in all the new appointments to be given in P.U. and its colleges

Timely Stipend to all the research scholars

Girls should not be bound by the compulsion to eat at hostels mess. There should not be any fine for not eating.

Water coolers for all floors of girls hostel & in all blocks in Boys hostels.

· Implementation of election reforms for reducing the money and muscle power in students’ union elections.

· Appointment of lady Doctor at University Medical Centre. As there is no lady Doctor in the centre yet.

· No Fee Hike for students.

ACHIEVEMENTS (2007-2008)

· Fee structure was got rationalised in colleges. Earlier the different colleges charged different fee structures.
· No annual fee increase done in the year when INSO was in Council, which was earlier forced on the students every year. 5% hike was done by PU the previous year.
· Inclusion of students in many decision making committee related to students welfare.
· Daily allowance of the players increased.
· Participation of P.U. in almost every inter-varsity, Inter- Regional Tournament.
· New Gym for Girls.
· Improvement of facilities and purchasing of new equipments for multipurpose gym.
· WI- FI system in every hostel and related departments.
· Many job oriented courses started in P.U.
· Computer room in all hostels with internet connections.
· FEE started to be deposited in respective departments, earlier, which was only deposited in SBI earlier in long lines.
· Upgradation of existing laboratory facilities in sciences departments in terms of instruments and equipments, Rs 30 Lakh granted in this budget.
· Up-gradation of department libraries with the addition of new books, 48 Lakh granted in this budget.
· PhD courses started in almost all departments of the university
· Regular check ups of food and hygiene in every mess and canteen of the university & PU students council members.
· Organised job fest, sports fest, science fair at the university campus.
· Organised an anti ragging week from July 24,2008 INSO raised awareness against Ragging
· Pharmacy students were got delivered the pending stipend amount, which was pending for last ten months.
· PU Administration allowed improvement in papers to students of all the departments. Earlier this opportunity was not available for the students of certain departments like UIET and Chemical Engineering.
· Construction of sub-way to UIET and BDS Sec-25 Campus.
· Hostel facilities for BDS and UIET students being provided in the Sec-25 Campus only.
· Girls special buses for students.

PROMISES ACCEPTED BY PU BUT COULD NOT BE COMPLETED DUE TO INCOMPETENCY OF THE LAST STUDENTS COUNCIL

· Construction of four hostels for boys, four for girls
· Reading rooms facility for girls at Girls hostels.
· Implementation of Group Insurance Policy for P.U. students.
· Proper functioning of WI-FI system in all parts of every hostel and related departments.
· Geography and Psychology Master's Degree to be changed from Arts to Sciences i.e. M.A. to M.Sc.
· Proper functioning of Computer Labs of various departments.
· M.Phil. courses to be started in every department of the university.
· Provision of basic infrastructure and bathroom facilities in all the departments and hostels.
· University special buses to be started for morning and evening for students coming from Panchkula, Mohali, Pinjore, Kharar, Zirakpur etc.

INSO releases manifesto for PUCSC elections

Indian National Students Organisation
Press Release

Chandigarh, August 29: Indian National Students Organisation (INSO) has promised computer Lab with 100 computers studded with all the internet facilities, more students participation in national & international seminars/conferences, implementation of right to evaluate the performance of their teachers as per the UGC guidelines to provide more transparency and encourage impartiality.
This was announced by INSO PU campus president Deepika Thakur while releasing the election manifesto of INSO for the year 2009-2010. INSO is the first organisation to announce its manifesto. INSO leaders Vikas Rathee, Sukhdev Kundu, INSO PU campus chairman Deepak Hooda, INSO Chandigarh state president Sunil Kumar, former PUCSC General Secretary Mr Sunny Bhardwaj, INSO working president Sudhir Mehra, Mr Virender Boora, Mr Tapan Wadhwa, ex president, students council evening department Mr Avish Sharma and other INSO students’ leaders were also present on the occasion.
Miss Thakur said that INSO has all regards for Lecturers & teachers but right to evaluate would bring much needed transparency, responsibility & answerability in the education system. Regarding the participation in national/international seminar, she said that all the invitations for national/international seminars would be compulsorily available at the PU website on a designated student’s corner, so that all students could claim the participation as per the merit.
In another novel announcement, INSO has promised the constitution of Planning Committee of University, headed by either VC or D.S.W. with 2 Students as members. This Committee would help university in planning the future plans, needs of teaching blocks, hostels, laboratory, library facilities and more studies courses as per the requirement of the students’ community, Deepika added.
Lift charges for hostels would be got abolished and as they are part of basic requirement and not a luxury, announced INSO leaders. Concessional student passes on the pattern of Delhi Govt. would be got provided for all bus routes, applicable for all the buses of CTU, Haryana and Punjab Roadways, INSO manifesto said.
Framing of a uniform policy for allotment of hostel accommodation is another important election promise. All the lists of new admissions in hostels should be available at all the hostels and on PU website along with the percentage of the students, said Deepika. INSO has promised fundamental change in the revaluation system of the PU. PU Administration should refund the revaluation charges of student, whose marks get increased as it was not his fault that he was given lesser marks by the first examiner, said INSO leaders.
Central University to PU, implementation of Group Insurance Policy for P.U. students from this year, separate hostel facility for research scholars, more boys & girls hostels, voting right to all the students in PUCSC elections, recruitment of adequate number of Professors, Readers, Lecturers and non-teaching staff, no fee hike, central placement cell to check on performance of departmental placement cells functioning, organization of Job fests, sports fairs, Technology fairs, management fairs, pharmacy fairs, media fairs etc. on the university campus, priority to P.U. students in all the new appointments to be given in P.U. and its colleges, timely Stipend to all the research scholars, appointment of lady doctor in University Medical Centre are the other important election promises.
INSO also released a list of 22 achievements achieved by INSO during the 2007-2008 during the tenure when INSO was part of students council. They include rationalisation of fees, no annual fee increase, inclusion of students in many decision making committee related to students welfare, increase in daily allowance of the players, participation of P.U. in almost every inter-varsity, Inter- Regional Tournament, new Gym for Girls, improvement of facilities and purchasing of new equipments for multipurpose gym, computer room in all hostels with internet connections, fee started to be deposited in respective departments, earlier, which was only deposited in SBI earlier in long lines, up-gradation of existing laboratory facilities, up-gradation of department libraries with the addition of new books, PhD courses started in almost all departments of the university, organising of job fest, sports fest, science fair at the university campus etc.
INSO also claimed that many INSO demands accepted by the VC were in pipeline but had not been implemented yet. These demands include construction of four hostels for boys, four for girls, reading rooms facility for girls at Girls hostels, implementation of Group Insurance Policy for P.U. students, Geography and Psychology Master's Degree to be changed from Arts to Sciences i.e. M.A. to M.Sc., starting of M.Phil. Courses in all departments.

INSO calls for students harmony, condemns violence

Indian National Students Organisation

Press Note

Chandigarh, August 25: INSO has advised the other students’ organisation to observe restraint and to avoid violence at all costs. INSO PU campus president Miss Deepika Thakur disclosed that INSO will organise peace march at PU campus on 26 August against the violence.
Miss Deepika Thakur severally condemned the today's violent incident. She said that violence is harmful for the peaceful university atmosphere and put bad name to the PU and students politics. The violent incidents defame student politics, she added.
INSO leader Miss Deepika said that INSO has never supported any sort of violence. INSO has a policy to sideline the criminal elements from the students’ politics and other students’ organizations should also adopt it.