College Union

The College Union Council comprises the following offices:

(i) The President of the Union (Principal of the College Ex-officio)

(ii) The Chairman.

(iii) The Vice-Chairman

(iv) The Secretary.

(v) The Joint Secretary.

(vi) Councillor/Councillors to the concerned University Union of the  College Union.

(vii) The Secretary, Fine Arts

(viii) The Chief Student Editor of the College Magazine

(ix) General Captain (Sports & Games)

(x) The Staff Advisor Treasurer nominated by the President (with no vote)

(xi) The Secretary of each of the various (main subject-wise) College Association

(xii) One representative each of I DC, II DC and III DC (For professional colleges, one representative for each year) elected by the students of the respective classes and representatives elected by all the PG students.

COLLEGE UNION ELECTION RULES AS PER LYNGDHO COMMITTEE REPORT. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CANDIDATES.

1. Under Graduate students between the ages of 17 and 22 may contest elections. This age range may be appropriately relaxed in the case of professional colleges, where course often range between 4 to 5 years.
2. For Post Graduate Students the maximum age limit to legitimately contest an election would be 24-25 years.
3. For research students the age limit to legitimately contest an election would be 28 years.
4. Although, the Committee would refrain from prescribing any minimum marks to be attained by the candidate, the candidate should in no event have any academic arrears in the year of contesting the election.
5. The candidates should have attained the minimum percentage of attendance as prescribed by the university or 75% attendance, of whichever is higher.
6. The candidates shall have one opportunity to contest for the post of officer bearer, and two opportunities to contest for the post of an executive member.
7. The candidate shall not have a previous criminal record; that is to say, he should not have been tried and/or convicted of any criminal offence or misdemeanour. The candidate shall also not have been subject to any disciplinary action by the University authorities.
8. The candidate must be a regular, full-time student of the College and should not be a distance/proximate education student. That is to say that all eligible candidates must be enrolled in a full-time course, the course duration being at least one year.

College Union 2022 – 2023