Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union or JNUSU is a students' union at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.[1][2] It is primarily responsible for building and preserving a healthy political culture and an atmosphere of open debates on the campus. Students are kept informed about the public meetings, discussions and other issues through pamphlets and notices.[3] There is a long tradition in JNU of holding serious post-dinner meetings in the hostels to which the students often invite well-known public figures, writers and intellectuals.[4]

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union
LocationJawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

The JNUSU follows the student drafted JNUSU constitution.[5][6]

The Students' Union has four central panel positions. These are the posts of President, Vice President, General Secretary and Joint Secretary.[7]

An EPW study notes how in the last four decades (1974–2008 and 2012–17), in the JNUSU elections, the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) has won the post of president 22 times while All India Students’ Association (AISA) has won it 11 times while Akhil Bhartia Vidhyarti Parishad (ABVP) has won it once.[5] Notable presidents of JNUSU include CPI(M) politician Sitaram Yechury who was president in 1977-78, Congress National Secretary Shakeel Ahmed Khan in 1992-93 and Congress Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer Hussain in 1999-2000.[8][9][10] Vijoo Krishnan became the president of JNUSU in 1998.[11]

Chandrashekhar Prasad another president of the JNSU was assassinated after joining politics in Bihar in 1997.[10]

JNUSU Elections

JNUSU elections are conducted by students through an elected Election Committee.[12] In 2006, the Lyngdoh Committee,[13][14] formed to frame guidelines for 'Students’ Union Elections' across the country noted that there is no need for altering the JNU model and that JNU's model would be "difficult to replicate elsewhere".[12][15] However the JNUSU passed a resolution in 2016 to hold the elections via the JNUS constitution and not the Lyngdoh Committee model.[6]

The Students Union has four central panel positions. These are the posts of President, Vice President, General Secretary and Joint Secretary. Other posts include Councillors for each of the Schools and as well as a part time Councillor.[7] In 2019 there were 43 Councillors.[16]

After 2015, the left parties have been fighting the elections as one unit under the umbrella of United Left.[17]

Union Presidents

JNU is known for best Presidential debates by all candidates before elections.[18][19][20]

SFI has won the post of President the maximum number of times in the last 40 years,[lower-alpha 1] a total of 22 times.[5] All India Students’ Association (AISA) follows by having won the presidents post 11 times.[5] Both SFI and AISA are the student wings of the Communist Parties.[5]

Presidents of JNUSU
President Student Organization Duration First Runner-up Student Organization Vice-President Student Organization
Aishe GhoshSFI2019-2020Manish Jangid[21]ABVP[22] Saket Moon DSF
N Sai BalajiAISA[23]2018-2019Lalit Pandey[24]ABVP[22] Sarika Chaudhary[25] DSF
Geeta KumariAISA2017-2018Nidhi TripathiABVP[26] Simone Zoya Khan[27]
Mohit K PandeyAISA2016-2017Sonpimple Rahul PunaramBAPSA[28]
Kanhaiya KumarAISF2015-2016Vijay KumarAISA[29] Shehla Rashid AISA
Ashutosh Kumar 2014-2015
Akbar Choudhary AISA 2013-2014
V. Lenin Kumar DSF 2012-2013
Sucheta De AISA 2011-2012
2010-2011
2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008
Dhananjay Tripathi 2006-2007
Mona Das[8] 2005-2006
Mona Das[8] 2004-2005
Rohit Azad[8] 2003-2004
Rohit Azad[8] 2002-2003
Albeena Shakil[9] 2001-2002
Sandeep Mahapatra[9] ABVP 2000-2001
Syed Naseer Hussain 1999-2000
1998-1999
1997-1998
1996-1997
1995-1996
Chandrashekhar Prasad[30] AISA 1994-1995
Chandrashekhar Prasad[10] AISA 1993-1995
Shakeel Ahmed Khan[10] 1992-1993 Chandrashekhar Prasad[10]
Tanvir Akhtar[10] 1991-1992 Shakeel Ahmed Khan[10]

While some JNUSU presidents joined politics after JNU other presidents such as V. Lenin Kumar and Dhananjay Tripathi pursued academics.[8] Those who joined politics include Ashutosh Kumar who joined CPI-ML(Liberation), Kanhaiya Kumar joined CPI and Sandeep Singh joined Congress.[8]

Sandeep Mahapatra has been the only JNUSU president from Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

Notable student organisations

These student organisations contest in JNUSU:[31]

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See also

Notes
  1. 1974–2008 and 2012–17

References
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  13. (23 May 2006) Report of the Committee Constituted by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India as per the Direction of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India to frame Guidelines on Students’ Union Elections in Colleges/Universities. Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
  14. Recommendation of the Committee accepted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court for implementation University Grants Commission.
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  28. KUMAR, ABHIMANYU. "Setting right the caste vacuum".
  29. "AISF candidate elected JNU students union president".
  30. "Betrayed by Revolution The CPI (ML) hails Chandrashekhar as a martyr. But his aged mother feels her son's sacrifice was in vain". Tehelka. 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  31. "In JNUSU elections, parties contesting the elections include AISB,AISA, AISF, ABVP, NSUI, SFI, Democratic Students' Federation (DSF) and Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association (BAPSA)".

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