PROPOSAL REGARDING STUDENT REPRESENTATION 

As per discussion in the meeting held on 15^th Oct 2008 between students and responsible faculty members, it was concluded that a better working of the institute can be achieved through more involvement through representation of students. Thus we propose an activity based mode of representation. We outline the following structure.

 Student representation in the following areas :

1. Academic affairs
2. Hostel affairs
3. Placements and Internships
4. Sports activities
5. Cultural activities
6. Literary activities
7. Alumni coordination

 We believe student representation in these areas will assist the faculty in-charge of the above affairs in having an opinion of the students if and when required in the process of policy making. It will also lend the faculty “legs” in the better running of the above affairs and will in future prevent frequent changes in rules and policies framed.

 Academic Affairs ( 4 students )

Representation in Academic affairs will be one student from each year.

Eligibility -  He/she is among the top 7 in their branch.

Representative from the Final year will be the Academic Affairs secretary and others will be the respective academic year representatives.

 Hostel Affairs ( 8 students )

Representation from each of the hostels and one girls representative for both the girl’s hostels  as proposed by the Chief Warden in consultation with respective Wardens and Mess Committees.

 Placements and Internships ( 2 students )

Representation from Final and Pre-Final year students as proposed by the Professor in-charge in consultation with the respective Placement Advisory Committees of the respective years.

 Sports Activities ( 4 students )

The Year representatives and Sports Activities secretary (i.e. final year representative) will be as proposed by the Professor in-charge of sports in consultation with team captains of different sports.

Cultural Activities ( 1 student )

The Cultural Secretary will be chosen from among the various student secretaries of the Official Clubs ( Music and Dramatics Club, Student’s Activities Club, AVA and Photography Club ) as per mutual understanding and discussions between the Club Secretaries and all concerned Teachers in-charge.

Literary Activities ( 1 student )

The Literary Activities Secretary will be chosen from among the various Student Presidents of the Official Societies ( Electroreck, Microbus, Technobyte, Mechsoc and Infrastructure ) as proposed by the Teachers in-charge of various societies and the Teacher in-charge of Literati in consultation with the various Student Presidents and Secretaries of the Official Societies.

 Alumni coordination ( 1 student )

The Alumni coordination Secretary will be as proposed by the Teacher in-charge of the Alumni association from among accepted applications. He / She will work in coordination with the Literary and Academic Secretaries for organizing various events and reunions.

 General Secretaries ( 2 students )

Any organization requires leaders to coordinate various activities. The various secretaries defined above will be answerable to two General Secretaries. The General Secretaries will be chosen from among the various Secretaries defined above by mutual understanding and discussion amongst themselves and a concerned Teacher in-charge allotted specifically for the purpose. The chosen general secretaries will have to vacate their earlier positions held and a suitable replacement will be chosen for them. 

In addition to the above there will be representation from the following :

• Girls Representative ( 1 student )
• M.Tech Representative ( 1 student )
• MCA Representative ( 1 student )
• MBA Representative ( 1 student )

 The above 27 students will form the student representation or the Student Welfare Forum.

The above proposal is just a brief outline of the structure and the selection criterion. If given the blessings of the faculty and the Honourable Director, we will bring forward a detailed charter of the various responsibilities of each secretary.

 This is the proposal brought forward by the students of NIT Kurukshetra in our limited wisdom, with which we can better run our institute and improve it to one day match the standards of the IITs.

Students NITK