Polytechnic Wing of SBS Technical Campus organised SVEEP Programme
Polytechnic Wing of SBS Technical Campus organised SVEEP Programme
Ferozepur, August 30, 2016 : Polytechnic Wing of Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus, Ferozepur organised Voter Awareness Camp under SVEEP as per the directions of Election Commission of India as the State Assembly elections are less than 6 months away. These events were organised under Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Programme by Achiever’s Society from ECE Department; ACME Society of Mechanical Engineering Department and NSS Unit-I. The entire event was designed to reach out to youth in an effort to mobilise them to participate in the 2017 assembly elections.
Sh Vineet Kumar, IAS, ADC was Chief Guest during this event. Dr. T. S. Sidhu, Campus Director, initiated the Awareness Campaign by Signing on the Oath for encouraging youth of Punjab, especially first time Voters. He told all eligible voter students of college to create awareness about the electoral process and increase people's participation in voting for the impending Assembly Elections. The move to encourage first time voters, specially student’s participation in the electoral process comes as a part of the Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme conceived by the Election Commission of India.
Six students form Poly Wing namely, Ms Gagandeep Kaur; Ms Mandeep Kaur, Mr. Danish Kataria, Mr. Arpit Kumar, Mr. Md Iliyas and Mr. Ravinder Kumar were awarded with Campus Ambassador batches by ADC Sh Vineet Kumar as appreciation for their services towards motivating students for participation in electoral process.
Sh. Vineet Kumar told the gathering that in a democratic system, a free and fair vote is the fundamental tool through which citizens can express their political preferences and developmental wishes. Youth in India have in the past not actively taken part in electoral processes as a result of lack of knowledge of the importance of their participation. He emphasised that Voters are the key players of democracy. It encouraged the gathering that it can easily be assumed that each vote casted strengthens the democracy and the vote not casted or misused weakens the same.
Prof Gazal Preet Singh, Principal Poly Wing emphasized that it is very important to sensitize the youth and take forward the message of the Election Commission of India which campaigns for “ethical voting” as their central theme. It has been seen that first time voters generally feels shy of franchising the votes. So, such initiatives encourages and creates awareness about the electoral process among eligible voter students of college.
In the end Mr Gobind, Chairman ACME Society; Mr Gurjeevan Singh, Chairman ACHIEVERS’ Society and Mr Gurpreet Singh Programme Officer NSS Unit – I paid gratitude to Election Office of District Administration for arranging the SVEEP programmes in SBS Campus and giving opportunity to Poly Wing students for creating awareness among youth for participation in Electoral process.
