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Sister Nibedita Government General Degree College for GirlsAffiliated to University of Calcutta | NAAC Accredited with B+ Grade; CGPA:2.7 (Cycle-1) | (Recognised under Section 2(f) of UGC Act, 1956)

An Institution for Undergraduate Studies in Science & Humanities
Under the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of West Bengal

Statutory Cell

Electoral Literacy Club

Institutional Initiatives for Electoral Literacy:
As per the Government’s instruction an Electoral Literacy Club (ELC) has been set up by SNGGDCG in 2024 and is duly operational. In its interactive programmes so far it has put in efforts to implement the ideals of SVEEP (Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation) which is a flagship programme under the Election Commission of India. Before the establishment of the ELC several awareness programme were conducted by the NSS unit on the occasion of National Voters’ Day (NVD).

The ELC of the college is quite representative as it is headed by teachers of the college and several students are appointed as members and they coordinate accordingly. The office bearers of the Students’ body are coopted as members of the Club. The structure of the ELC is as follows:
Joint Convenors:
Dr. Kalyanasis Bhattacharyya (Political Science) 
Dr. Debjani Mukherjee Banerjee (NSS Programme Officer; Zoology)
Members:
Smt. Shyamashree Roy (Political Science)
Smt. Parul Mandal (History)
Smt. Arundhuti Bhattacharya (Economics) 
Ms. Saraswati Kumari (GS, Students’ Council) 
Ms. Tania Parveen (AGS, Students’ Council; Science) 
Ms. Sohini Debnath (AGS, Students’ Council; Humanities)

Initiatives undertaken by the ELC of the SNGGDCG:
•Right to Vote and its Legal Aspects (whether it is a fundamental right or not)
•Take Pledge to enlist one’s name in the electoral roll and cast vote.
•Awareness in the Institution and in nearby slums 
•Poster Competition to College Students
•Regular Participation in Parliamentary /Assembly / Municipal or Panchayat Elections as voter.
•Promotion on ethical voting 
•Promotion of voting among senior citizens

Activities:

Session Sr. No. Event Name Date and Venue View Report 
2024-25 4 Celebrating Rabindranath Tagore’s Birth Anniversary: A Cultural and Electoral Literacy Initiative (08.05.2025) 8th May, 2025, at 2.00 pm at the Sister Nibedita Hall 
3 Empowering Women: Election Commission’s Visit to SNGGDCG on International Women’s Day: 10th March, 2025, at 2.00 pm at the Sister Nibedita Hall 
2 Participation of SNGGDCG Electoral Literacy Club at the District Level Programme, Kolkata South on the occasion of 15th National Voters’ Day 20th December, 2024, Office of the District Election Officer, Kolkata South Electoral District   
1 “ECI’s Awareness Campaign at SNGGDCG: Promoting Electoral Literacy and Disability Awareness” 3rd December, 2024, at 2.00 pm at the Sister Nibedita Hall 
2023-24 2 Election Commission of India (ECI) [the District Election Officers from Bhawanipore Assembly Constituency – 159, under Kolkata South Parliamentary Constituency] visited our college to promote their flagship initiative, SVEEP, i.e., Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation among the students. 5th April, 2024, at College Campus   
1  A seminar titled Electoral Awareness and New Voters’ Duties was held. 5th March, 2024, at College Campus   

 

As per the established norms under the UGC system, undergraduate students in India are well above the required age of being voters and duly registered as they come to the college. However, some students reach that age during their initial semesters. The ELC of the college keeps an eye on them on a regular basis and never forgets to remind them about enrollment in the electoral roll and participation in the electoral process; regular inquiries are made to that end. 
Indeed, there are some students who do not much care about enlisting themselves in the roll. Such negligence is borne out of the lack of proper socio-political awareness. Such awareness is essential for their political socialization at this stage of life, and technically, academic institutions, coupled with the presence of peer groups, play a serious part in this socialization process. Therefore, SNGGDCG’s ELC is very active in conducting regular awareness programs among the students. In every meeting of the ELC students are accordingly informed about the importance of elections in a democratic state and, as free citizens of the nation, their potential input therein.