Delhi University Students Union

Delhi University Students Union, generally abbreviated as DUSU, is a students' union at the University of Delhi. 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. The Students' Union has four central panel positions. These are the posts of President, Vice President, Secretary and Joint-Secretary. [1]

Delhi University Students' Union
InstitutionDelhi University
President Akshit Dahiya
Vice-President Pradeep Tanwar
Secretary Ashish Lamba
Joint - SecretaryShivangi Kharwal

DUSU Elections

The university has a long history of student political activity.[2][3]

Each constituent college of the University of Delhi elects its own students' union annually. In addition, the DUSU exists as an umbrella organisation for those colleges. Several office bearers of DUSU have gone on to hold public office at local, state and national level.[4]

In 2019, Akshit Dahiya of ABVP was elected as President, Pradeep Tanwar as Vice President, Ashish Lamba as Secretary and Shinvangi Kharwal as Joint-Secretary.[5] As of 2019 there are total of 52 Delhi University colleges & faculties affiliated to DUSU.[6]

For the past 10 years, ABVP has been the most successful student organisation followed by NSUI. In last 10 years, ABVP has held the President's post 7 times, Vice-President's post 8 times, Secretary's post 7 times and Joint-Secretary's post 7 times with occupying all the four post twice in 2014-15 and 2015–16. NSUI has grabbed the posts rest of the times. DUSU has been dominated by ABVP and NSUI for most of the part.

Notable Office Bearers of DUSU include Arun Jaitley who was a member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and became the President of DUSU in 1974. Vijay Goel became the DUSU President in 1977-78. Ajay Maken was the General Secretary of Indian National Congress till 2015. He was elected as the President of DUSU in 1985. Alka Lamba is a former President of National Students Union of India (NSUI) and was the President of DUSU in 1995. Anil Jha Vats is a member of the BJP and was a former member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He was the President of DUSU for 1997-98. Vijay Jolly was a former member of ABVP and is currently a member of BJP. He was elected the President of DUSU for 1980-81. [7]

Office Bearers
DUSU Elected Office Bearers for last 10 years
S. No. Duration President Student Organisation Vice President Student Organisation Secretary Student Organisation Joint-Secretary Student Organisation
1 2019-20 Akshit Dahiya ABVP Pradeep Tanwar ABVP Ashish Lamba NSUI Shivangi KharwaL ABVP
2 2018-19 Ankiv Baisoya ABVP Shakti Singh ABVP Akash Choudhary NSUI Jyoti Choudhary ABVP
3 2017-18 Rocky Tuseed NSUI Kunal Sehrawat NSUI Mahamedhaa Nagar ABVP Uma Shankar ABVP
4 2016-17 Amit Tanwar ABVP Priyanka Chabri ABVP Ankit Sangwan ABVP Mohit Garid NSUI
5 2015-16 Satender Awana ABVP Sunny Dedha ABVP Anjali Rana ABVP Chhattarpal Yadav ABVP
6 2014-15 Mohit Nagar ABVP Parvesh Malik ABVP Kanika Shekhawat ABVP Aashutosh Mathur ABVP
7 2013-14 Aman Awana ABVP Utkarsh Chaudhary ABVP Raju Rawat ABVP Karishma Thakur NSUI
8 2012-13 Arun Hooda NSUI Varun Khari NSUI Varun Choudhry NSUI Vishu Basoya,

Raveena Choudhary

 ABVP, NSUI
9 2011-12 Ajay Chhikara NSUI Vikas Choudhary ABVP Vikas Yadav ABVP Deepak Bansal ABVP
10 2010-11 Jitender Chaudhary ABVP Neetu Dabas ABVP Priya Dabas ABVP Akshay Kumar NSUI

Notable Student Organisations

Some of the notable student organisations are:

References
  1. "DUSU - University of Delhi". du.ac.in. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. Gohain, Manash Pratim (6 September 2014). "Campaign for DUSU elections kick-starts | Delhi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. Singh, Yashveer (31 August 2015). "DUSU Elections 2015: Caste fillip works in student elections too?". DNA India. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. "Delhi University: Stepping stone to Parliament House - Indian Express". Indian Express. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. Singhal, Nayanika (14 September 2019). "ABVP registers historic win in Dusu elections 2019: Here's why". India Today. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  6. "DUSU - University of Delhi". du.ac.in. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  7. "DUSU Election 2017: Ex-DUSU Members Who Became Famous Politicians". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
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