Elections for Executive Committee (2023-2025)

The ELSA Association was set up and registered on 23rd June 2014 by ELSA Members

Elections to vote in the 5th Executive Committee of the ELSA Association will be held between Sept 19 9 a.m. and 22nd September 12 noon, and results will be announced at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 23rd September 2023.

Please go through the Election Schedule and other details if you wish to stand as a Candidate to be elected as a Member of the Executive Committee. The entire Election process – application for candidature, nominations, approval, list of candidates and their profiles, and voting will be conducted online.

The Election Schedule  

Election Officer (“EO”) appointed	10th July 2023
Notify Schedule of election	19th July 2023
Invitation for Nominations	25th July - 09th August 2023
EO to publish categorywise list	10th August 2023
Receipt of objections to any nomination	12th August 2023
Give notice to candidates against whom objections have been received	13th August 2023
Receipt of defense against nomination (from candidates)	14th August 2023
EO to scrutinise nominations and objections and post list of valid and invalid candidates with a day's notice to candidates against whom objection is received and accepted	16th August 2023
Give notice to candidates against whom objections have been received, for withdrawal	17th August 2023
Withdrawals, if any	19th August 2023
Final list of Candidates posted	20th August 2023
Candidates upload their Campaign Page	21th August 2023
Last day of campaigning	17th September 2023
(The campaigning stops 48 hours before the voting begins, that is by 9a.m. 17th September 2023)
Voting period	19 (9am) - 22 September 2023(12pm)
Web portal voting stops	22nd September 2023 (12 noon)
Results announced	23th September 2023

Candidate Applications  

1. Who can be an Executive Committee Member?

• Any ELSA Member who has fully paid her Membership fee and received her Membership Number can contest the election for EC Membership.
• Any ELSA Member who can
  • represent the values of our community,
  • is committed to its goals, (both the serious ones and the fun ones)
  • is committed to working as a team for the full term of two years
  • and can make the time to take the work forward.

2. Process of Application:

• The Candidate must complete the Application Form (Closed)
• The candidate must be nominated by a Proposer who is a lifetime member and seconded by another Lifetime member after completing the form
• The Election Officer will review and approve the Application
• The Candidate will be informed by email and can update her Campaign Page
• List of Candidates will be posted by the Election Officer on the website
• In the event that there is any objection by any ELSA Member to the Candidature, the Election Officer will notify the Candidate and seek explanation
• Final List of Candidates will be posted by the Election Officer on the website

3. Candidate Categories
Categories for the candidates to stand for election will be according to the Graduation year, as below:

S.No.	Category	Criterion
1	A	Graduated before-1983
2	B	Graduated between 1983-1992
3	C	Graduated between 1993-2002
4	D	Graduated between 2003-2012
5	E	Graduated between 2013-2022
6	F	Graduated in 2023
7	G	Faculty member who is a Life Member

Note: There may be more be than 1 candidate per Category

Nominations  

• An ELSA Member can propose up to two Candidates for Membership to the EC, and
• An ELSA Member can second the nominations of up two Candidates for Membership to the EC

The Election Officer  

Mr Rakesh Munjal has been invited to be the Election Officer to conduct the Elections for Executive Committee 2023-2025, and has accepted. He and an Election Team nominated by him will conduct the Election independently of the current Executive Committee, and with the requisite confidentiality and neutrality as outlined in the Bye-laws.

List of Candidates  

"The aforesaid list is after scrutiny of nominations."

S No	Category	Name	Details	Year	Course
1	A-1	Pushkala Gopal	View	1974	B.A.(Hons.) Mathematics
2	B-1	Ashima Aggarwal	View	1984	B.A.(Hons.) Mathematics
3	B-2	Kitty Tawakley Dayal	View	1983	B.A.(Hons.) English
4	B-3	Sangita Thakur Varma	View	1989	B.A.(Hons.) English
5	B-4	Sharada Subramaniam	View	1989	B.A.(Hons.) Political Science
6	B-5	Priti Suri	View	1983	B.A.(Hons.) History
7	C-1	Aroti Akash Tugnait	View	1996	B.A.(Hons.) Political Science
8	C-2	Tanya Prasad	View	1993	B.A.(Hons.) History
9	C-3	Neha Kirpal	View	2001	B.A.(Hons.) Political Science
10	E-1	Kaushiki Arha	View	2019	B.A.(Hons.) Political Science
11	E-2	Apurva Sharma	View	2019	B.Com. (Hons.)

Voting  

• All members will receive announcements through email and this website
• Only Lifetime ELSA Members are entitled to vote to elect members of the Executive Committee
• A Member whose subscription is in arrears shall not be entitled to vote and if she votes her vote shall not be counted.
• No Member can cast her vote more than once
• Every Member can vote for up to 11 Candidates when she casts her vote
• Members are encouraged to cast their vote for at least 1 Candidate per category (see Candidate Categories) to ensure representation across generations of alumni
• Members are requested to use the online voting process which will be active from 0900 hrs IST Sept 19, 2023 till 12 noon IST on Sept 22, 2023. This can be done easily by checking the radio button next to the Candidates’ names in the List of Candidates
• Members are encouraged to vote with integrity for Candidates who they genuinely believe will add value and work towards furthering the Objectives of the Association

Results  

• Results of selected candidates for the Executive Committee will be announced at the AGM
• Members will be advised of the Results by email and on the Website by Monday 25th September 2023
• The incoming Executive Committee will elect their office bearers within two weeks of being elected and these results will be announced through email, and on the Website

FAQ's  

Q1:. Who can vote?
A1: Life members, who have paid the life time fee, and have their sign-in creds and a membership number.

Q2.: Date and time of voting:
A2: Voting period 19 September 2023 (9am) - 22 September 2021(12 noon)

Q3. Is it mandatory to vote for 11 candidates, or can you vote for fewer numbers?
A3: 11 is the max. You can vote for less than 11.

Q4. Can you vote in batches, say for 4 persons on one day and 8 days on another?
A4 No, you are allowed to vote only once. Once you have started voting, you cannot login again to vote. Your sign-in creds can only be used once

Q5: How do you vote?
A5:

• Sign in to this site (Link will be activated on scheduled date)
• Visit this page (Link will be activated on scheduled date) and scroll down
• You will see an active ‘radio button’ next to each candidate name
• Click on this button to vote for that candidate.

Q6: When will results be announced?
A6: During the AGM on Sept 23th 2023.

Q7: How do I attend this AGM?
A7: You will need to register on this link. (Link will be activated on scheduled date) You will get an email confirming your registration. You will have to login between 10 am - 10.15 am to enable registering your presence for the meeting.

Q8: What is the time and duration of AGM?
A8: Time: Sep 23, 2021 10:00 AM. Usually, AGMs take one hour or a little more. Please budget more time!

Q9: How soon can people get their membership number and access to voting? If they register by Monday morning, will their membership be processed by Tuesday?
A9: No. Registration has a turnaround time of 4-5 days. Membership processing will be in a hiatus for two weeks before the elections. .