Swami Vivekanand Chhatra Sansad–2023

The Student Council & Moot Court Association in collaboration organized the Swami Vivekananda Chhatra Sansad–2023 on the occasion of Constitution Day of India.

This Competition was organized under Tarun Sabha, National Youth Parliament Scheme, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. The Competition was conducted under the guidance of Dr. Pradeep Raghav (Dean, Student Welfare, SVSU) & Ms. Afreen Almas (Faculty Convener of MCA), It was held from 25^th November, 2023 to 26^th November, 2023.

This Competition was an inter- collegiate level competition. Out of 42 registered students, 33 participated in this Competition. The leading agendas of the competition were as follows –

Requirement and redressal of issues in regard to a healthy working environment,
Strengthening animal welfare laws and practices in India, and
Any religious propagation by the elected political leaders should be prohibited.

22^nd November, 2023:-
Training -cum-workshop was conducted to explain various procedures of conducting youth parliament sittings. It was conducted by an organizing committee.

25^th November, 2023:-

The programme began with a ‘Saraswati Vandana’, followed by auspicious lighting of the lamp by guest of honor Sh. Shyam Lal, Deputy commandant RAPO (Public order Academy of MHA,GOI), Dr. Abhay Shankaregowda, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Swami Vivekanand Subharti University) and Dr. Vaibhav Goel Bhartiya, Dean (Faculty of Law). Thereafter Hon’ble Pro Vice Chancellor (Swami Vivekanand Subharti University) and Sh. Shyam Lal, Deputy Commandant RAPO was welcomed by a plant tribute given by Dr. Vaibhav Goel Bhartiya, Dean (Faculty of Law). Hon’ble Pro Vice Chancellor motivated the students to participate in more such activities. Even Dr. Vaibhav highlighted the benefits of such activities. Later judges of the event were introduced
The anchoring was done by Palak Tyagi (Member of Student Council)-
The Judges for Chhatra Sansad were:-

Ms. Sonal Jain(Assistant professor, SVSU) as Speaker for day 1, Mr. Shivam (Media Advisor, National Commission for Women, GOI) as Speaker for day 2 ❖ Ms. Shivani Agarwal as Deputy Speaker (Alumna SVSU)
Mr. Usabh Jain as Moderator (Alumnus, SVSU)

The Oath for the Speaker was done by Dr. Ashutosh Choudhary (President, student council) and later the Speaker made all delegates take the oath.
The Session for the day started with the Opening speech at 11:00A.M. and Discussion hour at 12:00 A.M. But before discussion hour started there was an obituary reference made by the Speaker about the sad demise of 5 army personnel in Rajouri on 22^nd Nov.
The Discussion Hour started on the agenda- Requirement and redressal of issues in regard to a healthy working environment.
The delegates were allotted the portfolios of the Opposition party or Ruling Party.
At 11:00 P.M.there was a Question Hour, where any member from the opposition party can ask any question from the Ruling Party. The Participants participated with great enthusiasm.
At 03:10 P.M., the Zero hour of 20 minutes took place where the participants discussed the issues apart from the selected agenda.
At 3:30 P.M, the session for day one ended.

26^th November, 2023 (Constitution Day of India):-

The Session for the second day started at 10:20A.M with National Song.
The ceremony, featuring the recitation of the Preamble, paid homage to the visionary architect of the Constitution, Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.
The topic for the Discussion Hour was any religious propagation by the elected political leaders should be prohibited. Every Participant came with full preparation and research.
At 1:00 PM. Approximately 3 bills were presented by the members of Parliament.
At 2:00 P.M. Session ended.
After this, at 02:30 p.m. the Dean-Faculty of Law, Dr. Vaibhav Goyal Bhartiya felicitated the Speaker with a memento.
After this Mr. Shivam (Speaker for the day 2) encouraged and appreciated the participants. He said – “Youth should take active part in democratic processes. This Parliament has been organized to ignite the spirit of patriotism, sense of purpose in life. The youth should be at the vanguard of societal development. The youth here should take this idea forward and join hands to increase awareness among people at the grass-root level.” He also stressed, “Our youth must develop original thinking and shun the colonial mindset. He also mentioned about the women reservation bill’s significance since constitution making.
The Winners of the Competition were

Best Delegate – Narendra Modi – Himanshu Panwar
High Recommendation – Smriti Irani – Pawni Arora
Special Mention – Shashi Tharoor – Ekansh Dixit
High commendation – Asaduddin Owaisi – MD.Tanzeel
Best Bill – Mohua Moitra – Amina The valedictory ceremony took place in which Pro Vice- Chancellor and the Dean (Faculty of Law) marked their presence for the same and prize and certificates were distributed after announcement of results.

9) University Student Council and MCA- Members presented a replica of the Constitution of India to the university on the occasion of Constitution Day.

10) At last, Mrs. Afreen Almas (Faculty convener) gave a vote of thanks.