Hyderabad: 

Shirisha Vepoor, an integrated MA Economics student of the University of Hyderabad, made history by becoming the first-ever woman president from the SFI this year.  The elections were in news for being the first to have the Nota (None Of The Above) option.  Nota grabbed four per cent votes. The results were annou-nced on Thursday.

Apart from the SFI, an Independent, ABVP, NSUI and UDA were in the race. Shirisha was declared the president, Sandeep Kumar (MCA) the general secretary  and Aditya Harish (MSc)  the joint secretary. UDA’s Manikanta was declared the vice-president and ABVP’s Krishna and Swathi were declared sports and cultural secretaries. President Shirisha received 1197 votes, and vice president Manikanta received 1193.

Delighted with the results, Shirisha Veppor said, her priority will be on ensuring security, safety and better facilities for girls on the campus. “I am very happy about  my victory, it  is the victory of every SFI cadre who has worked for the welfare of the students.

The first thing on my agenda would be on urging  the administration to build more hostels for girls, as there is a dearth of hostels for them. We will also organize gender sensitization campaigns on the campus along with Committee Against Sexual Harassment (CASH) to fight for the rights of women on the campus.

We will also not allow any fee hike to be imposed and ensure that there is no financial burden on students.”Adding, “One important factor is to keep a tab on the university land and make sure it is not given away to private bodies for non-academic purposes,” Shirisha said.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> News> Current Affairs / DC / November 01st, 2013