Electoral Literacy Club

IILM Law School, IILM University Gurugram have established Electoral Literacy Club on 18th September 2019 with the following Introduction, objectives and Functions. The club have regular meetings with a formal structure. The President and the students and Faculty members are appointed by Vice Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Sujata Shahi after consulting the Registrar and the Dean of IILM Law School.

An Electoral Literacy Club engages college students via engaging activities and hands-on experience to educate them on their electoral rights and acquaint them with the electoral registration and voting process. At ELC, fun and learning coexist. The objective of activities and games is to inspire and motivate students to think and ask questions. The Election Commission of India intends to develop the culture of electoral involvement among young and future voters through the ELC.

Engage (actively) in promoting awareness of ‘Right to Vote’ among students, faculty members and community at large.

Enable critical thinking on issues related to elections, rights, democracies/non-democracies electoral system and its processes.

Encourage student participation and mobility to aforementioned issues – in theory and practice.

To ensure the citizens that they should exercise their adult suffrage right with confidence in an ethical manner

The ELC members shall meet once a week to engage in a closed or open group session of thematic discussions on relevant topics.

They will organize activities like outreach programs and in campus programs with targeted groups to create voting awareness.

They shall function towards the goal to create and preserve the literature for the club.

2. The two days International Conference on “Electoral Integrity and the Constitution of India” organised by IILM Law School Gurugram on 25-26 November 2021 had an enlightening inaugural session which witnessed insightful observations and commentary from our guests. Total 80 Research Papers were received from students, research scholar, academician and practitioner all over India. Paper presentations were conducted in 6 different technical session’s moderated eminent academician from different universities across India.
The inaugural session was privileged to have the following eminent personalities as our esteemed guests:
A. Dr. SY Quraishi – Former Chief Election Commissioner, India and Chancellor, IILM University, Gurugram.
B. Mr. Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya- Chief Election Commissioner, Nepal
C. Mr. Neil Kantha Uprety- Former Chief Election Commissioner, Nepal

2. An voting awareness was conducted where the students and the faculty convenor spoke to the people and made them awareness of their voting rights