The High Commission of India - London School of Economics (HCI-LSE) ‘100-Foot Journey Club’ in association with NISAU hosted an interactive discussion on “Elections in the World’s Largest Democracy” with former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Dr. S. Y. Quraishi. The conversation was led by Dr. Mukulika Banerjee, Director of the LSE South Asia Centre.
The Deputy High Commissioner, Dr. Virander Paul welcomed the guests consisting mostly of students and young professionals, who were extremely keen to understand how India - the world’s largest democracy - conducts elections of such large scale. This was the second event held by the ‘100-Foot Journey Club’ and shared the success of the launch event on May 10 at the LSE with a talk on “Rethinking the Global Monetary System” by Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
In conversation with Dr. Mukulika Banerjee, Dr. Quraishi described the role of the Election Commission of India, electoral process and procedures, mobilisation of human resources and security, success of the Electronic Voting Machine as well as challenges and constraints in elections in India through both serious analysis and interesting anecdotes.
NISAU bestows Honorary Fellowship to the former Chief Election Commissioner of India
Another milestone covered at this event was the Honorary Fellowship awarded to former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Dr. S Y Quraishi by the National Indian Students and Alumni Union UK (NISAU), to celebrate and acknowledge his contributions in shaping the present and future of India. Dr. Virander Paul, Deputy High Commissioner of India bestowed the Honorary Fellowship upon Dr. S Y Quraishi.
Honorary Fellowship of the National Indian Students and Alumni Union is the highest honour that can be bestowed onto a non-member by the Union. The individual will have made significant and long lasting contributions to India, Indian Culture and/or the welfare of Indian students in the UK, or elsewhere.
Sanam Arora, President of NISAU said, “NISAU is delighted to confer our Honorary Fellowship on Dr. S Y Quraishi for his contributions to the betterment of Indian society. Dr Quraishi is such an inspiration and this occasion has been made even more special by the Deputy High Commissioner of India Dr Paul bestowing our Fellowship upon him. We are humbled to associate NISAU with Dr Quraishi.”
