kolkata in a bid to keep politics out of bengal engineering and science university besu campus vicechancellor ajay kumar ray has written to state higher education council hec chairman sugato marjit seeking reprieve from holding students union elections ray himself is one among the seven members of the committee the council has set up to frame a composite draft guideline for elections i have urged the government to allow us to form an alternate students senate instead of holding students union elections in the senate we want some seats reserved for toppers the students union has not been functioning for around three years now said ray since the elected union has stopped functioning there have been no reports of violence on besu campus we are waiting for a green signal from the council as well as the state government for allowing us to go ahead with our own format if the government allows us to be an exception we will form the alternative students senate students here dont favour the union anymore ray said the institute is now lobbying with the centre to get an indian institute of engineering science and technology iiest tag the sevenmember committee chaired by calcutta university vc suranjan das has prepared an elaborate draft which has passed on to the universities for a feedback a final draft will be then prepared and submitted to education minister bratya basu for chief minister mamata banerjees nod the proposed students council has received rave response from all the committee members even hec chairman has agreed to consider it and make us an exception if possible said ray the students senate which has been approved by besus executive council will be headed by a president who will be a senior professor of the university nominated by the vc the 24member senate will have representatives from seven societies and four sports clubs of the university these representatives will include students the cultural and science societies that will send representatives to the senate are music dramatics photography and videography dance and choreography debate and creative writing art and painting scientific model making and software development the four sports clubs include cricket football athletics and indoor games each of these societies and clubs will have a secretariat with a president at the helm elected by its members the presidents of these clubs and societies will be on the senate the societies and clubs will have one teacher nominated by the vc or duly notified by the ec as advisor ray said in addition there will be a 15member students academic council this council will be formed for each department the 15 members are to be elected by students of their own departments each council will have a president treasurer and secretary the senate has been proposed to meet once a month to ensure that the university functions properly suranjan das chairman of the sevenmember committee drafting the guidelines said since that model has already been introduced in besu and i believe it