Secretary Review: Academic Affairs Secretary – Vishranth Suresh

“Of the initiatives that could not be completed, Vishranth attributes a lot of them to the failure in hiking placement fees, which he believed would be implemented at the time of his election. The overall response to his term seems satisfactory, with a lot of fundamental initiatives (such as regulation of placement slotting, curriculum modifications etc.) having taken place.” Read about the Academic Affairs Secretary Vishranth’s tenure.

Secretary Review: Hostel Affairs Secretary – Jayachandran K

“The Green Tribunal’s ban on construction within campus affected even the simplest of proceedings of the EW, especially those pertaining to the HAS. Despite these odds, the general consensus amongst the members of the MMCC, CMGFS and the Hostel General Secretaries regarding JC’s tenure falls on the positive end of the spectrum.” Read more about the outgoing HAS’s tenure.

Secretary Review: Students’ General Secretary – Aditya ‘2C’ Bharadwaj

“Aditya received generally positive reviews from the heads of organizations that are under the purview of the SGS. They opined that he gave them a lot of freedom to manage their respective organizations, while suggesting new initiatives. However, a common complaint among organizational Cores under him was that he did not represent them satisfactorily when their organizations ran into roadblocks with the administration.” Read more about the outgoing SGS’s tenure.

Elections 2015

“T5E strongly urges students to go through candidates’ manifestos and videos, and vote wisely and responsibly. Although the Facebook Elections page was taken down, we now have an internal portal where candidates are allowed to campaign. You can also get an idea of how many of these election-time promises made are actually carried out by looking at our series of Manifesto Reviews of last year’s Secretaries here. “