Prakash Singh Dadwal Contents Education Career in student politics Protests Struggle for Right to Education Act in Jammu & Kashmir Award See also References External links Navigation menuFacebookNSUI appoints Vice Presidents, General Secretaries, Secretaries for J&KPolytechnic college bring laurel to kishtwarPrakash singh appointed as coordinator of NSUI GPC KishtwarPolice use force against protesting students in kishtwarPrakash Singh elected as District PresidentPrakash Singh elected asNew District President of KishtwarNSUI appoints Vice Presidents, General Secretaries, Secretaries for J&KNSUI team called by SoniaNSUI team called by Sonia GandhiDadwal demanded college for paddarDadwal put forward the demand of subject combinationNSUI hold meeting discuss key demandsArchivedNSUI Kishtwar celebrated foundation DayNSUI kishtwar launches its own websiteNSUI Demanded reason for resignationNSUI setup helpdesk at kishtwarNSUI GDC Kishtwar setup helpdeskArchivedNSUI will always fight for students rightArchivedNSUI started door to door compaign for AzadDadwal for Right to AccommodationNSUI for Sanctioning scholarshipNSUI for extending scholarship dateNSUI celebrates Gandhi jayanyi at KishtwarArchivedNSUI Kishtwar protests against JKSBOTEUnemployed Engineers Association Kishtwar gets support from NSUINSUI stages protest over non-availability of forms on Kishtwar campusArchivedNSUI protests against fee hikeNSUI for postponing exams at kishtwarNSUI Protest against technical boardNSUI hold a candle light marchProtests against transportation fareArchivedNSUI started signature campaign for RTENSUI visited at Cherji to aware RTENSUI Kishtwar unit bags best team awardArchivedPrakash Singh DadwalPrakash Singh Dadwal
1993 birthsLiving peopleJammu and Kashmir politiciansPeople from Kishtwar districtIndian National Congress politicians from Jammu and Kashmir
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Prakash Singh Dadwal Student Leader | |
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प्रकाश सिंह डडवाल | |
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| State Vice President of the National Students Union of India of Jammu and Kashmir | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 5 Oct 2018 | |
District President of the National Students Union of India of Kishtwar | |
In office 1 Mar 2014 – 1 Oct 2018 | |
Jammu and Kashmir State Social Media Coordinator of National Students Union of India | |
In office 25 Mar 2015 – 21 Jan 2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Shahid Ayoub, Puneet Kaur, Sunny Parihar, Umar Jan, Shahid Ahmed. |
General Secretary of the National Students Union of India at G P College Kishtwar | |
In office 25 Nov 2013 – 28 Feb 2014 | |
| Coordinator of the National Students Union of India at G P College Kishtwar | |
In office 25 Nov 2012 – 20 Oct 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Residence | Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | Institution of Engineers (India) |
| Profession | Civil Engineer |
| Website | |
Prakash Singh Dadwal (Hindi: प्रकाश सिंह डडवाल) (born 6 September 1993 in Sanyas, Tehsil Paddar, in the Kishtwar District of Jammu and Kashmir, India), is a student leader. He is the currently State Vice President of the National Students Union of India (NSUI) of Jammu and Kashmir State.[1]
Contents
1 Education
2 Career in student politics
3 Protests
4 Struggle for Right to Education Act in Jammu & Kashmir
5 Award
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Education
Prakash Singh Dadwal completed his matriculation education at Govt. Higher Secondary school, Atholi Paddar, and twelfth grade from Higher Secondary School, Kishtwar.
He completed diploma in civil engineering from Government Polytechnic Kishtwar and nowadays, he is pursuing AMIE from Institution of Engineers (India).[2]
Career in student politics
Prakash Singh Dadwal’s first exposure to student politics was in November 2012 at Government Polytechnic College in Kishtwar, his first political assignment was the Coordinator of NSUI G P College Kishtwar.[3] He was deeply involved in student politics from the earliest stage, as a student leader, he led protest against non availability of staff, facilities and other requisite infrastructure in the newly established Polytechnic College at Kishtwar as a result of which police party use force to disperse the agitating students and seven students got injured.[4] He was elected General Secretary at G P College Kishtwar and later contested election for the post of District President of NSUI Kishtwar and won the post of District President by the organizational election in State President NSUI Jammu and Kashmir Neeraj Kundan’s committee in 2014. He later on 2015, was appointed as the State Social Media Coordinator of NSUI in J&K.
In October 2018, he was appointed as State Vice President of NSUI Jammu and Kashmir by National President NSUI Fairoz Khan.[5][6][7] He along with whole NSUI J&K team was called by Sonia Gandhi at 10 Janpath, New Delhi in order to facilitate the newly elected office bearers. While congratulating them, Sonia Gandhi asked them to work with dedication and propagate the programme and policies of congress party among masses.[8][9] He started to work for student community with zeal and zest by demanded ITI College and Govt. Degree College for Paddar[10] and put forward the demand of subject combination in the university campus of Kishtwar.[11] Dadwal hold several meetings and organises several programmes in favour of student’s welfare including Right to Education Act, college fees and examination problems to the students.[12][13]
He is also behind launching the e-governance concept among the students by launching a website at Kishtwar.[14] Angry over party management, he raised the voice for resignation of party leaders from Indian National Congress and demanded that reason should be spelled out for such a trend.[15] He organizes many help desk for helping students,[16][17] and addressing an organisational meeting Dadwal said that NSUI will always fight for the protection of student rights and highlight their problems.[18] He takes active part in the campaign of congress party during parliamentary elections in 2014 in favour of Ghulam Nabi Azad and aware people about programme and policies of congress party for the welfare and benefit of common people of the country.[19] Becoming the first student leader in the Jammu and Kashmir, who spokes for the need of Right to Accommodation for J&K students[20] and stands for sanctioning scholarship to Kishtwar students by demanding with scholarship stationary items should also be provided to students.[21][22]
Dadwal plays active role in spreading the message of Mahatma Gandhi to follow the path of non violence and he believed that all the violence in the country is due to political parties for their personal benefits.[23]
Protests
- On 30 April 2014, Dadwal held a massive protest against Jammu & Kashmir State Board of Technical Education (JKSBOTE) for careless evaluation of answer scripts.[24]
- On 2 July 2014, Dadwal gave full support in dharna for adjustment of unemployed engineers in the Retlee Hydro electric project at Dhrabshalla in District Kishtwar.[25]
- On 12 July 2014, Dadwal led protest against University of Jammu over non-availability of forms on Kishtwar campus and demanded to take necessary action against shopkeepers for the black-marketing of university forms.[26]
- On 14 July 2014, Dadwal led protest against University of Jammu demanded consideration of downloaded examination forms at Kishtwar as well as rollback of increased examination and re-evaluation fee in the Jammu University.[27]
- On 18 October 2014, Dadwal gave full support to students of various institutes of Kishtwar including boys and girls higher secondary which are demanding to immediate revoke of orders made by authorities regarding postponed of exams. Hundreds of students along with NSUI activists from different institutes held a strong protest rally from different educational institutes to the District Development Commissioner office not to postpone the exams of Chenab region. Dadwal claimed that government is always treating the students of Chenab valley step motherly and even every decision is taken on the condition based upon Jammu or Kashmir division and Chenab region is always neglected.[28]
- On 9 December 2014, Dadwal along with scores of NSUI activists led a strong protest rally from Government Polytechnic College Kishtwar to the office of District Development Commissioner at Kishtwar District. He spokes at the rally that team of JKSBOTE establishes itself at Kishtwar during examination and cancelled one semester of some students on an illogical reason of mass Copying. He said that board has made business in the form of re-evaluation fees, added that re-evaluation of answer scripts should be free of cost as board is itself responsible for making false result, terming irresponsible authorities to board officials as that time they failed to provide desk for sitting in college.[29]
- On 18 December 2014, Dadwal along with Hundreds of students under the banner of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) at Kishtwar District of Jammu and Kashmir held a strong protest against Pakastani Taliban over the killing of students in Peshawar in the form of candlelight vigil. He spoke on the occasion that time has come for Pakistan to understand the menace of terrorism and stop breeding and support the terrorists. It was the first time in the history of Kishtwar that someone initiated a protest against Pakistan by candlelight march.[30]
- On 10 feb 2015, Dadwal along with scores of youths held a protest dharna at Dool in Kishtwar District, demanding revision of passenger fares in view of reduced petroleum prices. Dadwal claimed that consistent fall in petroleum prices has only benefitted transporters and not to the common man, he added that no benefit of global decrease in oil price has been percolated to the common people especially the student fraternity and urged the central government to slash the excise duty and passenger fare so that relief is provided to common man.[31]
Struggle for Right to Education Act in Jammu & Kashmir
Mission Awareness: NSUI Activists providing awareness regarding Right to Education Act at Kishtwar District of Jammu and Kashmir, India
Prakash Singh Dadwal organised a two-day signature campaign at Kishtwar in favour of a demand to implement Right to Education Act in the Jammu and Kashmir state and then all the signatures are submitted to District Development commissioner in Kishtwar. Hundreds of students from G D C Kishtwar and other institution participated in the signature campaign. He said that RTE act came into effect in whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir, in India education is most efficient weapon to fight against poverty, corruption, cast indifference, and many other things which are hindrance on the path of development of the country and education is only source which can convert population as the main asset of the country.[32]
Dadwal visited various villages of Cherji, a very far-flung of District Kishtwar and organised a programme to aware students about Right to Education Act. While addressing to the gathering, he said that Right to Education Act (RTE) is a noble gift given by Congress Government to the students which aims to eradicate illiteracy from our country by providing free and compulsory education to each and every students from age 6 to 14 years and committed to ensure that all children, irrespective of social category have access to education. He further said that implementation of RTE is noble cause for poor students and he will continue the struggle till RTE gets implemented in J&k State.[33]
Award
Dadwal, as a student leader, was praised for his hard work at grass root level in favour of student community in Kishtwar and was awarded as the best District President of NSUI in Jammu and Kashmir for his organizational abilities by Amit Pathania, National Secretary NSUI and in charge of Jammu and Kashmir. Under his leadership NSUI unit Kishtwar adjusted as best team of NSUI in Jammu and Kashmir.[34]
See also
- Indian National Congress
- Indian Youth Congress
- National Students Union of India
References
^ NSUI appoints Vice Presidents, General Secretaries, Secretaries for J&K
^ Polytechnic college bring laurel to kishtwar
^ Prakash singh appointed as coordinator of NSUI GPC Kishtwar
^ Police use force against protesting students in kishtwar
^ Prakash Singh elected as District President
^ Prakash Singh elected asNew District President of Kishtwar
^ NSUI appoints Vice Presidents, General Secretaries, Secretaries for J&K
^ NSUI team called by Sonia
^ NSUI team called by Sonia Gandhi
^ Dadwal demanded college for paddar
^ Dadwal put forward the demand of subject combination
^ NSUI hold meeting discuss key demands Archived 10 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ NSUI Kishtwar celebrated foundation Day
^ NSUI kishtwar launches its own website
^ NSUI Demanded reason for resignation
^ NSUI setup helpdesk at kishtwar
^ NSUI GDC Kishtwar setup helpdesk Archived 27 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ NSUI will always fight for students right Archived 8 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ NSUI started door to door compaign for Azad
^ Dadwal for Right to Accommodation
^ NSUI for Sanctioning scholarship
^ NSUI for extending scholarship date
^ NSUI celebrates Gandhi jayanyi at Kishtwar Archived 27 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ NSUI Kishtwar protests against JKSBOTE
^ Unemployed Engineers Association Kishtwar gets support from NSUI
^ NSUI stages protest over non-availability of forms on Kishtwar campus Archived 21 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ NSUI protests against fee hike
^ NSUI for postponing exams at kishtwar
^ NSUI Protest against technical board
^ NSUI hold a candle light march
^ Protests against transportation fare Archived 16 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^ NSUI started signature campaign for RTE
^ NSUI visited at Cherji to aware RTE
^ NSUI Kishtwar unit bags best team award Archived 27 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Prakash Singh Dadwal on Facebook
Prakash Singh Dadwal on Twitter
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