SIMSREE carries out 'Voter Registration Drive' on 65th Republic Day

SIMSREE celebrated 65th Republic Day of India in a unique way this year. What is the meaning of a Republic Country? It is a country in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives. So it is quite evident that people should vote for an appropriate candidate to have good governance. Therefore, SIMSREE’ites tried to make people aware about the importance of voting and enroll them with Election Commission of India on this Republic Day. In the wake of upcoming parliament elections which are going to be in the months of April and May, SIMSREE’ites tried to contribute in small manner to it.

Student Social Responsibility (SSR) committee of the institute took a pledge to bring about a change and it carried out voter registration drive in association with ‘Vote for Better India’. It is a non-profit, non-political and non-governmental organization which aims at creating awareness among people for voting. In the upcoming election about 15 crore voters are going to cast vote for the first time, which are nothing but young people. ‘Vote for Better India’ is focusing on creating awareness among the youth and thereby developing a sense of responsibility towards the country in them.
    

40 enthusiastic students from the institute participated in this drive with one common objective of making maximum people aware about voting & registering them for the same. The location chosen was Cuffe Parade, Mumbai. Since people from this part of the city are known to be less enthusiastic about voting despite many highly educated and high-profile people living in this part. As in the past it was observed that the results of few seats in some other parts of the country were decided by a minute difference of votes, SIMSREE’ites identified this opportunity to change the trend. The rationale was very clear, ‘Vote and vote wisely, else keep regretting for the next 5 years’.

The drive started at 11:00 AM with excitement on every volunteer’s face. During the drive, team met many people having various questions regarding voting process and registration. The team was successful in enrolling and making people across different strata aware about the entire process. The drive covered people from security guard to managing director of top notch MNCs. There was a massive response from people, which actually made the drive and its purpose successful. In the end the drive gave volunteers a unique sense of pride.  This pride was a testimony of a productive 65th Republic Day celebration.