Priority 01 / Student justice
Justice for student voices.
Advocate for the withdrawal of FIRs and arbitrary suspensions against students arising from protests for Students’ Union elections.
AMUSU ELECTIONS · 2026–27
AreebaDilshad.
حالات بدلیں گے، آغاز اریبہ دلشاد
Your Voice. Your Vote.
Prestige, Purpose and Leadership.
01 / Meet the candidate
A little about me.
I am Areeba Dilshad, a Research Scholar in Medical Biochemistry, and a candidate for Member of the Cabinet, AMUSU 2026–27.
Over the years, my journey at Aligarh Muslim University has given me the opportunity to understand student life from different perspectives. From being a student at Abdullah Hall to serving as Senior Hall of Begum Azeezun Nisa Hall and Forum In-charge of the Public Speaking English Forum at UDLC, I have gained valuable experience in student leadership and institutional responsibilities. I am also a member of the MURC Riding Club.
My engagement with student affairs has brought me into close contact with real-time issues. These experiences have given me an understanding of both student concerns and the workings of the university administration.
I believe representation must be rooted in experience, accessibility, and a genuine understanding of the people one represents.
حالات بدلیں گے، آغاز اریبہ دلشاد
RESEARCHMedical Biochemistry · JNMCH
EXPERIENCESenior Hall, Begum Azeezun Nisa Hall
Public Speaking English Forum, UDLC
MURC Riding Club
Public Speaking English Forum, UDLC
MURC Riding Club
CANDIDACYMember of the Cabinet · 2026–27
As you cast your vote, make it a conscious choice. Choose the last ballot number, 46 of 46.
Read my priorities02 / The first priorities
Two issues.
Immediate attention.
Some concerns cannot be pushed to the bottom of an agenda. These are the two issues I will put at the forefront of my representation and advocacy.
Priority 02 / Academic dignity
Convocations on time. Degrees without delay.
Push for timely convocations and faster issuance of degrees, so graduating students can move forward without unnecessary delays.
03 / A manifesto for every student
The work ahead.
Seven commitments. A practical agenda shaped by student concerns across classrooms, libraries, halls, research spaces and campus life.
01 / Representation
Student rights & a union for all
Protect student voices and pursue fair, meaningful representation in university decision-making.
Read the commitments
- Advocate for withdrawal of protest-related FIRs and arbitrary suspensions.
- Seek AMUSU voting rights for eligible female FYUP students studying and living on the main campus.
- Advocate membership on the AMU Court, Executive Council and Academic Council for the WCSU and AMUSU presidents.
- Review pathways for more inclusive representation of women in AMUSU.
02 / Safety & opportunity
A safer, more equal campus
Safety, dignity and access must shape how women experience university life.
Read the commitments
- Push for firm action against harassment and eve-teasing, with clearly displayed support contacts and helplines.
- Support women’s participation in sports, clubs and cultural societies.
- Advocate removing restrictions that prevent female students from accessing certain courses and qualifications.
- Advocate safer, more practical residential arrangements and grievance handling in women’s halls.
- Seek a campus-entry registry for public vehicles to strengthen student safety and accountability.
03 / Everyday living
Halls that feel like home
Clean, safe and functional hostels are essentials, not privileges.
Read the commitments
- Transparent room allocation, waitlist resolution, and fair review of annexe closures and dispossession complaints.
- Repair unsafe ceilings, doors, windows, washrooms, lighting, geysers, water coolers and filters.
- Seek reliable cleaning staff, pest and stray-animal management, and functional CCTV in appropriate areas.
- Demand consistent mess quality, workable canteens, suitable reading and common rooms, and counselling support.
- Address accessibility, staff availability, safety and essential services consistently across all university halls, hostels and annexes.
- Review unnecessarily burdensome residential procedures, transport and safety concerns, and waterlogging.
04 / Research & degrees
Research without roadblocks
From fellowships to approvals, academic processes should serve students—not keep them waiting.
Read the commitments
- Advocate establishing a Research & Development Cell to strengthen research support.
- Seek centralised grant applications and transparent RAC / BoS process tracking.
- Push for timely scholarship and fellowship disbursement.
- Support research groups, seminars, publication, patent and funding-proposal workshops, and exchange opportunities.
- Promote regular workshops and seminars relevant to each department’s field of study, connecting students with new research, practical skills and academic developments.
- Seek improved student orientations, on-time convocations and timely degree issuance.
- Review age-eligibility rules affecting fourth-year FYUP students who, under the earlier degree structure, would have entered the first year of a master’s programme; advocate fair provisions for students now above the previous age threshold.
- Seek resolution of AICTE approval concerns for AMU’s M.Plan programme and the resulting obstacles to GATE scholarship access for affected students.
- Advocate introducing an LL.B. programme at AMU, subject to necessary academic and regulatory approvals.
- Raise department-specific issues involving teaching resources, academic facilities, internships and accessibility.
05 / Libraries & facilities
Study spaces that work
Better library access, reliable infrastructure and modern learning facilities for every department.
Read the commitments
- Extend Maulana Azad Library book-issue hours and improve basic comforts and study spaces.
- Make the issuance of books and academic papers easier for Women’s College students across relevant libraries.
- Seek broader journal and research-database access.
- Advocate functional air-conditioning, comfortable reading rooms and upgraded academic facilities across university departments and libraries.
- Ensure functional air-conditioning at JNMC, including the library and reading spaces, and advocate modernisation of the medical library with wider reference access for researchers.
- Modernise engineering workshops with relevant AI and industry-focused technologies.
- Advocate restoration of the Department of Urdu’s Centre of Advanced Study status.
- Address the unavailability and shortages of essential medicines at the university health centre by advocating reliable supplies, transparent stock monitoring and timely restocking.
06 / Futures & careers
Opportunity beyond campus
Students deserve clearer pathways to internships, placements, professional skills and higher study.
Read the commitments
- Seek a stronger Training and Placement Office and more industry partnerships, placement drives and live projects.
- Create a proposal for a centralised, verified internships and opportunities board.
- Promote workshops in résumé writing, communication and interview preparation.
- Support an alumni-backed, in-house guidance club for studying abroad.
- Remove unnecessary barriers to internship participation, including delays in obtaining No Objection Certificates (NOCs), and seek fair academic arrangements for students undertaking internships.
- Propose a dedicated AMU outreach centre in the National Capital Region focused on bringing companies to the university for training partnerships, internships and placements.
07 / Belonging & culture
A campus where everyone belongs
A vibrant union must be inclusive, culturally alive and attentive to students left out of everyday campus life.
Read the commitments
- Revive the Siddons Club as a platform for debates and dialogue.
- Seek routine accessibility checks of ramps, lifts, routes and residential facilities.
- Advocate scribe and accessible learning support for students with disabilities.
- Establish a clear administrative and residential point of contact for international students.
- Support equitable access to common rooms, prayer spaces, curricular activities and student events.
- Organise fests and interdisciplinary student events that contribute to scientific discovery, intellectual exchange and academic growth.
These are commitments to pursue action and advocacy. Measures requiring university approval, resources or policy changes will be raised with the relevant authorities.
The principle behind the promise
“Representation is not just a seat at the table. It is a commitment to make sure every student is heard.”
Areeba Dilshad
Candidate for AMUSU Cabinet Member
From Women’s College and JNMC to research departments, halls and common spaces, student concerns deserve a channel to be raised, followed up and answered.
Candidate for AMUSU Cabinet Member
From Women’s College and JNMC to research departments, halls and common spaces, student concerns deserve a channel to be raised, followed up and answered.
04 / How I will deliver
A union that
reports back.
Promises matter only when students can see the follow-through. This is how I propose to keep representation accessible and accountable.
01
Monthly faculty-led dialogue
Hold monthly union meetings with two rotating, non-elected student representatives from each faculty, and publish the resulting action points.
02
Accessible complaint follow-up
Establish a WhatsApp broadcast channel to communicate on general student complaints and track follow-up, alongside appropriate grievance mechanisms.
03
Transparent priorities
Advocate clarity around student-related spending and unresolved hall concerns, with regular updates on issues raised to the administration.
Make your vote count · AMUSU 2026–27The last ballot number.
The last ballot number.
46 of 46.
On the Cabinet Member ballot, look for Areeba Dilshad at number 46 of 46 — the last number on the ballot.
Vote support and dua. Carrying Sir Syed’s vision forward.
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05 / Your voice belongs here
A manifesto
we build together.
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06 / Stay connected
Let's keep the
conversation going.
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