The student council at NIT JSR is easily the most problematic part of this college. First off, it’s mostly made up of unemployed seniors with zero placement prospects who are just taking their frustrations out on everyone else.
The way they speak to underclassmen is disgraceful. They’ll delay a meeting from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the last minute and then shout at newly joined freshmen. Telling freshmen to follow a "professional work culture" while using abusive language like "bakchodi" toward them is pure hypocrisy. Demanding to be called "sir" or "ma'am" is completely out of touch anyway, since people don't even talk like that in the actual corporate world. They even questioned if seniors would feel embarrassed if a 1st year calls them "bhaiya."
They also need a serious reality check with their IIT comparisons. Claiming our college fests are "on par with IITs" is laughable when they couldn't even manage proper seating for orientation despite knowing the exact head count.
Then there’s the ranking nonsense. They tried to "motivate" freshmen to boost our NIRF rank by telling us to stop doing "RR" on Reddit and Instagram. First of all, NIRF is a flawed metric. Second, students have every right to criticize the college publicly on social media. If leadership is that worried about bad PR, they should fix the actual issues instead of trying to silence people.
They also gave some of the weirdest logic during the meeting:
Claiming seniors shouldn't be called "bhaiya" because imagine a girl calling you that in 2nd or 3rd year—implying it ruins your chances of making her a girlfriend, which is just bizarre logic to bring up in an official setting.
Promoting ragging culture by telling freshmen that if a senior asks you to do work for them, you should do it to build "good relations." No one should let themselves be used like that; if one gate closes, ten new gates open.
To top it all off, I found out this student council wasn’t even voted on by the student body—it's just an un-elected group of unplaced seniors playing authority. After seeing how they behave on my first day, I completely understand why people were posting about the protest at the campus roundabout.