Interaction with Mr. Navin Chawla

In Shoolini University, we have Yogananda Guru Series, in which eminent personalities from different fields come and interact with the students.Today we had an interaction with a retired Civil Servant and a former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Mr. Navin Chawla. 

He told us about the Election Commission and its functioning in brief. He was a little disappointed to see lesser no. of hands when he asked the audience how many people have the electoral cards and had voted in the past. He has said that he would ask the Election Commission Officer in Shimla to send someone for making our electoral cards. He also asked us to promise that we will definitely vote in the next elections.

Then, we moved on to his favourite part the Question Answer session. What was really appreciable about him from the very start was the way he encouraged the audience to ask questions.

Talking about corruption in our system, he pointed out what he has so often observed that many young people are highly enthusiastic, honest and self-motivated but as they tend to grow old they began to be more drawn towards money and power. What is saddening about this fact is that our system is such that the ones who want to fight corruption often end up being corrupt themselves. Agreeing with the people from the audience, he also showed his concern on the increasing number of elected MPs and MLAs facing some serious criminal charges.

Talking of the EVMs which are already much into news, he ensured with full confidence that the EVMs authorised by the Election Commission cannot be hacked. He was also eager to see what happens tomorrow in the EVM hacking challenge.

As an advise to the students, he said never to compromise on hardwork and to uphold our integrity at all times. Today's interaction with Mr. Navin Chawla proved to be quite iinteresting.