24-05-2025
39 in fray for LUTA elections
Lucknow: As many as 39 nominations were received by teachers for contesting the election for various posts in the Lucknow University Teachers' Association (LUTA) executive. The elections will be held on May 31.
Six women teachers filed nominations for various posts: Monisha Banerjee (Zoology), Sangeeta Srivastava (Chemistry), Mamta Singh (Philosophy), Niharika (Law), Amita Kanaujia (Zoology) and Priya from management.
Several teachers filed nominations for two posts. This includes Monisha Banerjee, CR Gautam (Physics), Suchit Swarup (Zoology), Ashok Kumar (Statistics), Alok Kumar (Fine Arts) and Senthil Kumar A from Hindi and Modern Languages, who will be contesting for two LUTA posts.
For the LUTA president post, Vineet Kumar Verma from Mathematics, Ajay Kumar Arya from Geology and Anitya Gaurav from Ancient Indian History and Archaeology filed nominations. For the post of general secretary, six teachers filed nominations; for the post of vice president, seven; and eight for joint secretary.
For the post of vice president, as many as seven teachers, including a female teacher, filed nominations. SAA Jafri from Oriental Studies in Persian and Arabic, Munesh Kumar from Education, CR Gautam from Physics, Satish Chandra from Law, Monisha Banerjee from Zoology and Ashok Kumar from the Statistics department filed nominations.
"Teachers can withdraw their nomination if they want to, for any reason, by Sunday, which is the last date," said returning officer for LUTA executive elections 2025, Dinesh Kumar.
