August 17, 2026 11:03 PM
CEC Gyanesh Kumar calls on academia to promote electoral literacy and informed democratic participation
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday called upon educational institutions to play a greater role in strengthening trust in the electoral process, promoting electoral literacy and encouraging informed democratic participation among young citizens. Addressing a conference on “Electoral Literacy Clubs and ECINet” at Gyan Bhawan in Patna, Kumar launched Electoral Literacy Clubs (ELC 2.0), an initiative aimed at creating structured and digitally enabled platforms for electoral edu...