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NUI Galway Student Newspaper

Students’ Union elections: Ethnic Minorities Officer candidate Balaji Raghavan

September 25, 2018 By SIN Staff

 

I just want to meet more people. I’m just a normal guy but I also feel I can be the person to help someone if they are facing difficulties.

  1. What course are you in?

Masters in Software Design and Development.

  1. Why is it important to have a role in the SU specifically for ethnic minorities?

It’s not this role (why I’m running for election), I’m just trying to involve myself (in the Students’ Union). I really like the way they engaged in and organised the recent protest in Eyre Square. I participated in that and I met a few people and I liked them, so I wanted to be a part of the SU and hopefully help get more ethnic minorities involved as well.

  1. What are your aims/goals for the role?

I have met a lot of people coming here and the main thing I want to do is interact with people from different backgrounds so I can maintain a friendship with them for a long time. I can exchange a culture with them and with the local Irish students I can help maintain a harmony.

  1. What past experience will stand to you if you win?

To be frank, I’m just a normal guy who’s pretty much average at everything. I have participated in a few elections back in my old college, to be a representative for my community. I just need to help people out here. Winning or losing doesn’t matter, I just need to be part of some organisation, be it a volunteer or a person who can assist others.

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