CSU Statement:

The 11^th Election Statement of Chin Student’s Union (India)

The first ever, unique, Chin Students’ body was known as Rangoon University Hill Chin Students’ Union (RUHCSU), was formed in 1946 by a few Chin Students of Rangoon University. The aims and purposes of the union were to fight, to struggle and to participate in the movement of achieving independence from the British Colonial. Chin Students in Rangoon bravely participated in the fight for independence from British Colonial. Burma’s independence on 4 January 1948, the Chin Students were vigilant in extending their roles as a safeguard of the national interest and had played as a strong force on the governments’ policies and the entire national issues of social and political agenda especially on minority ethnic groups. However, when the General Ne Win seized power by force in 1962, forming Students’ Union was immediately prohibited for fear of students’ participants in democracy activities. Students participated in such activities were put to jail. The General Ne Win government had assassinated the students’ leader Salai Tin Maung Oo on 26 June 1976.

Chin Students’ Union Conference and 11th General Election was successful

The Chin Students' Union-India (CSU) conference was held on 15 August 2012 in New Delhi, India where more than 30 participants including the senior students, advisors and invited guests from the Chin community attended.  The event is organized once in every two years in a bid to discuss the opportunities and challenges confronting the Chin students in India and find ways to help and elucidate education and social problems of Chin people, welfare, cooperation and solidarity among Chin students across the world. In the one day Conference, the CSU had amended its constitution and elected the leaders for the 2012-2013 academic year.  This year, the committee was said to have included other programs for encouraging the people in a way that they can develop a better knowledge about the Chin Students Leader Salai Tin Maung Oo who was assassinated by General Government on 26 June 1976.

"We are very happy to see all the participants from different colleges with different background come and sit together, and reported 2010-2012 activities including financial," said one of the advisor members of CSU(India) in New Delhi.

Annual Report:Chin Students’ Union 2010-2012

The Students’ Union of the session 2010-2012 has been one of the most hard working and successful Union in the recent time. The Union members under the guidance of Advisors Dr. Achan Mungleng, Mr. Plato Van Rung Mang and Mr. Rachi Cinzah (Papu), etc. have made the Union proud. The Union comprised of really dedicated and hardworking members, to name a few Salai Laitha Andrew- the President, Salai Sang Hnin Lian- General Secretary, Kejung Kimsing- Vice President, Salai June Nilian Sang- Asst. Secretary, Mai Dawt Hlei Par- Financial Secretary etc.

Key Activities of May-November 2010

Ø  The CSU has stood for assisting students in getting admission to schools, colleges and universities and met with principals to accept the Burma students in future and to give opportunities as their own people. The CSU has admitted three students in Delhi University and five students in New Holy Public School, Delhi Public School, Bharati Public School and Harsh Convent School.

Ø  As Chin Students’ Union is the member of the Chin Students and Youth Federation (CSYF), Salai Laitha Andrew and Mai Lallenmawii attended the first Conference of CSYF at Chin National Council office on 28-29, June 2010.

Ø  The Chin Students’ Union has successfully organized Education Awareness Workshop on 13 November 2010.

Ø  CSU participated with Students for free Tibet (SFT) in a meeting organized by Oxfam to raise awareness on the environmental issues especially base on climate change on December 2010.