The days are not far off when students will perhaps unite and question such high handed things at the various offices of ICAI. The Students Associations in respective regions should be more pro active (and not simply toe the line of the council member - nominated as the Chairman of the Students Association, who is invariably a stooge of the Chairman of the RC - becoz the post is a nominated one - a quid pro quo for supporting a person for Vice Chairman position) and slowly have a federal set up at Pan India level - select prominent CAs, with no electoral ambitions and who have their hearts for the student community ( believe me, there are a lot of them) to be their mentors , in their respective regions and organise themselves with poise, maturity and responsibility to become a formidable body to ensure right things happen at the right measure in the right manner for the students and even be an effective bridge between the students and the Institute. Slowly, as the size of the organisation swells, they can influence the Government to amend CA regulations to provide for student-members in the committees that directly affect the students. Already many people have begun asking questions. And already there is a decision from Central Information Commission (posted by me under the Exam thread) in favour of a student who was rebuffed for his request for the evaluated answer sheets. So, there will be public support also. The situation that people who come to the helm of affairs for just an year or two can take decisions that would affect any section - be members or students - in the long term should be checked. So, dears, the Institute's future is in your hands. But dont wait for such days to come - you march towards the days.