AISA national president Neha Bora is set to visit Hyderabad on August 16 and 17 as part of her nationwide ‘Gen Z Rising’ campaign, bringing the student-led movement around education, employment and examination reforms to the city. Her Hyderabad programme will include a city engagement on August 16, followed by an outreach programme with students on August 17, as the campaign seeks to connect directly with young people and campus communities.
Bora’s Hyderabad visit comes after a particularly eventful week for the student leader. On August 7, she travelled to Ranchi to join students and job aspirants protesting alleged irregularities in the Jharkhand Public Service Commission and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission examinations. During a march towards the Jharkhand Assembly, ink was thrown at Bora. She continued to participate in the protest and called for greater accountability and restructuring of the examination system.
The Ranchi protest is part of the larger concerns that have shaped Bora’s recent public profile. She emerged as one of the prominent faces of the student protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, where she undertook a 23-day hunger strike alongside other student leaders and activist Sonam Wangchuk. The protest brought together young people raising concerns over examination irregularities, education policy, unemployment and the wider pressures facing students and job seekers.
In Hyderabad, the focus will shift from the national protest platform to direct interaction with students. The city programme on August 16 will be followed by student outreach the next day, giving young people an opportunity to engage with Bora and the issues driving the ‘Gen Z Rising’ campaign.
The campaign was announced by the All India Students’ Association after the recent Jantar Mantar protests and is intended to take the student movement beyond Delhi. Its stated concerns include examination reforms, unemployment, affordable higher education and changes to the existing examination and education framework.
Following Hyderabad, Bora’s tour moves to Vijayawada on August 18 and Chennai on August 20, before continuing to other cities in the first phase. For Hyderabad, however, the August 16–17 visit is significant for its emphasis on meeting students directly and taking the national conversation on education and youth concerns into the city’s campuses and public spaces.
