Students Federation of India
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Students Federation of India (SFI) is one of the major student organisations of India. SFI is politically linked to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). SFI was founded in 1970. As of 2005, it claimed a membership strength of nearly 3.5 million school and university students.[1]
The All India Secretary of this organization is K.K. Ragesh, and the President is R. Arunkumar.
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[edit] Influence
Though SFI is active throughout India, it is prominent in student politics in the states of [West Bengal,Kerala,Tripura and Andhra Pradesh]. It has a strong base in the Universities of West bengal . It has a few other strongholds which include Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla and Hyderabad Central University,osmania university.
In Tripura there is a special suborganisation for tribal students, Tribal Students Union.
[edit] Publications
The official organ Student Struggle is published monthly in English. It is currently edited by Ritabrata Banerjee. Apart from this many of the state committees of SFI publish magazines in the corresponding regional language. Chhatra Sangram is the Bengali organ published by the West Bengal State Committee.Student is the Kerala organ published by the Kerala State Committee. Resistance is the E-Journal of SFI Kerala Unit. "Researcher" is the journal of rsearch scholars published by the Kerala state committee. Student Struggle is published in Telugu by the Andhra Pradesh State Committee of SFI.
[edit] Kerala Unit of SFI
P.Biju and Shamseer are selected as secretary and president of the kerala state committee.
[edit] External links
- Students Federation of India, Kerala
- Students Federation of India, Kerala E-Journal
- Students Federation of India, Maharashtra
- Students Federation of India, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- Students' Federation of India, Delhi State Committee
- The Hindu, about election in SFI
- Election in SFI
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Unite & Fight For Social Justice, Self-Reliance & Rights", People's Democracy, 2005-12-04. Retrieved on 2006-07-30.
