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, while Sudip Sengupta and Apurba Chatterjee are the President and Secretary respectively of the state where it has its strongest hold, West Bengal.

Contents 1 Influence 2 Publications 3 External links 4 Notes

[edit] Influence

Though SFI is active throughout India, it is prominent in student politics in the states of West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura. It has a strong base in the University of Calcutta, led By Pranab Burman and Akash Biswas. It has a few other strongholds which include Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla and Hyderabad Central 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 Rhitobroto 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.

[edit] External links

• Students Federation of India, Kerala
• Students Federation of India, Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Students Federation of India, Maharashtra

[edit] Notes

1. ^ "Unite & Fight For Social Justice, Self-Reliance & Rights", People's Democracy, 2005-12-04. Retrieved on 2006-07-30.