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| Abbreviation | SFI |
| Motto | Study And Struggle |
| Formation | 1970 |
| Membership | 4.2 Million as of 2010 |
| General Secretary | Ritabrata Banerjee |
| Parent organization | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Students Federation of India (SFI) is one of the major student organisations in India. SFI is politically linked to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Founded in 1912, it claimed a membership strength of nearly 4.2 million school and university students as of 2010.[1]
SFI is currently led at the All India level by Ritabrata Banrjee, General Secretary and P.K. Biju MP, President.
Though SFI is active throughout India, it is most prominent in student politics in the states of West Bengal, and Tripura. It also has some pockets of influence in Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan , Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. It has a strong base in the universities all over Kerala and West Bengal . It has a few other strong-holds which include Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla, University of Hyderabad, Osmania University, and University of Rajasthan ,Kalyni govt. engg.college . It is the major student organisation in Kerala. SFI was founded in 1970.
This group believes that Education is a major tool of social transformation and that this concept is especially relevant in a country like India, where regressive forces still prevail. Proper education, they believe, will counteract such forces and will help to build a new society based on rationality and justice. The Students Federation of India, abbreviated SFI, is an organization of students which is ever aware of its role in society. It identifies with a society's progressive forces and is totally committed to the idea of independence, democracy, and socialism. It includes students from all the academic institutions of India - from schools to colleges, from professional institutions to research academies. In In Tripura there is a special sub-orgaisation for tribal students, Tribal Students Union.
The official organ Student Struggle is published monthly in English. It is currently edited by G.Selva Apart from, many State Committees of SFI publish magazines in the corresponding regional languages. Chhata Sangram is the Bengali organ published by the West Bengal State Committee. Its circulation is nearly 30 thousands. Anirban Hazra is the editor of the organ.Since 1964 it is publishing.It played a great role to develop the left student movement in West Bengal.Student is the Malayalam 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. Pudhiya Paadhai is published in Tamil Nadu.