Students' Federation of India
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 1970, it claimed a membership strength of nearly 3.5 million school and university students as of 2005. [1]
SFI is currently led at the All India level by Ritabrata Banerjee, General Secretary and P.K. Biju, President.
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Influence
Though SFI is active throughout India, it is most prominent in student politics in the states of Kerala, West Bengal, and Tripura. It also has some pocket of influence in Tamilnadu 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. It is one of the major student organisations in India and even the world. SFI was founded in 1970. Its Member Strength is currently aroun Education is a major tool of social transformation and this is especially relevant in a country like India, where regressive forces still prevail. Proper education will be a barrier against 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 social role.It identifies with all the progressive forces in the society and is totally committed to the ideals of independence, democracy and socialism. It includes students from all academic institutions of India - from schools and colleges, from professional institutions and research academies.
In Tripura there is a special suborganisation for tribal students, Tribal Students Union.
Publications
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. Chhatra Sangram is the Bengali organ published by the West Bengal State Committee.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.
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