Students' Federation of India

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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.

Contents 1 Influence 2 Publications 3 Office Bearers of the State Units of SFI 3.1 Kerala 3.2 West Bengal 3.3 Andhra Pradesh 3.4 Rajasthan 3.5 Karnataka 3.6 Delhi 3.7 Punjab 3.8 Himachal Pradesh 4 External links 5 Notes

[edit] Influence

Though SFI is active throughout India, it is most prominent in student politics in the states of West Bengal, Kerala, Tripura, Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh. It has a strong base in the universities in West Bengal and Kerala . It has a few other strongholds which include Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla, Hyderabad Central University, Osmania University, and University of Rajasthan.

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, 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.

[edit] Office Bearers of the State Units of SFI

[edit] Kerala

Secretary: A.N.Shamzeer
President: P.Biju

[edit] West Bengal

Secretary: Koustav Chatterjee
President: Sayandip Mitra

[edit] Andhra Pradesh

Secretary: K. Bhaskar
President: K. Chandhramohan

[edit] Rajasthan

Secretary: Gotam Damor
President: Aabid Husain

[edit] Karnataka

Secretary: H.R. Naveen Kumar
President: B. Rajashekaramurthy

[edit] Delhi

Secretary: Rohit
President: Robert Raman Rahman

[edit] Punjab

Secretary: Swarnjit Singh Dalio
President: Harmandeep Singh Gill

[edit] Himachal Pradesh

Secretary: Mahender Singh Rana
President: Surender Verma

[edit] External links

• Official Website of SFI,Maharashtra
• Official Website of SFI, Delhi
• The Hindu, about election in SFI
• Election in SFI

[edit] Notes

1. ^ "Unite & Fight For Social Justice, Self-Reliance & Rights". People's Democracy. 2005-12-04. http://pd.cpim.org/2005/1204/12042005_ragesh.htm. Retrieved on 2006-07-30. 

Coordinates: 28°37′7.3″N 77°13′8″E / 28.618694°N 77.21889°E / 28.618694; 77.21889