SFI means student federation of India . It was estd in 1936 by mohammad ali jinna and jawaharlal nehru . But at first it was named as AISF (all india student federation) .
Students' Federation
of India Flag of the 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. Influence SFI Hoarding in Kerala 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, Karnataka, Rajasthan 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. 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 Tripura there is a special sub- organisation 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.