All India Students' Association (AISA) is a
left wing student organisation in India. It describes itself as "the voice of the radical students' movement" and is affiliated to the
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation (abbreviated: CPI(ML)L or CPI-ML(L) or CPIML Liberation) also referred to as the Liberation Group, is a Communist political party in India.
History
In 1973 the original Commun ...
. The association was previously affiliated to the
IPF.
The association was founded in
Allahabad on 9 August 1990 with the merger of several left wing students organisations across India. AISA have organisational presence in the states and union territories of
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...
, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand,
Uttar Pradesh
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,
Assam
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, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand,
West Bengal
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, Tripura, etc. N. Sai Balaji is national president of AISA and
Sandeep Saurav
Sandeep Saurav is a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly, representing Paliganj Vidhan Sabha from Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation). He is also the National General Secretary of All India Students Association
All In ...
is it's the National General Secretary.
Universities
The students association has presence in various major
institutions of higher education in India; such as
Patna University
Patna University is a public state university in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established on 1 October 1917 during the British Raj. It is the first university in Bihar and the seventh oldest university in the Indian subcontinent in the modern e ...
,
University of Allahabad
, mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees"
, established =
, type = Public
, chancellor = Ashish Chauhan
, vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava
, head_label ...
,
Banaras Hindu University
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) IAST: kāśī hindū viśvavidyālaya IPA: /kaːʃiː hɪnd̪uː ʋɪʃwəʋid̪jaːləj/), is a collegiate, central, and research university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, and founded in 1916 ...
,
Kumaun University
Kumaun University is a state university headquartered in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India.
In 2017, it hosted the first Kautik Student Film Festival.
Campuses
The university has two campuses, DSB Campus Nainital, and KU campus Bhimtal
Bhim ...
,
Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University is a public state university located in Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1905 as ''Bengal Technical Institute'' and was converted into Jadavpur University in 1955. In 2022, it was ranked fourth am ...
,
University of Delhi
Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate Central university (India), central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and ...
,
University of Lucknow
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,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is a multi-campus public research university in Mumbai, India. It is Asia's oldest institute for professional social work education and was founded in 1936 in then Bombay Presidency of British India a ...
Jamia Millia Islamia and
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and r ...
HNB Garhwal University Ambedkar university Delhi among others. A unit of AISA also has consistently won Student union elections in Rikhnikhal Degree college, Pauri garhwal Uttarakhand since 2017.
AISA has consistently won in
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union elections since 2006.
The victory of AISF in 2016 JNUSU elections were the time when AISA lost its president-ship.
Since 2013, AISA is one of the major left force in Delhi University Students Union elections.
Notable alumni
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Chandrashekhar Prasad
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Sandeep Saurav
Sandeep Saurav is a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly, representing Paliganj Vidhan Sabha from Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation). He is also the National General Secretary of All India Students Association
All In ...
Controversies
In 2016, Anmol Ratan, a senior AISA leader was accused of rape. He was expelled from the students organisation following the accusation. He subsequently surrendered and was arrested by Delhi Police.
See also
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Revolutionary Youth Association
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All India Students Federation
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Students' Federation of India
References
External links
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''DU Times''{{Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
1990 establishments in India
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
Student organizations established in 1990
Student wings of communist parties of India