The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union or JNUSU is a

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Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU; ISO: Javāharalāla Neharū Viśvavidyālaya) is a public research university located in Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university ...

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. The JNUSU follows the student drafted JNUSU constitution. The Students' Union has four central panel positions. These are the posts of President, Vice President, General Secretary and Joint Secretary. An EPW study notes how in the last four decades (1974–2008 and 2012–17), in the JNUSU elections, the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) has won the post of president 22 times while All India Students’ Association (AISA) has won it 11 times while Akhil Bhartia Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has won it once. Notable presidents of JNUSU include

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politician

Sitaram Yechury Sitaram Yechury (12 August 1952 – 12 September 2024) was an Indian Marxist politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), who was a member of the Politburo of the CPI(M) since 1992. Previously, he was a Memb ...

who was president in 1977-78, Congress National Secretary Shakeel Ahmed Khan in 1992-93 and Congress Rajya Sabha MP Syed Naseer Hussain in 1999-2000. Vijoo Krishnan became the president of JNUSU in 1998. D Raghunandan, D. P. Tripathi, Nalini Ranjan Mohanty also served as President. Chandrashekhar Prasad another president of the JNUSU was assassinated after joining politics in Bihar in 1997.

JNUSU elections

JNUSU elections are conducted by students through an elected Election Committee. In 2006, the Lyngdoh Committee, formed to frame guidelines for 'Students’ Union Elections' across the country noted that there is no need for altering the JNU model and that JNU's model would be "difficult to replicate elsewhere". However the JNUSU passed a resolution in 2016 to hold the elections via the JNUS constitution and not the Lyngdoh Committee model. The Students Union has four central panel positions. These are the posts of President, Vice President, General Secretary and Joint Secretary. Other posts include Councillors for each of the Schools and as well as a part time Councillor. In 2019 there were 43 Councillors. After 2015, the left parties have been fighting the elections as one unit under the umbrella of United Left.

Union Presidents

JNU is known for best Presidential debates by all candidates before elections. SFI has won the post of President the maximum number of times in the last 40 years, a total of 22 times. All India Students’ Association (AISA) follows by having won the presidents post 11 times. SFI, AISF and AISA are the student wings of the Communist Parties.

Presidents of JNUSU

While some JNUSU presidents joined politics after JNU other presidents such as V. Lenin Kumar and Dhananjay Tripathi pursued academics. Those who joined politics include Ashutosh Kumar who joined CPI-ML(Liberation), Kanhaiya Kumar joined the CPI and Sandeep Singh joined the

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. Sandeep Mahapatra has been the only JNUSU president from

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) is a student organization in India, registered as a Non-governmental organization (NGO) in 1949. It's a significant student union with over 5 million members, making it one of the largest student or ...

(ABVP).

Notable student organisations

These student organisations contest in JNUSU: *

National Students' Union of India The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) is the student wing of the Indian National Congress. It was established on 9 April 1971, founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad ...

(NSUI) *

Kerala Students Union The Kerala Students Union (abbreviated KSU) is the largest students organization in Kerala, India. It functions as the student wing of the INC. Organisation have strong ideology of Indian National Congress party. KSU was founded in 1957 at A ...

(KSU) * All India Students Association (AISA) * All India Students Federation (AISF) * Students' Federation of India (SFI) *Democratic Students' Federation (DSF) *

(ABVP) *Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha( SCS) *Chhatra Rashtriya Janata Dal(CRJD) * * Muslim Students Federation - MSF (MSF) * Fraternity Movement (FM) * Campus Front of India (CFI) * Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association (BAPSA) *

Students Islamic Organisation of India The Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) is the students' wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. It was formed in 1982. According to its constitution, its aims are presenting ''Da’wah'' before students and youth and promoting virtues and mor ...

(SIO) * Mithila Student Union (MSU) (Supporting DSU) * All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO) (Supporting left unity) * Democratic Students' Union (DSU) (Not contesting in elections) *Bhagat Singh Ambedkar Students Organisation] (BASO) * Ambedkar Students' Association (ASA) (Supporting BAPSA) * All India Revolutionary Students Federation (1985 - 2001) (Organised student protest - supporting DSU) * United Dalit Students’ Forum (UDSF) (Supporting BAPSA) * Students For Society (SFS) (Supporting DSU & BASO) * Student Organisation of India (SOI) (Previously) *

All Idu Mishmi Students Union All Idu Mishmi Students Union (AIMSU) is a community-based student’s organization of Idu Mishmi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The organization is socially active and best known for its movement against dams in Arunachal Pradesh's Dibang b ...

(AIMSU) (Supporting DSU)

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* {{Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' unions in India Jawaharlal Nehru University