All India Santali Student Association

Student Organization

All India Santali Students' Association (AISSA) is a left wing student organisation in India. It describes itself as "the voice of the radical students' movement". It is associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation.[1] The association was previously affiliated to the IPF.[2]

All India Santali Students Association
AbbreviationAISSA
TypeStudent Organisation
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersIndia
Official language
Santali
AffiliationsCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation

History change

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,[3] Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,[4] Assam,[5] Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal,[6][7] Tripura, etc. N. Sai Balaji is national president of AISA and Sandeep Saurav is it's the National General Secretary.[8][9]

Universities change

The students association has presence in many schools in India; such as Patna University,[10][11] University of Allahabad,[12] Banaras Hindu University,[13] Kumaun University,[2] Jadavpur University,[14] University of Delhi,[15] University of Lucknow,[16] Tata Institute of Social Sciences 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.

References change

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  4. Mishra, Subhash (2020-03-13). "Left is right in Uttar Pradesh Congress?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  5. Das, Gaurav (12 March 2020). "Assam Rocked by Statewide Protests Demanding Akhil Gogoi's Release". The Wire (India). Retrieved 2020-04-04.
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  7. Chowdhury, Subhankar (14 March 2020). "Students of Calcutta seek help for Delhi riot victims". The Telegraph (Kolkata). Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  8. "AISA's 8th National Conference Calls for Nationwide Movement Against Common Central University Bill, CBCS, RUSA, 'Binding Commitments' at WTO, and Attacks on Campus Democracy!". AISA. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  9. "Office Bearers". All India Students' Association (AISA). Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  10. Mishra, B. K. (9 December 2019). "117 remain in fray for PUSU polls | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  11. Kumar, Arun (2019-12-08). "PUSU polls result 2019: JAP, RJD end ABVP dominance, JD-U bites the dust". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  12. "Dalit law student murdered: Students of Allahabad University go on rampage, lay siege at DM's house". Firstpost. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  13. "Protests spread to BHU, Islamic seminary in Lucknow; 21 held in Aligarh". The Economic Times. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  14. "Jadavpur University student union elections held after 3 years, results to be announced today". India Today. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  15. "AAP, CPM Student Wings To Jointly Contest Delhi University Polls". NDTV.com. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  16. "Lucknow University teachers attacked, varsity closed". The Economic Times. 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2020-04-04.