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{{Short description|Indian student activist (born 1995)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Aishe Ghosh
| image = Aishe_Ghosh.jpg
| caption = Ghosh in July 2021
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|10|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Durgapur, West Bengal|Durgapur]], [[West Bengal]], India
| education = [[Daulat Ram College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
| occupation = Student Activist
| known_for = JNUSU President
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| mother =
| father =
| signature =
| predecessor = N Sai Balaji
| successor = [[Dhananjay (politician)|Dhananjay]]
| office = President of the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union]]
| term_start = 2019
| term_end = 2020
}}
'''Aishe Ghosh'''<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 January 2020|title=Who is Aishe Ghosh? All you need to know about JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/who-is-aishe-ghosh/articleshow/73191246.cms|access-date=2021-07-30|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> is an Indian politician and student activist. She was the former President of the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union|JNU Students' Union]] and a member of the [[Students' Federation of India]]. She was also the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] candidate from [[Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jamuria constituency]] for the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], but lost to [[Hareram Singh]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-03|title=West Bengal polls: CPI(M) to focus on young candidates|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/west-bengal-polls-cpim-to-focus-on-young-candidates-957691.html|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=সম্ভাব্য বাম প্রার্থীদের চিনে নিন...|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/photos/left-front-allows-young-candidates-to-contest-in-maximum-seats-in-west-bengal-assembly-election-2021/photoshow/81319326.cms|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Ei Samay|language=bn}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Born on 22 October 1995, Ghosh grew up in the city of [[Durgapur]] in the [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]] district of West Bengal. She is the older child of Debashish Ghosh and Sharmishta Ghosh. Her father Debashish Ghosh, an employee of [[Damodar Valley Corporation]], has been associated with [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions|Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU)]], the labour wing of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], while her mother Sharmishta Ghosh is a housewife.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Harikrishnan|first=Charmy|title=Youth should not remain neutral: Aishe Ghosh, JNUSU President|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/youth-should-not-remain-neutral-aishe-ghosh-jnusu-president/articleshow/73340164.cms|access-date=2021-07-30}}</ref> She has a younger sister Ishika Ghosh, who is presently doing her BA from Shyama Prasad Mukherji College in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-08|title=A peek into 'studious and gritty' JNU student leader Aishe Ghosh's life|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/aishe-ghosh-gritty-girl-with-inkling-towards-left-politics/story-4OolI2SKY04ZlrVbrEfiOM.html|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

After graduating with a degree in political science from [[Delhi University|Delhi University's]] [[Daulat Ram College]], Ghosh received a master's degree from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University|JNU]]. She is currently pursuing a master of philosophy at the School of International Relations from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University|JNU]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh — the research scholar who became a leader to stop student body from dissolving|url=https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/who-is-aishe-ghosh-the-president-of-jawaharlal-national-university-students-union-jnusu/articleshow/73120874.cms|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Business Insider}}</ref>

== Political career ==
[[File:JNU Protest at MHRD Office - 1.jpg|left|alt=JNU, JNUSU, Aishe Ghosh|thumb|Aishe Ghosh, returning with fellow student protesters from a meeting with an [[MHRD]] official]]
In September 2019, Ghosh was elected president of the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-06|title=After HC Order, JNUSU Results Declared: A Left Sweep Once Again|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/education/jnu-students-union-election-2019-live-updates|access-date=2021-07-30|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=United Left front sweeps JNU student union polls, SFI's Aishe Ghosh president|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/united-left-front-sweeps-jnu-student-union-polls-sfis-aishe-ghosh-president/articleshow/71174667.cms|access-date=2021-07-30}}</ref> In that role, Ghosh became involved in protests against fee hikes, library funding cuts, hostel shortages, increased electricity charges and dress and time restrictions on university students.<ref>{{Cite web|title=JNU grinds to a halt as students call for university strike demanding revocation of new hostel rules|url=https://www.edexlive.com/campus/2019/oct/29/jnu-grinds-to-a-halt-as-students-call-for-university-strike-demanding-revocation-of-new-hostel-rules-8811.html|access-date=2021-07-30|website=The New Indian Express|date=29 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Aishe Ghosh Interview: Ever since the BJP came to power, they have attacked education in JNU|url=https://www.edexlive.com/news/2019/sep/16/the-aishe-ghosh-interview-ever-since-the-bjp-came-to-power-they-have-attacked-educaiton-in-jnu-8171.html|access-date=2021-07-30|website=The New Indian Express|date=16 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Following the introduction of new rules in October 2019, the university became the most expensive central university in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-17|title=Post fee hike, JNU to be India's most expensive central university: Students to shell out Rs 62k per year for single room|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/post-fee-hike-jnu-to-be-indias-most-expensive-central-university-students-to-shell-out-rs-62k-per-year-for-single-room-7659021.html|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Firstpost}}</ref> She held the view that state universities should not act like for-profit institutions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Students are being treated as customers: JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh on fee-hike protests|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/news/students-are-being-treated-as-customers-aishe-ghosh-fee-hike|access-date=2021-07-30|website=The Caravan|language=en}}</ref> Ghosh has also taken part in protests against the removal of the university's [[gender sensitization]] committee and impunity for Atul Johri, a professor accused of sexual harassment.<ref>{{Cite web|title=We Are Fighting To Save Last Bits Of JNU's Essence: JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh|url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/we-are-fighting-to-save-last-bits-of-jnus-essence-jnusu-president-aishe-ghosh/302427|access-date=2021-07-30|website=magazine.outlookindia.com/|archive-date=30 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730230638/https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/we-are-fighting-to-save-last-bits-of-jnus-essence-jnusu-president-aishe-ghosh/302427|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has been critical of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] for perceived neglect in supporting educational institutions and accused the party of attacking the university since it came to power.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

On 5 January 2020, Ghosh was admitted to AIIMS Delhi hospital after suffering a head injury during the attack on the campus, allegedly perpetrated by the [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|Akhil Bharatya Vidyarthi Parishad]], the largest student organization in India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Violence inside JNU, student union president Aishe Ghosh attacked by masked mob |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2020/jan/05/violence-inside-jnu-student-union-president-aishe-ghosh-attacked-by-masked-mob-2085491.html |access-date=18 June 2022 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=5 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=6 January 2020|title=JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh discharged from AIIMS|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jnusu-president-aishe-ghosh-discharged-from-aiims-1634282-2020-01-06|access-date=2021-07-30|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-15|title=JNU violence: Police name masked woman in video, ABVP admits she is their member|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/jnu-violence-police-name-masked-woman-in-video-abvp-admits-she-is-their-member-6216846/|access-date=2021-07-30|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> [[2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack|The attack on the campus]] received widespread coverage following which she attained national recognition in middle of the growing protest movement in India.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-01-17|title=A Blow to the Head Makes an Instant Hero in India|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/world/asia/india-protests-aishe-ghosh.html|access-date=2021-07-30|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

[[File:Deepika Padukone in JNU2020.jpg|thumb|left|Deepika Padukone and Ghosh, at the 7 Jan 2020 public protest on the JNU campus against the [[2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack]]]]
She received widespread support including from actress, [[Deepika Padukone]] and the Chief Minister of Kerala, [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] who personally came to meet her.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 January 2020|title=Entire country with you, Pinarayi Vijayan tells Aishe Ghosh|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/entire-country-with-you-pinarayi-tells-aishe-ghosh/articleshow/73208732.cms|access-date=2021-07-30|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Deepika Padukone Attends JNU Meet Against Violence, BJP Now Wants Her Films Boycotted|url=https://thewire.in/politics/deepika-padukone-jnu|access-date=2021-07-30|website=The Wire}}</ref> The police charged Aishe Ghosh for vandalism and assault for the incident but no arrests were made.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-01-07|title=Charges against student leader Aishe Ghosh, but none held for JNU attacks|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/charges-against-student-leader-aishe-ghosh-but-none-held-for-jnu-attacks/article30501079.ece|access-date=2021-07-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She later alleged that there was a nexus between the attackers, the police and the JNU administration with the intent of breaking up the movement.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Pandey|last=Tanushree|date=6 January 2020|title=Organised attack, nexus between JNU security and vandals, says JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jnu-violence-jnusu-president-aishe-ghosh-jnu-vc-abvp-rss-1634463-2020-01-06|access-date=2021-07-30|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> Following the incident, she took part in the nationwide protest movement against [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests|CAA and NRC]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Harikrishnan|first=Charmy|title=Youth should not remain neutral: Aishe Ghosh, JNUSU President|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/youth-should-not-remain-neutral-aishe-ghosh-jnusu-president/articleshow/73340164.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-07-30}}</ref>

She has also in the authority of the president of the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union|JNUSU]], filed a petition at the Delhi High Court against the "arbitrary" fee hikes and fines imposed by the university administration.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-21|title=JNU students' union moves Delhi High Court against hostel fee hike, says varsity decision arbitrary|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/jnu-students-union-moves-delhi-high-court-against-hostel-fee-hike-says-varsity-decision-arbitrary/story-356FnvQdRIDcmse3qTBKyL.html|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

In February 2020, Ghosh was denied permission by two state-run universities in Kolkata to address meetings on campus. She was also denied permission by a district administration in West Bengal to hold a rally in West Burdwan.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-15|title=Mamata Banerjee, Aishe Ghosh land in each other's crosshairs|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/mamata-banerjee-aishe-ghosh-land-in-each-other-s-crosshairs/story-bWoxkyV5VunVDrfVQWCL3N.html|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

She is currently serving as the President of SFI, State Secretariat of Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-09 |title=Leadership |url=https://sfidelhi.wordpress.com/leadership/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=SFI - DELHI STATE COMMITTEE |language=en}}</ref>

== 2021 West Bengal Assembly Election ==

Aishe Ghosh was the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] candidate from [[Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jamuria]] (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021 West Bengal Election]]; Hareram Singh from [[All India Trinamool Congress]] won the seat, while Ghosh came in 3rd position behind [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP's]] Tapas Kumar Roy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=West Bengal Election Result 2021 {{!}} Jamuria Assembly Constituency: Ex-JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh Defeated By TMC's Hareram Singh|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/west-bengal-election-result-2021-jamuria-assembly-constituency-ex-jnusu-president-aishe-ghosh-trailing-as-per-early-trends-6842781.html|access-date=2021-07-30|website=Moneycontrol|language=en}}</ref>

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TanyaBertrand6 at 20:36, 27 April 2026