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{{Infobox organization
| name = All India Students' Federation
| abbreviation = AISF
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| motto = Study & Struggle
| formation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1936|08|12}}, [[Lucknow]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Province]], [[British Raj]]
| type = [[Student organisation]]
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| purpose = [[Scientific socialism]]<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/AISF-fought-heroically-for-freedom/articleshow/1265169941.cms|title=AISF fought heroically for freedom | Hyderabad News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref>
| headquarters = 4/7, Asaf Ali Road, [[New Delhi]]-110002, India <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aisf.org.in/|title=AISF - Official|website=www.aisf.org.in|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>
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| leader_title2 = General Secretary
| leader_name2 = Vicky Mahesari
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Shuvam Banerjee
| main_organ = Student Action<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/6488|title=Student Politics in British India and Beyond: The Rise and Fragmentation of the All India Student Federation (AISF), 1936–1950|journal=South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
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| affiliations = {{Unbulleted_list|[[World Federation of Democratic Youth]] (WFDY)|[[International Union of Students]] (IUS)}}
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The '''All India Students' Federation''' (AISF) is the oldest [[student organisation]] in India; it was founded on 12 August 1936 with the guidance of freedom fighters and revolutionaries of that time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aisf.in/history/ |title=History|publisher=All India Students Federation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610115012/http://aisf.in/history/ |archive-date=10 June 2018 |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>

==History==
The foundation conference of the AISF was held at Ganga Prasad Memorial Hall in Lucknow. 936 delegates from all over the country participated in the conference.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/AISF-has-it-genesis-in-Lucknow-University/articleshow/51402219.cms|title=AISF has it genesis in Lucknow University | Lucknow News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref> The conference was inaugurated by [[Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru|Jawaharlal Nehru]] while [[M.A. Jinnah]] presided.
The conference resolved to establish an All India Students Federation (AISF). Prem Narayan Bhargava was elected the first general secretary of the AISF.<ref name="auto3"/>

The second conference of the AISF was held after a short interval of only three months, beginning on 22 November (1936) in Lahore. It mainly discussed and adopted the constitution of the AISF. The conference was attended by about 150 delegates under the presidentship of [[Sarat Chandra Bose]], who called upon the students to derive inspiration from the Russian revolution. The conference was also addressed by Pt Govind Ballabh Pant.
It through a resolution condemned the intervention by Nazi Germany into the affairs of Republican Spain. The conference decided to affiliate the AISF with the World Students’ Association.

[[Hemu Kalani]], an AISF leader, was arrested by the British army in 1942 for leading the [[Quit India Movement]] and he was publicly hanged in 1943 at the age of nineteen. AISF leader [[Kanaklata Barua]] was a martyrdom student who participated in the freedom struggle.<ref name="auto2">{{cite journal |last1=Lotha |first1=Arhoni |title=Role of All India Students Federation In Freedom Struggle (1936-1947) |date=2015 |url=http://dspace.lpu.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3430/1/11312294_5_2_2015%201_15_01%20AM_full.pdf |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>

AISF delegation visited the state and engaged in the relief activities of the [[Bengal famine of 1943]].<ref name="Satpal Dang: My Friend & Colleague, My Ideal">{{cite journal | url=http://www.tehelka.com/2013/06/satpal-dang-my-friend-colleague-my-ideal/ | title=Satpal Dang: My Friend & Colleague, My Ideal | author=A. B. Bardhan | author-link=A. B. Bardhan | journal=Tehelka | date=June 2013 | access-date=23 April 2021 | archive-date=24 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024095907/http://www.tehelka.com/2013/06/satpal-dang-my-friend-colleague-my-ideal/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The historic [[Royal Indian Navy mutiny|Naval uprising]] took place in Bombay in February 1946. Workers and students also came out in support actively. AISF played an active part in mobilizing students in support of the Naval Ratings.<ref name="auto2"/>

==AISF in independent India==
After independence, AISF concentrated its activities mainly in educational issues, [[Anti-imperialist]] and anti-feudal struggle. It addressed various daily problems of students after independence and worked for students’ unity against communal threats. AISF played a main role in the [[Telangana Rebellion|Telangana armed struggle]] against the imperialism of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://journals.openedition.org/samaj/6488|title=Student Politics in British India and Beyond: The Rise and Fragmentation of the All India Student Federation (AISF), 1936–1950|first=Tom|last=Wilkinson|date=15 December 2019|journal=South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal|issue=22|access-date=1 December 2020|via=journals.openedition.org|doi=10.4000/samaj.6488|doi-access=free}}</ref>

AISF continued to fight for the cause of all India, until finally [[Goa Liberation Movement|liberating Goa]]. Satyagrahis from all over the country entered Goa on 15 August 1955 and were fired upon. 23 year old Karnail Singh Benipal was killed when he tried to save his leader V.C. Chitale<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.goanews.com/news_details.php?id=5904|title=Karnail Singh: The Unsung Young Hero of Goa Liberation (By: PRAJAL SAKHARDANDE, PANAJI)|website=Goa News|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> The general secretary of the AISF Sukhendu Mazumdar was present with AISF leader [[C.K. Chandrappan]] on 15 August at the Goa border, to help the student satyagrahis.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/for-him-personal-was-also-political/article3155593.ece|title=For him, personal was also political|first=C. Gouridasan|last=Nair|newspaper=The Hindu|date=23 March 2012|access-date=1 December 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

The AISF played a huge role in completing the [[Kothari Commission]] report which is the basis for all the educational reforms in India.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ks02QzhnAMC&q=aisf+in+kothari+commission&pg=PA99|title = Radical Politics in Meghalaya: Problems and Prospects|isbn = 9788178357423|last1 = Gupta|first1 = Susmita Sen|year = 2009}}</ref>

In the 1980s, during the [[Khalistan movement]], AISF under the leadership of its former General Secretary [[Satyapal Dang]] underwent armed training to counter Khalistan militants, with his base at Ekta Bhawan, a centre he had built in Chheharta.<ref name="auto4">{{Cite magazine|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/communist-legend/article4840752.ece|title=Communist legend|first=Venkatesh|last=Ramakrishnan|date=12 July 2013|magazine=Frontline|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> Harpal Mohali who was the AISF leader from Mohali lead movements in Punjab University. In response to his attempt to counter Khalistan ideologically he was shot by the militants and got paralyzed. AISF activists lost their lives in the struggle against Khalistan separatism.<ref name="auto4"/>

==Presence in states==
AISF has strong presence in few states like [[Kerala]], [[Bihar]], [[West Bengal]], [[Tripura]], [[Telangana]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Karnataka]], [[Assam]], [[Odisha]],
[[Uttarpradesh]], [[Maharashtra]], [[New Delhi]], and [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and in many universities in the country.

Presently AISF active in all universities in India, like [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], [[Delhi University]] in Delhi, [[Patna University]] in Bihar, [[Punjabi University]] in Punjab, [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]] in West Bengal, [[Jammu University]] in Jammu Kashmir, [[Central University of Kerala]] in Kerala, [[Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit]] in Kerala, [[Osmania University]] in Telangana, [[University of Hyderabad]] in Telangana, [[Pondicherry University]] in Puducherry, [[Kurukshetra University]] in Haryana, [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in Kerala, [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]] in Maharashtra and [[Lucknow University]] in Uttar Pradesh.

==Activities==
===Protest and demands===
*AISF has protested against the National Education Policy, 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jul/08/seeking-public-feedback-on-draft-education-policy-an-eyewash-say-educationalists-2000841.html|title = Seeking public feedback on draft education policy an eyewash, say experts}}</ref> and hike in fees.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/aisf-protests-against-high-fee-in-private-schools/article28138839.ece|title=AISF protests against high fee in private schools|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/news/cities/hyderabad/all-india-student-federation-opposes-fee-hike-in-engineering-colleges-540507|title = All India Student Federation opposes fee hike in engineering colleges|date = 24 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/delhi/make-education-affordable-to-all-hundreds-protest-in-delhi-against-fee-hike/amp_articleshow/72200559.cms|title = 'Make education affordable to all': Hundreds protest in Delhi against fee hike | Delhi News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/patiala/punjabi-university-students-raise-voice-against-10-semester-fee-hike-280765|title = Punjabi University students raise voice against 10% semester fee hike}}</ref>
*AISF members took part and organised multiple [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Youth bodies, student unions join forces to oppose CAA in Delhi|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/youth-bodies-student-unions-join-forces-to-oppose-caa-in-delhi-6183424/|date=25 December 2019|website=The Indian Express|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/ludhiana/aisf-holds-protest-march-against-caa-nrc-npr/amp_articleshow/73532676.cms|title = AISF holds protest march against CAA, NRC, NPR - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/anti-caa-protest-aisf-members-stop-train-at-rajendra-nagar-railway-station-in-patna20191219150435|title=Anti-CAA protest: AISF members stop train at Rajendra Nagar railway station in Patna}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.siasat.com/aisf-meet-against-caa-npr-hyderabad-1846921/|title = AISF meet against CAA-NPR in Hyderabad|date = 4 March 2020}}</ref>
*During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India, demanded their inclusion in essential commodities in various states.<ref>https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/distribution-of-ration-essential-items-continues-4/</ref> AISF set up COVID-19 helpline numbers in various states to help stranded students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/student-wings-of-political-parties-join-efforts-to-help-the-covidhit-101618938518072.html|title = Student wings of political parties join efforts to help the Covid-hit|date = 20 April 2021}}</ref> AISF also distributed face masks and hand sanitisers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/jharkhand/palamu/story-aisf-distributes-masks-among-students-3962509.html|title = एआईएसएफ ने विद्यार्थियों के बीच मास्क बांटा}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khabarbastar.in/aiyf-aisf-distributes-masks-to-jawans-and-general-public/|title = जवानों व आमजनों को Aiyf/Aisf ने किया मास्क वितरण, सोशल डिस्टेंसिंग अपनाने की अपील}}</ref>
*AISF hold hunger strike in August 2021, demand fresh job calendar in Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/jobs/andhra-student-unions-to-hold-hunger-strike-demanding-fresh-job-calendar-2496718|title = Andhra Student Unions to Hold Hunger Strike Demanding Fresh Job Calendar}}</ref>

===Other social works===
AISF runs [[Sramajibi Canteen]] and involves in various social works.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.internationalmagz.com/articles/post-73|title = Assembly 2021: Can the Left become the proverbial dark horse in West Bengal?}}</ref>
=== LGBTQIA+ issues ===
AISF has actively supported LGBTQIA+ rights. AISF state committee member Nadira Mehrin is the first transgender person to contest in a student's union election under Kerala University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/meet-nathira-first-trans-person-stand-student-elections-kerala-uni-89687|title = Meet Nathira, the first trans person to stand for student elections at Kerala Uni|date = 9 October 2018}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kochi/keralas-cms-college-opens-its-gate-for-transgender-students/amp_articleshow/69714368.cms|title=Kerala's CMS College opens its gate for transgender students | Kochi News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

==Motto and organisational structure==
The organisation now works for the betterment of students with its focus on peace, progress and scientific socialism. The motto "Freedom, Peace and Progress", which had been raised since its formation, was amended
at the 1958 National Convention. Since then, the AISF has come up with the motto "Study & Struggle".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aisf.org.in/who-are-we.php|title=AISF - Official|website=www.aisf.org.in|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>

The administrative structure of the federation is as follows:
# National executive body
# State executive body
# State administrative body
# District administrative body
# Block level committee
# Institutions level unions

==AISF National Conferences==
{| class="wikitable"
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! National Conference !! Year !! Place !! General Secretary !! President
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|1<br/>(Founder Conference)||12–13 August 1936|| Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) ||Prem Narayan Bhargava||
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|2 || 22 November 1936|| Lahore ||Prem Narayan Bhargava||
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|3 || 1–3 January 1938||Madras ||Ansar Harvani||
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|4 || 1–2 January 1939||Calcutta||M.L.Shah||
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|5 || 1–2 January 1940 || Delhi ||M.L.Shah||
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|6 || 25–26 December 1940||Nagpur||M. Farooqui ||
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|7||31 December 1941 to 1 January 1942||Patna||[[Perin Bharucha]]||
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|||||||Prashanta Sanyal||
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|8 || 28–31 December 1944||Calcutta||[[Satyapal Dang]]||
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|9|| 20 January 1946|| Guntur ||[[Satyapal Dang]]||
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|10|| 3 January 1947|| Delhi||Annada Shankar Bhattacharya||
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|11||29–31 December 1947|| Bombay||Annada Shankar Bhattacharya||[[Satyapal Dang]]
|-
|12|| 23–27 July 1949|| Calcutta|| Annada Shankar Bhattacharya||Susheela Madiman
|-
||| 1950|| Calcutta||Sukhendu Mazumdar (Acting general secretary) ||Susheela Madiman
|-
||| 1952|| Calcutta||Annada Shankar Bhattacharya||Susheela Madiman
|-
|13|| 1–5 January 1953|| Hyderabad ||[[Dasari Nagabhushana Rao|N.R. Dasari]]||Harish Chandra Tiwari
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|14|| 5–8 January 1955|| Lucknow|| Sukhendu Mazumdar||B. Narsingha Rao
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|15|| 2–4 January 1959|| Udaipur|| Hiren Dasgupta||Nautiyal
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|16|| 25–27 October 1961,<br/> but it could not be held due to natural disaster||Kanpur||||
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|17|| 29 December 1965 – 2 January 1966|| Pondicherry ||[[Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy|S. Sudhakar Reddy]] ||Joginder Singh Dayal
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|18|| 21–23 December 1969|| New Delhi||Ranjit Guha||Bant Singh Brar
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|19|| 20 January 1974|| Cochin||[[Syed Azeez Pasha|Aziz Pasha]]||[[Shambhu Sharan Shrivastava]]
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|20|| 1–9 February 1979|| Ludhiana||[[Amarjeet Kaur]]||[[Atul Kumar Anjan]]
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|21|| 28–31 January 1983|| Trichy||[[Amarjeet Kaur]]||[[Atul Kumar Anjan]]
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|22|| 13–16 December 1985|| Guntur || T. Laxminarayana||Ravindra Nath Rai
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|23|| 15–18 February 1991|| Bokaro ||Soni Thengamom||Ravindra Nath Rai
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|24|| 7–9 February 1996|| Hyderabad ||T. Srinivas||Rahul Bhaiji
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|25||18–21 October 2000|| Jalandhar||Vijendra Kesari||T. Srinivas,<br/>Ramakrushna Panda
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|26|| 3–6 January 2006|| Chennai||Vijendra Kesari||P. Muralidhar,<br/>Jinu Zakariya Oommen<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newageweekly.in/2011/08/aisf-poised-to-face-new-challenges.html|title=AISF Poised to Face New Challenges|access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
|27 ||13-15 February 2010|| Puducherry||Abhay Taksal||Paramjit Dhaban
|-
|28|| 28–30 November 2013|| Hyderabad||Vishwajeet Kumar||Valli Ullah Khadri<ref name="auto"/>
|-
|29|| 27–30 September 2018|| Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh||Vicky Mahesari||Shuvam Banerjee<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2018-09-24/All-India-Students-Federation-national-convention-on-Sept-27/413845|title=All India Students Federation national convention on Sept 27|first=The Hans|last=India|date=24 September 2018|website=www.thehansindia.com|access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref>
|}<nowiki> </nowiki><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aisf.org.in/past-leadership-conferences.php|title=AISF - Official|website=www.aisf.org.in|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>

==Present leadership==

In 29th National Conference held in September 2018 at Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) Shuvam Banerjee of West Bengal was elected as New National President, Vicky Mahesari from Punjab was elected as New General Secretary of AISF.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bhawikhblog.wordpress.com/2018/11/06/29th-national-conference-of-all-india-students-federation/|title=29th National Conference of All India Students Federation|date=6 November 2018|website=ਭਵਿੱਖ - ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਨੌਜੁਆਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਬੁਲਾਰਾ|access-date=14 July 2019}}</ref>

In [[Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union]] 2018–19, Amutha Jayadeep was elected the joint secretary and in 2019–20, Md. Danish was elected the joint secretary with huge majority.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chakorborty |first1=Nabanita |title=JNUSU Election Results 2018: Left Unity bags four central panel posts, N Sai Balaji new president |url=https://www.newsnation.in/cities/delhi-and-ncr/jnusu-election-results-2018-live-updates-left-alliance-deals-abvp-a-blow-leading-on-four-crucial-posts-president-vice-president-secretary-joint-secretary-202962.html |access-date=7 February 2020 |work=News Nation |date=16 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shobana |first1=S |title=JNU Election Results Highlights: Left Unity Sweeps JNU Student Polls, Wins All Four Seats |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jnusu-poll-after-day-of-violence-jnu-election-results-expected-today-live-updates-1917177 |access-date=7 February 2020 |work=NDTV.com |date=16 September 2018}}</ref>

==Notable leaders==
* [[I. K. Gujral]] - Former [[Prime Minister of India]]
* [[Karpuri Thakur]] - Former [[Chief Minister of Bihar]]
* [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]] - Former [[Chief Minister of Kerala]]
* [[Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan|A. B. Bardhan]] - Former General secretary of the [[Communist Party of India]]
* [[C. K. Chandrappan]] - Parliamentarian
* [[Biswanath Mukherjee (politician)|Biswanath Mukherjee]] - Former leader of the Communist Party of India and one of the founder of AISF in [[Bengal]].
* [[Aruna Asaf Ali]]- Indian educator
* [[Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy]] - Former General secretary of the Communist Party of India.
* [[D. Raja]] - Present General secretary of the Communist Party of India.
* [[Amarjeet Kaur (Politician)|Amarjeet Kaur]] - General Secretary of [[AITUC]]
* [[Hemu Kalani]] - Sindh Freedom fighter and Student leader, who was hanged to death by British
* [[Satypal Dang]] - Former minister in the government of Punjab
* [[Kanaklata Barua]] - Freedom fighter
* [[Atul Kumar Anjan]] - senior CPI leader and national secretary.
* [[Kanhaiya Kumar]] - Former President of the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union]]
* [[O. N. V. Kurup]] – [[Malayalam]] poet & former leader
* [[Malayatoor Ramakrishnan]] – Malayalam writer & former leader
* [[Biswanath Mukherjee (politician)|Biswanath Mukherjee]] - one of the founder of AISF in West Bengal and former MLA
* [[Binoy Viswam]] - National secretary of AISF and Former minister in the Government of Kerala
* [[Rajaji Mathew Thomas]] - Former Vice President of [[World Federation of Democratic Youth]] (WFDY) and Former MLA in Kerala
* [[V. S. Sunil Kumar]] - Former Minister of Agriculture in Kerala
* [[K. Rajan (politician)|K. Rajan]] - Minister of Revenue in Kerala
* [[P. Prasad]] - Former Minister of Agriculture in Kerala
* [[Muhammed Muhsin]] - [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Pattambi (State Assembly constituency)|Pattambi constituency]]

==See also==
* [[List of Indian student organisations]]

==External links==
* [http://www.aisf.org.in/ Official website]
* [https://aisfkottakkalmc.wordpress.com/constitution-of-aisf/ Constitution of AISF]

==References==
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All India Students' Federation - Revision history

->Arjun Madathiparambil Muraleedharan at 11:44, 10 January 2022