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== Introduction ==
'''<big>Campus Front of India</big>''' is a Neo-social student movement in India intending to empower and organize students across the country to unite marginalized students to strive for their rights and equality.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Campus Front of India launched, to strive for social change {{!}} ummid.com|url=https://ummid.com/news/November/09.11.2009/campus_front_floated.htm|access-date=2021-09-29|website=ummid.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=TwoCircles.net|date=2009-11-08|title=Campus Front launched to empower campuses for social change|url=http://twocircles.net/2009nov07/campus_front_launched_empower_campuses_social_change.html|access-date=2021-09-29|website=TwoCircles.net|language=en-US}}</ref>

Launched at [[New Delhi]] on 7th November, in the "National Students Convention 2009".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Campus Front of India to be launched on Nov. 7 {{!}} ummid.com|url=https://www.ummid.com/news/November/06.11.2009/campus_front_tobe_launched_tomorrow.htm|access-date=2021-09-29|website=www.ummid.com}}</ref> Muhammad Yusuff from [[Tamil Nadu]] was the founder president of Campus Front of India.{{Multiple issues|
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| motto = "Students for the social change"
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| type = Independent Student Organisation
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| headquarters = F-23, [[Shaheen Bagh]], Jamia Nagar, [[New Delhi]], 110025
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| leader_title = National President
| leader_name = M. S. Sajid
| leader_title2 = Vice President
| leader_name2 = KH Abdul Hadi
| leader_title3 = General Secretary
| leader_name3 = Ashwan Sadiq P <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaoneonline.com/kerala/2021/03/26/campus-front-newly-elected-president }}</ref>
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| website = {{URL|http://campusfrontofindia.org/}}
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==Agitations==

===FYUP Row===
Campus Front held protests against the four year undergraduate programme (FYUP), proposed at the [[Delhi University]]. On 20 June 2013, it organized a signature campaign in over 100 colleges of 20 universities in many parts of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Campus-Front-of-India-takes-anti-FYUP-campaign-to-20-universities-across-India/articleshow/20680946.cms|title=Campus Front of India takes anti-FYUP campaign to 20 universities across India - Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/6/21/104-Campus-Front-organizes-national-wide-Signature-Campaign-against-FYUP.html|title=Campus Front organizes national wide Signature Campaign against FYUP|website=www.newstrackindia.com}}</ref>

===Saujanya Murder case===
Campus Front [[Dakshina Kannada]] unit demanded handing over the Soujanya rape and murder case to [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] in a protest held in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/365205/hand-over-saujanya-case-cbi.html|title=Hand over Saujanya case to CBI|date=25 October 2013}}</ref>

===Against scarf restriction for [[All India Pre Medical Test|AIPMT]] 2016 ===
The organization held protests against the [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]] conducted [[All India Pre Medical Test|AIPMT]] for including the scarf in its list of restricted items in exam hall. The AIPMT had restricted head-coverings to discourage unfair practices during Exams in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siasat.com/news/muslim-students-fight-dress-code-946026/|title=Muslim students fight against dress code - The Siasat Daily|website=The Siasat Daily|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref>

The restriction had created controversy in 2015 with two Muslim students having to approach the [[High Court of Kerala|Kerala High Court]] for special permission to wear their hijab. A nun (who had not approached the HC) from the same state, was debarred from the exam by rule.

===Mangalore One School Child Abuse Issue===
Campus Front protested against the Mangalore One School Management for inaction after 4-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a cab driver.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=310852|title=Mangaluru: Sexual assault on child - CFI demands closure of school}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.udayavani.com/english/news/mangaluru/54010/cfi-demands-closure-mangalore-one-school-june-1|title=CFI demands closure of Mangalore One School by June 1|access-date=27 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702091328/http://www.udayavani.com/english/news/mangaluru/54010/cfi-demands-closure-mangalore-one-school-june-1|archive-date=2 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/74460-cfi-protests-against-mangalore-one-school-demands-closure-by-june-1# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629194757/http://coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/74460-cfi-protests-against-mangalore-one-school-demands-closure-by-june-1# |archive-date=2015-06-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Campus Front extended its support to Justice for '''Baby [[2012 Delhi gang rape and murder|Nirbhaya]] Forum''' by the United Muslim Organization and participated in Silent Candle Light at [[Mangalore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=305789|title=Justice for Mangaluru's 'Baby Nirbhaya' - Scores of people raise voice in unison}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/73841-mangaluru-holds-candle-light-vigil-seeking-justice-for-baby-nirbhaya# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629115021/http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/73841-mangaluru-holds-candle-light-vigil-seeking-justice-for-baby-nirbhaya# |archive-date=2015-06-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newskarnataka.com/mangalore/thousands-march-protesting-against-rape-of-lkg-student|title=Thousands march protesting against rape of LKG student|last=NewsKarnataka|website=NewsKarnataka}}</ref>

===Against the atrocities on [[Rohingya people]]===
Campus Front of India on behalf of its '''Save Rohingya''' campaign organized a March to the Myanmar embassy protesting against the Myanmar government's atrocities against [[Rohingya people]]. Delhi Police prevented the protesters from entering the Myanmar embassy at Teen Murti Marg. Because of this the protest was instead held at Teen Murti Marg.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://radianceweekly.in/portal/issue/maggi-in-a-soup/article/students-protest-against-myanmar-atrocities-on-rohingya-muslims/# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629164736/http://radianceweekly.in/portal/issue/maggi-in-a-soup/article/students-protest-against-myanmar-atrocities-on-rohingya-muslims/# |archive-date=2015-06-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Justice for Fathima Latheef ===
On November 9 2019, Fathima Latheef, a 19-year-old first-year undergraduate student of [[IIT Madras |Indian Institute of Technology Madras]] died by suicide in her hostel room in [[Chennai]]. This was allegedly due to the humiliation and religious discrimination she was facing from her faculty members. Campus Front of India staged a protest demonstration outside IIT-Madras demanding that those responsible for her death should be punished. <ref>{{cite web|title=Campus Front demands action against IIT-M faculty over death|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/campus-front-demands-action-against-iit-m-faculty-over-death/article30290536.ece |website=THE HINDU |date = 2019-12-13 }}</ref>

=== Anti CAA Protest ===
Campus Front of India actively took part in the [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests|Anti-CAA agitations]] across the country. 38 members of Campus Front of India were arrested for organizing Collectors Gate Road blockade in Mangaluru on 17th December 2019. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Dev|first=Arun|date=2019-12-16|title=As Karnataka Joins Protest Against CAA, 38 Arrested in Mangaluru|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/citizenship-bill-protests-38-arrested-in-karnataka-mangaluru|access-date=2021-09-26|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dec 17|last2=2019|last3=Ist|first3=04:19|title=Campus Front activists protest against CAA, arrested {{!}} Mangaluru News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/campus-front-activists-protest-against-caa-arrested/articleshow/72780449.cms|access-date=2021-09-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> The protest was held as part of condemning the alleged police action against students of Jamia Millia Islamia and AMU who have been protesting against the new Citizenship Amendment Act. On 27th February 2020, fifty members were arrested for staging a Rajbhavan march in Bengaluru against the violence that took place in Northeast Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-28|title=Campus Front members protest in front of Raj Bhavan, detained|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/campus-front-members-protest-in-front-of-raj-bhavan-detained-808762.html|access-date=2021-09-26|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

=== Demanding the re-opening of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) campus ===
After about two years of establishment of lock down, Campus Front of India along with other student organizations of Jamia Millia Islamia have demanded reopening of the campus at the earliest. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Student Groups Mount Pressure On Jamia To Reopen Campus|url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/student-groups-mount-pressure-on-jamia-millia-islamia-reopen-campus|access-date=2021-10-09|website=NDTV.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-21|title=Student groups demand reopening of Jamia Millia Islamia campus|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/student-groups-demand-reopening-of-jamia-millia-islamia-campus-7523966/|access-date=2021-10-09|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

==Campaigns==

===Green Campus / Healthy Campus Campaign===
[[File:Saalu Marada Thimakka.jpg|thumb|Campus Front activists with [[Saalumarada Thimmakka]] on [[World Environment Day]], 2015]]
Campus Front of India’s [[Karnataka]] unit conducts the Green Campus campaign in June every year, through planting trees and cleaning school campuses in [[Karnataka]]. On 5 June 2015, ([[World Environment Day]]) the organization re-launched the campaign with a new name; Healthy Campus hoping to widen its reach. Along with planting trees and cleanliness, it raised anti-drug and anti-tobacco awareness in schools. These activities helped the organization to gain a good name through social service, dimming allegations against it.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newskannada.in/breaking-latest/kalladka-campus-front-health-program/# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630052501/http://www.newskannada.in/breaking-latest/kalladka-campus-front-health-program/# |archive-date=2015-06-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newskannada.in/featured-story/stop-selling-tobacco-at-near-college-campus/# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630071301/http://www.newskannada.in/featured-story/stop-selling-tobacco-at-near-college-campus/# |archive-date=2015-06-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Conference ==

=== Dignity Conference ===
Campus Front of India celebrated its 10th Anniversary on the theme Decade of Dignity. The conference was held on 6 November 2019 at the Talkatora stadium in New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite news|title=campus-front-of-india-to-organize-dignity-conference-on-its-10th-anniversary/|work=muslimmirror|url=http://muslimmirror.com/eng/campus-front-of-india-to-organize-dignity-conference-on-its-10th-anniversary/}}</ref> Kannan Gopinathan, an Ex IAS Officer, Shwetha Sanjeev Bhat, the wife of jailed Gujarat police officer, and Chinmaya Mahanand Ambedkarite addressed the gathering.<ref>{{Cite news|title=thousands-gather-at-dignity-conference-to-fight-communalism|work=clarionindia|url=https://clarionindia.net/thousands-gather-at-dignity-conference-to-fight-communalism/}}</ref>

==Award==
According to [[Two Circles|TwoCircles]] online news agency, Campus Front had announced an award named ''Ekalavya Award'' for Students with 'exceptional performance in higher secondary, poor backgrounds and hailing from marginalized communities'.<ref>{{Cite news |url = http://twocircles.net/2013mar27/campus_front_india_elects_new_national_leadership.html#.Vy82ioR97cc | title = CFI announced Award for students | date = 2013-03-27 | access-date = 2016-05-08}}</ref>

==See Also==
* [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]]

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