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{{Short description|Indian student organisation}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = KSU
| logo =
| image =
| formation = {{Start date and age|1957||}}
| abbreviation = KSU
| founding_location = [[Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]], India
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Aloshious Xavier

|
| leader_title2 = Vice Presidents
| leader_name2 = MJ Yadhukrishnan<br> Arun Rajendran <br>Muhammad Shammas <br>Ann Sebastian
| type = Students political organisation
| purpose = Political students organisation of INC
| headquarters = [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br>[[English language|English]]
| parent_organization = [[National Students Union of India]] (NSUI)
| affiliations = {{Bulleted_list|[[Indian National Congress]]|[[National Students Union of India]]|[[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]]}}
| num_volunteers =
| website = https://ksu.org.in/
}}

The '''Kerala Students Union''' (abbreviated '''KSU''') is one of the largest students organisation in [[Kerala]], [[India]]. It functions as the student wing of the [[Indian National Congress]]. The KSU has strong ideology of Indian National Congress.

KSU was founded in 1957 at [[Alappuzha]], with M. A. John<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2011/feb/23/ma-john-passes-away-230011.html|title=MA John passes away|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/congress-leader-m-a-john-found-dead/712714|title=Congress Leader M A John Found Dead|website=www.outlookindia.com/}}</ref> as its main organiser and [[Vayalar Ravi]] founding general secretary.<ref name="FrankelFrankel2005">{{cite book|author1=Francine R. Frankel|title=India's Political Economy, 1947-2004: The Gradual Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uNfsAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-565839-2|page=448}}</ref><ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Education World: The Human Development Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KNycAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=D. Thakore|page=40}}</ref><ref>''Outlook''. ''[https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/vayalar-ravis-rise-due-to-organizational-skill/660269 Vayalar Ravi's Rise Due to Organizational Skill]''</ref><ref>Niyama Sabha. ''[http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m581.htm Vayalar Ravi]''</ref> The original group consisted of M. A. John, Vayalar Ravi, George Tharakan and A. A. Samad. It functioned as the student wing of the Pradesh Congress Committee.<ref name="FrankelFrankel2005"/> While Ravi was the President, KSU took a leading role in the opposition campaign against the communist state government.<ref>{{cite book|title=Kerala Journal of Social Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BedvvmW3m94C|year=2000|publisher=Department of Political Science, University of Kerala.|page=154}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bxMAQAAIAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Frank Cass|page=178}}</ref> KSU sought to challenge the near-monopoly of the communist-led [[All India Students Federation|AISF]] over campus politics at the time.<ref>{{cite book|title=International Congress on Kerala Studies, 27-29 August 1994, Thiruvananthapuram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0zVuAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=The Centre|page=9}}</ref> KSU entered the centre stage of student politics in Kerala with the "Orana Samaram", a strike for travel concessions for students in buses and boats owned by the state. KSU also played a key role in the movement that toppled the communist state government. Under the Presidency of K.M. Abhijith, KSU raised a strong protest against the PSC examination scandal involving SFI leaders from [[University College]], and initiated the re-establishment of KSU Unit under the leadership of Amal Chandra after a gap of almost 20 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ksu-opens-unit-under-police-escort/article28662145.ece|title=Kerala Students Union opens unit in University College|website=The Hindu}}</ref><ref name="FrankelFrankel2005"/> On March 11, 2025, KSU organised a "Campus Jagaran Yatra" from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram, emphasising the urgent need to eliminate drug mafias from campuses.<ref>[https://www.manoramanews.com/kerala/latest/2025/03/10/ksu-campus-jagarana-yatra-anti-drug-awareness-kerala.html</ref>

{|class ="wikitable"
|-
!
! President
|-
| 1
| George Tharakan
|-
| 2
| A. C. Jose
|-
|-
| 3
| [[Vayalar Ravi]]
|-
| 4
| [[A. K. Antony]]
|-
| 5
| [[Oommen Chandy]]
|-
| 6
| [[Kadannappalli Ramachandran]]
|-
| 7
| [[V. M. Sudheeran]]
|-
| 8
| [[M. M. Hassan]]
|-
| 9
| [[Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan]]
|-
| 10
| P. M. Suresh Babu
|-
| 11
| [[G. Karthikeyan]]
|-
| 12
| [[Benny Behanan]]
|-
| 13
| [[Cherian Philip]]
|-
| 14
| M Murali
|-
| 15
| [[Ramesh Chennithala]]
|-
| 16
| [[P. T. Thomas]]
|-
| 17
| [[Joseph Vazhackan]]
|-
| 18
| T. Sharatchandra Prasad
|-
| 19
| Punalur Madhu
|-
| 20
| [[K. C. Venugopal]]
|-
| 21
| J. Joseph
|-
| 22
| Jaison Joseph
|-
| 23
| [[Satheeshan Pacheni]]
|-
| 24
| [[P. C. Vishnunadh]]
|-
| 25
| [[Hibi Eden]]
|-
| 26
| [[Shafi Parambil]]
|-
| 27
| V. S. Joy
|-
| 28
| K. M. Abhijith
|-
|29
| Aloshious Xavier Adimali
|}

==NSUI ==
KSU emerged as the largest political force at high schools and colleges in the state by the early 1960s.<ref name="FrankelFrankel2005"/> KSU became the main force in establishing the [[National Students Union of India]], the new students wing of the Indian National Congress.<ref name=a/><ref>{{cite book|title=Socialist India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j1xYef1mk7EC|year=1974|publisher=Indian National Congress. All India Congress Committee.|page=14}}</ref>

[[National Students Union of India]] (NSUI), the student wing of the Indian National Congress (INC or Congress), was established on 9 April 1971. The organisation was founded by [[Indira Gandhi]] after merging the Kerala Students Union and the [[West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad]] to form a national students' organisation.{{fact|date=August 2024}}

==See also==
* [[UDSF|The United Democratic Students' Front (UDSF)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:National Students' Union of India]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress of Kerala]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]
{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ksu-opens-unit-under-police-escort/article28662145.ece|title=Kerala Students Union opens unit in University College|website=The Hindu}}

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