All India Students' Association
Indian students organisation
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All India Students' Association (AISA) is a left-wing student organisation in India. It describes itself as "the voice of the radical students' movement" and is affiliated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation.[1] The association was previously affiliated with the IPF.[2]
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| Abbreviation | AISA |
|---|---|
| Formation | 9 August 1990 |
| Type | Student organisation |
| Legal status | Active |
| Headquarters | India |
National President | Neha |
National General Secretary | Prasenjeet Kumar |
| Affiliations | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation |
| Website | aisa.in |
It was founded in Prayagraj on 9 August 1990 with the merger of several left-wing student organisations across India. AISA has an organisational presence in several states and union territories, including Delhi, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Tripura, etc.[3][4][5][6][7]
Universities
The students' association has a presence in various major institutions of higher education in India, such as Patna University,[8][9] University of Allahabad,[10] Banaras Hindu University,[11] Kumaun University,[2] Jadavpur University,[12] University of Delhi,[13] University of Lucknow,[14] Tata Institute of Social Sciences,[15][16] Jamia Millia Islamia and Jawaharlal Nehru University,[17] HNB Garhwal University and Ambedkar University, Delhi, among others. A unit of AISA has also consistently won student union elections in Rikhnikhal Degree College, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, since 2017. From 2013 to 2019 AISA had significant presence in Visva-Bharati the only central university of West Bengal. Activist of AISA has led historical students movement in Visva-Bharati raising voice against gender based violence, Fee Hike, illegal suspension of students demanding campus democracy etc. AISA was the biggest student organisation of Visva-Bharati of the time with presence in more than 20 departments and institutes.
AISA has consistently won in Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union elections since 2006.[18][19][20] The victory of AISF in the 2015 JNUSU elections marked the occasion when AISA lost the presidency.[21]
Since 2013, AISA has been one of the major left forces in Delhi University Students' Union elections.[22][23][24]
