Jawaharlal Nehru University is a public research university located in Delhi,India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru,India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and research emphasis on social sciences and applied sciences.
The Students' Federation of India (SFI) is an Indian left-wing student organisation that claims to be politically aligned to the ideologies of freedom,democracy and socialism. Currently,V. P. Sanu and Mayukh Biswas are elected as the All India President and General Secretary,respectively.
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) (transl. All India Students' Council) is a right-wing all India student organisation affiliated to the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
Sitaram Yechury is an Indian Marxist politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist),and a member of the Politburo of the CPI(M) since 1992. Previously,he was a Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from West Bengal from 2005 to 2017.
Jayati Ghosh is an Indian development economist. She taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi for nearly 35 years,and since January 2021 she has been Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst,USA. Her core areas of study include international economics and globalisation,employment patterns in developing countries,macroeconomic policy,and gender and development.
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 to the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation. The association was previously affiliated to the IPF. The association was founded in Allahabad on 9 August 1990 with the merger of several left wing students organisations across India. AISA have organisational presence in the states and union territories of Delhi,Chandigarh,Uttarakhand,Uttar Pradesh,Assam,Uttarakhand,Bihar,Jharkhand,West Bengal,Tripura,etc. Nilasis Bose is the National President of AISA and Prasenjeet Kumar is its National General Secretary.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union or JNUSU is a students' union at Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi.
Aam Aadmi Sena is a political wing of Aam Aadmi Sangathan and dissident faction of former workers of Aam Aadmi Party,an Indian political party commonly referred as AAP.
Kanhaiya Kumar is an Indian political activist who served as the president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union and leader of the All India Students Federation (AISF). He served as National Executive Council member of Communist Party of India. He joined Indian National Congress on 28 September 2021.
On 9 February 2016,some students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) held a protest on their campus against the capital punishment meted out to the 2001 Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru,and Kashmiri separatist Maqbool Bhat. The organizers of the event were former members of the Democratic Students' Union (DSU). The event was held despite the university administration withdrawing permission for the event shortly before it was due to begin,due to protests by members of the student union of ABVP. The event saw clashes between various student groups. A video was circulated by Indian news channel Zee news in which a small group of individuals,whom a later University investigation described as outsiders to the university wearing masks,shouted "anti-India" slogans.
Shehla Rashid Shora is an Indian single community human rights activist who has pursued her Ph.D. at Jawaharlal Nehru University. She was vice-president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) in 2015–16 and was a member of the All India Students Association (AISA). She rose to prominence whilst leading the student agitation calling for the release for Kanhaiya Kumar,Umar Khalid and others who were arrested on charges of sedition in February 2016 for participating and organizing sloganeering in JNU.
Umar Khalid is an Indian student activist,a former research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University,former leader of Democratic Students' Union (DSU) in JNU. He was allegedly involved in the Jawaharlal Nehru University sedition row and is an accused under the UAPA law. Khalid is also associated with United Against Hate,a campaign founded along with Nadeem Khan in July 2017 in response to the series of lynchings.
Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association (BAPSA) is a student organization formed on 15 November 2014 at Jawaharlal Nehru University on the anniversary of Birsa Munda's birth. It claims to work for student rights and the issues affecting Scheduled Castes,Scheduled Tribes,OBCs and other minority groups. BAPSA says it stands for assertion,follows Ambedkarite ideology and is critical of both left and right-wing forces on campus. BAPSA is also active in Central University of Gujarat.
On 5 January 2020,more than 50 masked people armed with rods,sticks and acid attacked the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University,Delhi,and injured more than 39 students and teachers. Many students received serious injuries. Professors who tried to intervene and protect the students,as well as ambulances carrying injured individuals,were attacked. Eyewitnesses stated that police within the campus did not intervene to stop the mob. After attacking residents of the university campus for three hours,the mob escaped;none of its members was arrested or detained. All 36 students who were injured and admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences,New Delhi (AIIMS) were discharged within 24 hours.
Fraternity Movement is an indian student-youth party in India working for strengthening democracy,social justice and fraternity. It is a growing student organization in many regions of India especially in West Bengal,Kerala and Delhi. The Fraternity Movement is directly linked to Welfare Party of India and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.
Amita Singh is an Indian political scientist,currently serving as a professor of law and governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University,in Delhi,India. She is also a member of the Indian Council of Social Science Research. She is the recipient of numerous awards,and has published widely on public administration in India. Singh has been criticized for controversial statements made regarding Dalits,Muslims,and Jammu and Kashmir.
Dipsita Dhar is an Indian politician and student activist. She is the All India Joint Secretary of Students' Federation of India. She was the CPI(M) candidate from Bally constituency for 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. She is contesting the 2024 Indian General Election as a CPI(M) candidate from the Serampore.
Left Unity is a group of left wing students' organisations in Jawaharlal Nehru University. It was formed with aim to counter the growing influence of right wing students organization like ABVP,a students front of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Left Unity predominantly consists of four major students organisations - AISF,AISA,SFI,and DSF. The panel of Left Unity has won the election of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union for four consecutive years.
Aparajitha Raja is an Indian politician who was the national leader of the All India Students’Federation (AISF). She is currently serving as a National Council member of All India Youth Federation. She is the daughter of D. Raja,the Communist Party of India’s (CPI) General Secretary,and Annie Raja,the General Secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women.
Priyanshi Arya is a student leader in New Delhi. In March 2024 elections,she won the Jawaharlal Nehru University student union (JNUSU) election for the post of General Secretary. She is the Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Association (BAPSA) candidate. She was supported by the left coalition after their candidate Swati Singh's nomination was cancelled. She defeated Arjun Anand of ABVP by 926 votes. She received 2887 votes to Anand's 1961.
