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 All India Congress Committee (AICC) is the presidium or the central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress. It is composed of members elected from state-level Pradesh Congress Committees and can have as many as a thousand members. It is the AICC that elects members of the Congress Working Committee and the Congress President,who is also the head of the AICC.
Chandrashekar Prasad,popularly known as Chandu and Comrade Chandrashekhar was a student leader and later an activist affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. He graduated from the Jawaharlal Nehru University,and served as the president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union for two terms. Prasad played a key role in the development of All India Students Association.
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.
Southwick is a suburb in Ooty town. It is located on the NH 67 road from Ooty to Coonoor at about 3 km from the bus stand in Ooty. The suburb falls within the Ooty municipality in Tamil Nadu,India. It has derived its name from the Southwick Bungalow in the suburb.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union or JNUSU is a students' union at Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi.
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 and has been appointed as the AICC in-charge of the National Student's Union of India.
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 organisers of the event were former members of the Democratic Students' Union (DSU). The event was held despite the university administrations 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 an 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.
Najeeb Ahmed was a student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),New Delhi,India,who went missing from his hostel on the university campus under suspicious circumstances on 15 October 2016.
Saleem Ahmed is an Indian politician and member of Karnataka Legislative Council. He represents the Indian National Congress.
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.
Sharjeel Imam is an Indian student activist from Kako village of Jehanabad,Bihar. He is known for his allegedly inflammatory speeches made during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests which led to his arrest under sedition.
Sandeep Saurav is an Indian politician from Bihar and a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly representing the Paliganj Assembly constituency in Patna district. He is from CPI(ML)L and was elected in the 2020 Bihar election,securing 67,917 votes against the incumbent MLA Jai Vardhan Yadav from JD(U) who secured 37,002 votes. He was nominated to contest the 2024 Indian General Election in Bihar from the Nalanda seat against the incumbent MP Kaushalendra Kumar of JD(U).
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.
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.
Aishe Ghosh is an Indian politician and student activist. She is a former President of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union and is a Member of the Students' Federation of India. She was also the CPI(M) candidate from Jamuria constituency for 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and lost to Hareram Singh.
From Bihar To Tihar:My Political Journey is a memoir and political book written by then president of Jawaharlal Nehru University,former Communist Party of India candidate from Begusarai Lok Sabha and presently a politician of Indian National Congress,Kanhaiya Kumar. It was published on 3 October 2016.
Mazhar Asif is an Indian academic administrator and scholar,with a focus on Indian mediaeval history and Sufism. He has been serving as the vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia since 24 October 2024. An alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University,he has formerly served as a professor at his alma mater,and as a member of the drafting committee for National Education Policy 2020.
Pradeep Narwal is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress (INC). He serves as the National Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and Co-Incharge for Uttar Pradesh. A prominent Dalit leader and Ambedkarite activist,Narwal is known for his close association with the top leadership of the Indian National Congress,and he worked as the AICC secretary working closely with Priyanka Gandhi.
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