All India Students Association

All India Students Association
AbbreviationAISA
Formation9 August 1990
TypeStudent Organisation
Legal statusActive
HeadquartersIndia
National President
Nilasis Bose
National General Secretary
Prasenjeet Kumar
AffiliationsCommunist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
Websitewww.aisa.in Edit this at Wikidata

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.[1] The association was previously affiliated to the IPF.[2] 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,[3] Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,[4] Assam,[5] Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal,[6][7] Tripura, etc. Nilasis Bose is the National President of AISA and Prasenjeet Kumar is its National General Secretary.[8][9]

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  3. ^ "Four-year undergraduate programme issue: Protesting students detained". The Economic Times. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  4. ^ Mishra, Subhash (13 March 2020). "Left is right in Uttar Pradesh Congress?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. ^ Das, Gaurav (12 March 2020). "Assam Rocked by Statewide Protests Demanding Akhil Gogoi's Release". The Wire (India). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  6. ^ "dist wing of All-India Students Association to start agitation". The Statesman (India). 24 December 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  7. ^ Chowdhury, Subhankar (14 March 2020). "Students of Calcutta seek help for Delhi riot victims". The Telegraph (Kolkata). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  8. ^ "AISA's 8th National Conference Calls for Nationwide Movement Against Common Central University Bill, CBCS, RUSA, 'Binding Commitments' at WTO, and Attacks on Campus Democracy!". AISA. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Office Bearers". All India Students' Association (AISA). Retrieved 30 March 2020.