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A Student's Organisation The Students' Federation of India (SFI) is an independent student organisation in India, founded in 1970.
As of 2015, the SFI has a membership strength of about 43 lakhs among school and university students,thereby making it the largest students organization in the nation. SFI is currently led at the All India level by Dr.Vikram Singh, General Secretary and VP Sanu as President. Students’ Federation of India was formed through its First Conference which was held at Thiruvananthapuram between 27 and 30
December in 1970. In the latter half of 1970 student leaders from various states assembled in Calcutta and decided to form a new student organisation committed to bring together the students of the country and lead them on issues such as radical education reforms, employment, safeguarding and expansion of democratic rights. The Students Federation of India leads the Student Unions in many of the Universities in Kerala,West Bengal,Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Punjab, Hariyana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and other states. The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) is a Socialist organisation. The slogan of the SFI is "Independence, Democracy, and Socialism!" The SFI believes that education is a major tool of social transformation and that this concept is especially relevant in a country like India, where regressive forces still prevail. Proper education, they believe, will counteract such forces and will help to build a new society based on rationality and justice. The SFI is an organisation of students which is ever aware of its role in society. It identifies with a society's progressive forces and is totally committed to the idea of independence, democracy, and socialism.
