| Abbreviation | AISA |
|---|---|
| Formation | 9 August 1990 |
| Type | Student Organisation |
| Legal status | Active |
| Headquarters | India |
National President | Nilasis Bose |
National General Secretary | Prasenjeet Kumar |
| Affiliations | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation |
| Website | www |
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]
The students association has presence in various major institutions of higher education in India; such as Patna University,[10][11] University of Allahabad,[12] Banaras Hindu University,[13] Kumaun University,[2] Jadavpur University,[14] University of Delhi,[15] University of Lucknow,[16] Tata Institute of Social Sciences[17][18] Jamia Millia Islamia and Jawaharlal Nehru University HNB Garhwal University [19] Ambedkar university Delhi among others. A unit of AISA also has consistently won Student union elections in Rikhnikhal Degree college, Pauri garhwal Uttarakhand since 2017.
AISA has consistently won in Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union elections since 2006.[20][21][22] The victory of AISF in 2016 JNUSU elections were the time when AISA lost its president-ship.[citation needed]
Since 2013, AISA is one of the major left force in Delhi University Students Union elections.[23][24][25]
