Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi ParishadAkhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishadअखिल भारतीय विद्यार्थी परिषदABVP flagAbbreviationABVPMottoGyan-Sheel-Ekta (Knowledge-Character-Unity)Formation1948TypeStudent OrganisationHeadquartersMumbai,Maharashtra,IndiaMembership22 Lakhs as of 2013[citation needed]National PresidentP. Murali ManoharNational General SecretaryShreehari BorikarOrganising SecretarySunil AmbekarMain organRashtriya ChhatrashaktiWebsiteabvp.orgAkhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)(English: All Indian Student Council), is aright-wingall-Indiastudent organisationworking in the field of education. It is the student wing of theRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS).[1]The ABVP was founded in 1948 and formally registered on 9 July 1949,[2]is the largest student union of India.[3]As of December 2013, P. Murali Manohar is the National President, Shreehari Borikaris the National General Secretary of the organisation.[4]HistoryThe ABVP was started by students in 1948, a year afterIndian Independence, with theobjective of channeling students energy toward the task of national reconstruction. It was founded by a group of students and teachers, and was registered on 9 July 1949. Its growth process was slow and sporadic in its first few years, but accelerated after Professor Yeshwantrao Kelkar, a lecturer inBombay, became its main organiser in 1958. He built the organisation into what it is now, and is considered to be the real architect of the ABVP.[5]The ABVP gradually spread its work across various universities in India.[6]Contrary to the popular perception, ABVP is not officially a student wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[7][8]It was founded before BJP. However, it participates in joint activities with BJPs official youth wingBharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.[9][10]ActivitiesThe group runs projects and programmes aimed at national integration and using social consciousness to solve economic andother problems. They also run programmesdesigned to improve the abilities of individual students, including:*.Book-Bank*.Students Vacation Employment Bureau*.First Class First Felicitation functions*.Inter-collegiate and inter-university musiccompetitions*.Painting competitions*.Literary competitions*.Student writers meets*.Sports meets*.Social participation camps*.Personality development camps*.Technical, Medical, Management, and Agri student workshops*.Technical exhibitions*.Indo-foreign Students Bureau*.Study circles and art circles*.My Home is IndiaIt also campaigns for educational and university reforms[11]and competes in student-body elections in colleges and universities to achieve these goals.Forums initiated by ABVP*.World Organization of Students and Youth(WOSY)*.Students for Development (SFD)[12]*.Students Experience in Interstate Living (SEIL)Areas of influenceThough ABVP is active throughout India, it is most prominent inNorth India, where Hindu nationalism is strong. It also has considerable influence inCentral Indiaand states borderingBangladesh.The ABVP has a strong base in the universities inDelhiand North India. It includes students from all the academic institutions of India - from schools to colleges, from professional institutions to research academies. ABVP also have strong base in universities like University ofHyderabad, University of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan.Controversies, Attacks and VandalismABVP has been in news regularly due to its violent strategies and right-wing extremism.*.April 23, 2011 : Student activists of ABVP attacked the anchors of MTVs Roadies show inPune.[13][14]*.August 18, 2011 : ABVP cadres ransack missionary school over Anna protest inJharkhand.[15]*.January 26, 2012 : ABVP membres set ablaze reels of Telugu film Businessman (film) on the Osmania University campus.[16]*.January 29, 2012 : ABVP protested against the screening ofSanjay Kaks documentaryJashn-e-Azadi, forcing Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce,Pune to indefinitely postpone the seminarVoices of Kashmir.[17][18][19]*.April 14, 2012 : ABVP members attacked Beef Festival in Osmania University.[20]*.August 24, 2013 : After the screening ofJai Bhim Comradeand the performance byKabir Kala Manch, ABVP attacked students ofFilm and Television Institute of India,Puneand KKM members blaming them asNaxalite, and asked them to sayJai Narendra Modi.[21][22]*.September 7, 2013 : A Kashmiri film fest was targeted by the group of right wing extremists inHyderabad. A group of ABVP workers entered the venue just fewhours after the programme started and indulged in vandalism.[23]PublicationsThe official ABVP magazine isRashtriya Chhatrashakti, which is published monthly inHindiinNew Delhi.[24]The ABVP also publishes booklets on various national issues.GalleryABVP RallyABVP mass meetingABVP activist protestingSee also*.Hindu nationalism*.Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh*.World Organization of Students and YouthReferences1.^RSS.2.^Foundation; retrieved 31 March 20113.^[1]retrieved on 5 September 20144.^retrieved 31 January 2012 ABVP leaders. Abvp.org. Retrieved 2013-05-06.5.^ABVP history. Abvp.org. Retrieved 2013-05-06.6.^ABVP largest in world7.^ABVP not a student wing of mim. Indiatoday.intoday.in. 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2013-05-06.8.^ABVP leaders9.^Protests by BJYM, ABVP mar ICET counselling10.^BJYM, ABVP protest against incursion by Chinese11.^ABVP educational reforms. Thehindu. 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2013-05-06.12.^SFD a forum of ABVP13.^ABVP activists blacken faces of MTV Roadies anchors. NDTV. 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2014-03-04.14.^ABVP activists blacken MTV anchors face. The Hindu. 2011-04-24. Retrieved 2014-03-04.15.^Jharkhand: ABVP cadres ransack missionary school over Anna protest. India Today. 2011-08-19. Retrieved 2014-03-04.16.^Businessman reels burnt by ABVP men. IBN-Live. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2014-03-04.17.^Kashmir seminar postponed after ABVPprotest. NDTV. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2014-03-04.18.^In Jaipur replay, university bows to ABVP film fatwa. The Hindu. 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2014-03-04.19.^ABVP pushes Symbiosis University to call off seminar on Kashmir. India Today. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2014-03-04.20.^Violence in Osmania University as rightwing students groups attack Beef Festival of Dalit students. India Today. 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2014-03-04.21.^ABVP thrashes FTII student for not saying ‘Jai Narendra Modi’. The Hindu. 2013-08-24. Retrieved 2014-03-04.22.^Right-wing hooligans and a complicit State. The Sunday Guardian. 2013-08-24. Retrieved 2014-03-04.23.^Right wing activists target Kashmiri film fest in Hyderabad. IBN-Live. 2013-09-07. Retrieved 2014-03-04.24.^Обновление FLV Player. Abvp.org. Retrieved 2013-05-06.Further reading*.ABVP (2005-12-24).Resolutions.*.ABVP urges policy to stop commercialisation of education. Deccan Herald. 2005-12-24.*.ABVP Karyakartas take up Tsunami Relief Work.*.ABVP protests against attacks on Indiansin Australia
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