Today SFI is the largest student organisation in India.Though SFI is active throughout India, it is most prominent in student politics in the states of Kerala, West Bengal, and Tripura. It has a strong base in the universities all over Kerala and West Bengal . It has a few other strong-holds which include Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla, University of Hy
derabad, Osmania University, and University of Rajasthan. It is one of the major student organisations in India and even the world. SFI was founded in 1970. This group 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 Students Federation of India, abbreviated SFI, is an organization 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. It includes students from all the academic institutions of India - from schools to colleges, from professional institutions to research academies. In Tripura there is a special sub-organisation for tribal students, Tribal Students Union.
