ABVP is an organization which works all across the India and serving the teachers and students without voluntarily. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)
(Hindi: अखिल भारतीय विद्यार्थी परिषद, English: All Indian Student Council), is a right-wing all-India student organisation working in the field of education. ABVP was founded in 1948 and formally registered on 9 July 1949. Murali Manohar is
the National President, Umesh Dutt is the National General Secretary and Sunil Ambekar is the National Organising Secretary of the organisation. Nagarjuna is the District executive member and convener of Mancherial district, A. Satyanarayana is the General Secretary of Kagaznagar Town, Kaushik Bhattacharya & Balakrishna Singh are the Joint Secretaries of Kagaznagar Town. The ABVP was started soon after independence with the objective of channelising students’ energies in the task of national reconstruction by a group of students and teachers who drew their inspiration from the RSS, the premier nationalist organisation of the country. Its growth process was slow and sporadic in the first few years but it picked up after Prof. Yeshwantrao Kelkar, a lecturer in Bombay, became its main organiser in 1958. He was its real architect and builder. As a consequence of singe-minded devotion of Prof. Kelkar, who passionately tried to build up this organisation till his death in 1987, the ABVP is what it is today. The uniqueness of the Parishad lies in the fact that it has emerged as a stable organisation of floating population of students. Perhaps no social organisation has its members changing so quickly and regularly as the ABVP has. Despite this handicap, the ABVP has gained strength day by day. In all probability, the ABVP is the only example of its type throughout the world. Another unique feature of the organisation is that though it is a student organisation in every respect, the teachers also take an active part in its functioning. Ever since its inception teachers have been deeply involved in building up the organisation and they comprise the permanent component of the membership. What distinguishes the ABVP from other organisations is the fact that it is a full-fledged and regular student organisation which has evolved a distinct philosophy and role for a student organisation and which organises multifarious activities to fulfill its objective of national reconstruction. So far as ABVP’s contribution in the national life is concerned it can be said with pride that apart from organising a lot of constructive and meaningful activities and helping to solve the problems
Related to student and educational field, the Parishad has played an important role in highlighting and solving larger problems of the country. The thoughts and ideals of the ABVP on educational change can prove as valuable assets for any educational ministry or department. Be it the issue of terrorism in Kashmir or of infiltration of foreigners into Assam and border states, or the issue of reservation and Mandal recommendations or the gigantic task of integrating north-eastern citizens with those of the other parts of the country or the problem of unemployment and economic reconstruction of the country or the fight against social inequalities or the calamity of earthquake in Marathwada, the ABVP has never been found wanting both on the plains of thinking and action. The ABVP today has a cadre of socially committed workers who are capable of undertaking any challenging task. The coming days would witness a more active, meaningful and effective participation by the ABVP in the task of national reconstruction and the country and its citizens would feel proud of such a role of the ABVP. The group runs projects and programmes aimed at national integration and using social consciousness to solve economic and other problems. They also run programmes designed to improve the abilities of individual students, including:
Book-Bank
Students' Vacation Employment Bureau
First Class First Felicitation functions
Inter-collegiate and inter-university music competitions
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
Students' Experience in Interstate Living
My Home is India
Students for Development
It also campaigns for educational and university reforms and competes in student-body elections in colleges and universities to achieve these goals. On 29 October 1985, during the International Youth Year, Indian ABVP members and foreign student delegates from 14 countries launched the World Organization of Students and Youth (WOSY) in Delhi. It was inaugurated by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the former Prime minister of India. It works to bring together students and youth from various countries to promote peace and the welfare of humanity. The ABVP has a strong base in the universities in Delhi and North India. It includes students from all the academic institutions of India - from schools to colleges, from professional institutions to research academies. The official ABVP magazine is Rashtriya Chhatrashakti, which is published monthly in Hindi in New Delhi. ABVP also publishes booklets on various national issues.
