| KSU | |
| Founding Location: | Alappuzha, Kerala, India |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Aloshious Xavier |
| Type: | Students Political organization |
| Purpose: | Political students organisation of INC |
| Headquarters: | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Language: | Malayalam English |
| Website: | https://ksu.org.in/ |
The Kerala Students Union (abbreviated KSU) is the largest students organization in Kerala, India. It functions as the student wing of the INC. Organisation have strong ideology of Indian National Congress party.
KSU was founded in 1957 at Alappuzha, with M. A. John[1] [2] as its main organiser and Vayalar Ravi founding general secretary.[3] [4] [5] [6] The original group consisted of M. A. John, Vayalar Ravi, George Tharakan and A. A. Samad. It functioned as the student wing of the Pradesh Congress Committee.[3] While Ravi was the President, KSU took a leading role in the opposition campaign against the communist state government.[7] [8] KSU sought to challenge the near-monopoly of the communist-led AISF over campus politics at the time.[9] KSU entered the center stage of student politics in Kerala with the "Orana Samaram", a strike for travel concessions for students in buses and boats owned by the state. KSU also played a key role in the movement that toppled the communist state government. Under the Presidency of K.M. Abhijith, KSU raised a strong protest against the PSC examination scandal involving SFI leaders from University College, and initiated the re-establishment of KSU Unit under the leadership of Amal Chandra after a gap of almost 20 years.[10] [3]
| President | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Tharakan | |
| 2 | A. C. Jose | |
| 3 | Vayalar Ravi | |
| 4 | A. K. Antony | |
| 5 | Oommen Chandy | |
| 6 | Kadannappalli Ramachandran | |
| 7 | V. M. Sudheeran | |
| 8 | M. M. Hassan | |
| 9 | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | |
| 10 | P. M. Suresh Babu | |
| 11 | G. Karthikeyan | |
| 12 | Benny Behanan | |
| 13 | Cherian Philip | |
| 14 | M Murali | |
| 15 | Ramesh Chennithala | |
| 16 | P. T. Thomas | |
| 17 | Joseph Vazhackan | |
| 18 | T. Sharatchandra Prasad | |
| 19 | Punalur Madhu | |
| 20 | K. C. Venugopal | |
| 21 | J. Joseph | |
| 22 | Jaison Joseph | |
| 23 | Satheeshan Pacheni | |
| 24 | P. C. Vishnunadh | |
| 25 | Hibi Eden | |
| 26 | Shafi Parambil | |
| 27 | V. S. Joy | |
| 28 | K. M. Abhijith | |
| 29 | Aloshious Xavier |
KSU emerged as the largest political force at high schools and colleges in the state by the early 1960s.[3] KSU became the main force in establishing the National Students Union of India, the new students wing of the Indian National Congress.[4] [11]
National Students Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of the Indian National Congress (INC or Congress), was established on 9 April 1971. The organisation was founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad to form a national students' organisation.
Web site: Kerala Students Union opens unit in University College. The Hindu.