Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) (English: All Indian Student Council), is a right-wing all-India student organisation working in the field of education. The ABVP was founded in 1948 and formally registered on 9 July 1949,[2] is the largest student union of India. Murali Manohar is the National President, Shreehari Borikar is the National General Secretary of the organisation.The ABVP was
started by students in 1948, a year after Indian Independence, with the objective 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 in Bombay, 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).
