Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is an all India student Organization, working in the field of education with a wider perspective of National Reconstruction. ABVP works with a faith in the collective existence of the educational community, a firm belief in constructive work and a nationalist approach which stays above partisan politics. The ABVP was started by students in 1948, a year after Indi
an 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 was 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.[3]
ABVP activist protesting
The ABVP gradually spread its work across several universities in India.[4] Contrary to the popular perception that it is the student wing of BJP, the ABVP is actually the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and was founded before the BJP.[5][6] However, it participates in joint activities with BJP's official youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
