In the latter half of 1970, student leaders from various states assembled in Calcutta and decided to form a new student organisation committed to bring together the students across the country and lead them on issues such as radical education reforms, employment, safeguarding and expansion of democratic rights.
The Students Federation of India leads the Student Unions in many of the Universities in Kerala, West Bengal, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and other states.