Date:10/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/10/stories/2008031053360400.htm

Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

SFI meeting ends

Special Correspondent

New SFI State Secretary A.N. Shamsheer and president P.Biju

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The 29th State conference of the Students Federation of India (SFI) concluded here on Sunday with the organisation resolving to fight all attempts to communalise education.

The conference offered all support for the ongoing attempts of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) to reform education and called upon the government to take urgent steps to address the problems in the field of higher education.

The conference elected P. Biju (Thiruvananthapuram) as the new State president and A.N. Shamsheer (Kannur) as the new State secretary. K.T. Mathew (Alappuzha), K.V. Sumesh (Kannur), M. Rajivan (Kasaragod), P.J. Binesh (Wayanad) and K. Diana (Kozhikode) were elected vice-presidents. Roshan Roy Mathew (Pathanamthitta), V. Sivadasan (Kannur), V.V. Prashanth (Kollam), K.I. Shebeer (Thrissur) and Subhash Chandran (Malappuram) were elected joint-secretaries. Lijo Jose (Ernakulam), S. K. Sajish (Kozhikode), K.R. Anish (Palakkad), A.A. Rahim (Thiruvananthapuram), Dhanya Vijayan (Kottayam), Binu Devasia (Idukki) and P.K. Sabarish Kumar (Kannur) are the secretariat members.

The conference also elected a 76-member State committee and 159 delegates to the national conference of the outfit.