Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad

ABVP

Student organising wing of the Sangh

Strength of Linkage

Conclusive (1)

Active

Yes

Date of Founding

1949

Legal Status

Unregistered Organization/Collective

Parent Organisation

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Macro Function

Education

Founders

Balraj Madhok

Yeshwantrao Kelkar

Founder RSS Affiliated

Yes

Sangh Linkage Criteria
1

Listed as a formal Sangh affiliate (Andersen and Damle 2018)

1

Founded by a pracharak

1

Listed as a sister organisation (or equivalent) by organisation with value-1.

1

Has referred to pracharak as patron/guide/inspiration (or equivalent)

1

RSS has dismissed appendage officials

1

Has attended RSS coordination meetings (e.g. samanvaya baithaks)

0.5

Listed as a partner organisation by any organisation with value-1.

0.5

Has attended Sangh conferences (e.g. sewa sangams)

0.5

Has co-hosted events with known Sangh affiliates

0.5

Has hosted speakers from the RSS or officials from formal Sangh Parivar at its events

0.5

Affiliation attested to by Sangh publications (online or print)

0.5

Visible RSS paraphernalia or nomenclature (e.g. framed picture of Hedgewar or named after pracharak)

0.5

Founded by a Sangh organisation

0.5

Has shared officials with Sangh appendages