The importance of students in the struggle has already been shown by our country's freedom movement. In 1954, Atulya Ghosh and Bidhan Chandra Ray founded the "West Bengal Chhatra Parishad" to include students in the construction of modern India. Vayalar Ravi is advancing the same cause in Kerala by establishing the "Kerala Students' Union." Smt. Indira Gandhi Ji, the Hon'ble Former Prime Minister, founded the National Students' Union of India in 1971 by combining KSU and WBCP after realizing the significant role the student community had played in fostering nationalism through the promotion of human rights, the empowerment of women, the preservation of democratic spaces, social justice, and freedom of speech.

The National Students' Union of India strives to protect the rights of the student body while developing the next generation of leaders. Additionally, NSUI seeks to develop a sense of nationalism in Indian youth while shaping them into aware citizens.

The core values of NSUI are-

Nationalism
Inclusive Development
Social Justice
Democracy
Secularism

It is divided into four levels. Members are organised at the ground level through educational institutions where they are enrolled. The Electoral College elects officials at the district and state levels (office bearers at the college level). Secret ballot elections are held at the college, district, and state levels to create committees. National office bearers are chosen from a pool of elected officials. The NSUI National Executive Committee is made up of NOBs and State Presidents. It is the organization's primary administrative body. At the national level, the NSUI has the following administrative structures-

National Office Bearers
Central Election Authority (CEA)
Social Media Team

College beneficiaries are arranged according to the organizational institutes to which they belong at the most fundamental level of the NSUI system. Additionally, the college level office holders appoint the district or state level office holders. At the state, district, and college levels, committees are selected in an anonymous manner. A committee of distinguished state residents elects the national-level bearers, while the district elects the bearers.