National Hindu Students' Forum

National Hindu Students' Forum (UK)

Abbreviation	NHSF (UK)
Founded	1991
Purpose	Protect, Preserve, Practice & Promote Hindu Dharma
Region served	UK
Membership	10,000
Website	NHSF (UK)

NHSF (UK) stands for the National Hindu Students' Forum (UK). NHSF (UK) is the national network of Hindu Societies operating on University and Further Education campuses around the United Kingdom. It was started in 1991 from a stall at a Hindu Marathon, but now operates in around 40 different institutions around the United Kingdom.

Until 1991, over 20 years ago, there was no representation for Hindu students at a campus level and so the first Hindu society, at London School of Economics, was set up to cater for these needs. Although in its early years there was large scale opposition to the creation of Hindu societies, with people arguing that the existing Asian or Indian societies sufficed, NHSF (UK) has now become a firmly established movement.

Operation

NHSF (UK) is run by a National Committee, which manages the day-to-day affairs of the organisation as well as set the guidelines by which the affiliated chapters run at campuses on a local level. The National Committee in turn reports to an Advisory Board who give advice on the running of the organisation.

NHSF (UK) runs various projects with the aim of enhancing Hindu student's understanding of Hindu Dharma and Indian culture. These include organising trips to India, running exhibitions and hosting devotional events. NHSF (UK) also encourages sewa (selfless service) amongst its members, by undertaking volunteering projects, fundraising for charities and simply giving up time to help others.

Chapters

NHSF (UK) has several chapters across the country which are split into "Zones".

North Zone

• NHSF Bradford - University of Bradford
• NHSF Huddersfield - University of Huddersfield
• NHSF Hull - University of Hull
• NHSF Leeds - University of Leeds
• NHSF Liverpool - University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University & Liverpool Hope University
• NHSF Manchester - University of Manchester & Manchester Metropolitan University
• NHSF Northumbria - University of Northumbria
• NHSF Sheffield - University of Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam University
• NHSF York - University of York

Central Zone

• NHSF Aston - Aston University
• NHSF BCU - Birmingham City University
• NHSF Birmingham - University of Birmingham
• NHSF Coventry - Coventry University
• NHSF DMU - De Montfort University
• NHSF Keele - Keele University
• NHSF Leicester - University of Leicester
• NHSF Loughborough - Loughborough University
• NHSF Northampton- University of Northampton
• NHSF Nottingham - University of Nottingham
• NHSF NTU - Nottingham Trent University
• NHSF Warwick - University of Warwick
• NHSF Wolverhampton - University of Wolverhampton

South Zone

• NHSF Bristol - Bristol University
• NHSF Cardiff - Cardiff University
• NHSF Exeter - University of Exeter
• NHSF Hertfordshire - University of Hertfordshire
• NHSF Kent - University of Kent
• NHSF Medway
• NHSF Plymouth - Plymouth University
• NHSF Portsmouth - University of Portsmouth
• NHSF Reading - University of Reading
• NHSF Southampton - University of Southampton
• NHSF UEA - University of East Anglia
• NHSF UWE - University of West England
• NHSF Bucks New' ' - Buckinghamshire New University

London Zone

• NHSF BPP Law School - BPP Law School
• NHSF Brunel - Brunel University
• NHSF City Uni - City University London
• NHSF Greenwich - University of Greenwich
• NHSF Hertfordshire - University of Hertfordshire
• NHSF Imperial - Imperial College London
• NHSF Kings - King's College London
• NHSF Kingston - Kingston University
• NHSF LSE - London School of Economics
• NHSF QMUL - Queen Mary, University of London
• NHSF Roehampton Roehampton University
• NHSF SGUL - St George's, University of London
• NHSF Westminster - University of Westminster

External links

• NHSF (UK) website