Ridding Campuses of Caste Discrimination
Hindustan Times Amritsar|January 06, 2025
The Supreme Court's directive asking the UGC to notify within six weeks new regulations to fight caste-based discrimination and suicides in higher education institutions (HEIs) has come not a moment too soon.

Since the tragic suicide of the University of Hyderabad doctoral student Rohith Vemula amid allegations of caste-based bias by university authorities in January 2016, it has been clear that despite their lofty goals, India's premier campuses are riven by persistent discriminatory attitudes that hurt young students from marginalized communities.

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