UGC takes steps to eradicate caste-based discrimination in varsities
3 years, 3 months ago

UGC takes steps to eradicate caste-based discrimination in varsities

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No official and faculty members should indulge in any kind of discrimination against any community or category of students, said UGC secretary Rajnish Jain in a letter to all VCs New Delhi: The University Grants Commission has asked varsities and colleges to ensure that no official and faculty indulges in any kind of discrimination against any community or category of students. The university and colleges should ensure that no official and faculty members indulge in any kind of discrimination against any community or category of students,” UGC Secretary Rajnish Jain said in a letter to all vice chancellors. The commission noted that the university may constitute a committee to look into the discrimination complaints received from the SC, ST, OBC students, teachers and non-teaching staff. You are also requested to provide information for the year 2020-21 in the prescribed format on the University Activity Monitoring Portal of UGC urgently,” Jain said.

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Rutgers Caste Report lacks substantial evidence of caste-discrimination
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rutgers Caste Report lacks substantial evidence of caste-discrimination

Op India  

In August 2024, a task force at Rutgers University released a “Caste Report,” which they wanted to push forward to include “caste” as a new protected category under the university’s discrimination policy. It said, however, “that these personal stories do justify comprehensive policy changes.” Recommendations for Policy Changes With less-than-substantial evidence of caste-based discrimination at Rutgers to go on, the …

UGC forms expert panel to ensure equality for SC, ST students in universities
1 year, 4 months ago

UGC forms expert panel to ensure equality for SC, ST students in universities

India Today  

The University Grants Commission is in the process of updating its guidelines pertaining to the enrollment of individuals from SC, ST, and other minority communities in Higher Educational Institutions. In response, the UGC has initiated the revision of its regulations concerning SC, ST, and other minority community students in Higher Educational Institutions and has formed a panel to propose innovative …

IIT-Bombay sends missive on anti-discrimination guidelines ahead of arrival of new batch
1 year, 4 months ago

IIT-Bombay sends missive on anti-discrimination guidelines ahead of arrival of new batch

The Hindu  

After the suicide of a Dalit B. student shook up the Indian Institute of Technology -Bombay with allegations of widespread caste discrimination early this year, the institute is publicising its anti-discrimination policy, which now specifically includes triggers and don’ts for caste discrimination, with the Dean of Student Affairs sending out the guidelines to everyone on campus in an email on …

A prescription to curb caste bias on campuses
1 year, 4 months ago

A prescription to curb caste bias on campuses

Hindustan Times  

A raft of unfortunate suicides by students from marginalised communities in elite institutions over the past year, including the latest incident at IIT-Delhi, has underlined a failure by the authorities in developing an appropriate policy to deal with the discrimination and humiliation faced by pupils from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe groups. The UGC Regulations, 2012 identifies about 35 …

'Specify Steps Taken To End Caste Discrimination In Campuses' : Supreme Court To UGC In Plea By Mothers Of Rohit Vemula & Payal Tadvi
1 year, 5 months ago

'Specify Steps Taken To End Caste Discrimination In Campuses' : Supreme Court To UGC In Plea By Mothers Of Rohit Vemula & Payal Tadvi

Live Law  

Terming it a ‘very sensitive matter’ the Supreme Court on Thursday sought the UGCs’ response in a PIL filed by the mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, for guidelines for creating an enabling environment for students belonging to SC/ ST communities in institutions of higher education.The matter was before a division bench of Justice AS Bopanna and Justice MM …

How caste discrimination permeates the language of meritocracy on campus according to Dr. Lakshmanan, Ajantha Subramanian and others
1 year, 8 months ago

How caste discrimination permeates the language of meritocracy on campus according to Dr. Lakshmanan, Ajantha Subramanian and others

The Hindu  

“People think casteism only comes in the form of beatings or open abuse, but nowadays, it also comes in the form of subtle gestures,” Dr. Lakshmanan, an associate professor at the Madras Institute for Development Studies, tells me while discussing the nature of caste discrimination in higher education institutions. He documents how professors threaten to cut Dalit students’ attendance and …

No case of caste discrimination or alienation of SC/ST students reported from IITs in last 5 years: Govt. in RS
1 year, 8 months ago

No case of caste discrimination or alienation of SC/ST students reported from IITs in last 5 years: Govt. in RS

The Hindu  

The Union government on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha, “No cases of caste discrimination and alienation in SC/ ST students have been reported from IITs in the last 5 years,” in response to a question about caste discrimination in higher educational institutes by MDMK MP Vaiko. Mr. Vaiko had asked the Union government about cases of caste discrimination in IITs …

Most SC/ST students at IIT-B wary of mentioning caste on campus: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Most SC/ST students at IIT-B wary of mentioning caste on campus: Report

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: According to a draft report of a survey conducted by IIT Bombay’s SC-ST student cell last year, nearly one-third of the 388 SC/ST students said that they did not feel comfortable openly discussing their caste identity on campus. “The number maps how hostile, insensitive and unsafe a place IIT Bombay is for SC/ST students,” notes the draft report, adding …

UGC Directs Colleges, Universities to Set up Complaint Committee Against Gender Bias
2 years, 6 months ago

UGC Directs Colleges, Universities to Set up Complaint Committee Against Gender Bias

News 18  

The University Grants Commission has directed universities and colleges to ensure the formation of the Internal Complaint Committee and a special cell to deal with gender-based violence and conduct gender sensitisation programmes. In an earlier notice, UGC had asked varsities to ensure the nomination of ‘Gender Champions’ among students who would lead the effort of making the campuses more gender-inclusive. …

‘Watershed’: Dalits hail US university’s caste discrimination ban
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Watershed’: Dalits hail US university’s caste discrimination ban

Al Jazeera  

Activists behind the move by the California State University system say it will accelerate the civil rights movement for caste equity in the US. Thenmozhi Soundararajan, a Dalit American activist and executive director of Equality Labs civil rights organisation, considers the addition of caste protections at CSU systems a “watershed moment” for the community. “We respectfully disagree with the position …

Explained | How is U.S. tackling discrimination on campuses?
2 years, 10 months ago

Explained | How is U.S. tackling discrimination on campuses?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The California Faculty Association this month added caste criteria into its anti-discrimination policies, a move that was subsequently ratified by the Board of Trustees of the California State University system. These include Harvard University, which became the first Ivy League university to recognise caste-based discrimination as an issue of concern, when it ratified, in December 2021, …

IIT-Madras Professor Alleges Caste Discrimination in Resignation Letter
3 years, 5 months ago

IIT-Madras Professor Alleges Caste Discrimination in Resignation Letter

News 18  

A professor at IIT-Madras — India’s top-ranked engineering institute — has alleged discrimination at his workplace. In his parting letter to the institute’s administration, the professor of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences department said that there were multiple “specific” instances of discrimination and that he will be pursuing appropriate actions to address the matter. Any complaint received by …

California student body demands ban on caste-based discrimination
3 years, 8 months ago

California student body demands ban on caste-based discrimination

Al Jazeera  

San Jose, California, US – An association representing nearly half a million university students in California, United States has passed a resolution seeking a ban on caste-based discrimination faced mainly by the Dalit students, with rights groups calling the move “historic”. Last week, the Cal State Student Association, the country’s largest four-year public university system representing 23 campuses of the …

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