Gazette notifications issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the statutory body that oversees higher education in India, usually don’t attract much p ...

The petitioners submitted before the Supreme Court that the UGC regulations “institutionalise a narrow and exclusionary ...

How is caste discrimination observed and documented on campus? How much can the new UGC rules, now at the centre of a row, ...

The top court further noted that the new regulations had the potential to divide society and have "dangerous impacts" if misused.

The BJP, despite its umbrella Hindutva assertion, has been more successful than other parties in cobbling coalitions with ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950.

The UGC guidelines to tackle caste-based discrimination at universities have resulted in widespread backlash from general ...

Rutgers University, after a more than yearlong review, has declined to create a separate prohibition against caste-based discrimination, bucking a nationwide trend among colleges and universities. The ...

The refusal to acknowledge casteism is a structural response to Dalit assertion, an indignation sparked by outspoken Dalit, Adivasi and OBC students. Students who file caste discrimination complaints ...

A caste census is increasingly demanded by OBCs and other marginalised groups in India to address historical inequalities and exclusion exacerbated by neoliberal policies, says Surinder S. Jodhka ...

What is the UGC rule on caste discrimination? The University Grants Commission has notified new equity regulations to address discrimination in higher education institutions, following Supreme Court ...