PUB - Publikationen an der Universität Bielefeld

Indian universities have a caste problem. A bit of empathy will go a long way Many empirical studies based on university-level data show that marginalised social groups suffer from a lack of systemic support in university spaces and are underrepresented in most academic bodies and programmes Over the last decade, rather than being emancipatory spaces, Indian universities have functioned as a site of epistemic and social violence, where ideological and social homogenisation has become an academic practice.