Author: Rinku Tai

HEIs are required to follow all specific instructions and guidelines issued by the UGC regarding equity. This specifically includes the “Guidelines to Provide Equitable Opportunity for the Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs),” ensuring that national standards for supporting underprivileged students are strictly met. As there is no commission for general category, there is no one to protect their rights. In absence of such commission of general category, there are no specific instructions and guidelines to cultivate merit by HEI. In absence of merit and intelligent students, HEI will lose their academic reputation. Continue reading …..

The UGC is required to form a high-level national committee to oversee everything. This committee will be made up of representatives from various professional councils, government commissions, and members of civil society. Their job is not just to check if the rules are being followed, but also to study the broader issues of discrimination in higher education and recommend new ways to prevent it. This committee must meet at least twice every year to discuss their findings and progress. What is the use of such discussion, when it will not gain any fruit of unity of Indian society? Continue reading …..