{"id":56565,"date":"2019-07-03T15:20:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T09:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56565"},"modified":"2019-07-03T15:20:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T09:50:53","slug":"ugc-warns-universities-to-be-more-sensitive-on-caste-discrimination-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ugc-warns-universities-to-be-more-sensitive-on-caste-discrimination-complaints","title":{"rendered":"UGC Warns Universities to be More Sensitive on Caste Discrimination Complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a circular to all the vice-chancellors of universities, Rajnish Jain, secretary of UGC, has urged the officials &amp; faculty members to desist from any act of discrimination against SC\/ST students on grounds of their social origin.<\/p>\n<p>He further directed higher educational institutions to develop a separate page on their website for lodging such complaints of caste discrimination by SC\/ST students &amp; also a complaint register in the office of the principal or registrar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"203\" data-attachment-id=\"56567\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ugc-warns-universities-to-be-more-sensitive-on-caste-discrimination-complaints\/download-27\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download.png?fit=248%2C203&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"248,203\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"download\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download.png?fit=248%2C203&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download.png?fit=248%2C203&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56567\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download.png?resize=248%2C203&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download.png?w=248&amp;ssl=1 248w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download.png?resize=122%2C100&amp;ssl=1 122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a>\u201cIf any such incident comes to the notice of the authorities, action should be taken against the erring official or faculty members promptly,\u201d the circular said.<\/p>\n<p>The universities &amp; colleges also directed to constitute a committee to look into the discrimination complaints received from SC\/ST\/OBC students, teachers &amp; non-teaching staff.<br \/>\nIt also urged the varsities to send action taken report within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>Many professors said caste-based discrimination is still existing on many higher education campuses &amp; welcome the move by the UGC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe welcome the move by the UGC &amp; many staff members &amp; students are facing such discrimination even now. The faculty members from particular group are being victimized by the dominant caste groups on the campuses,\u201d said N Pasupathy, president of Association of University Teachers.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged the commission to put checks &amp; balances to prevent any possible misuse by the vested interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a circular to all the vice-chancellors of universities, Rajnish Jain, secretary of UGC, has urged the officials &amp; faculty members to desist from any act of discrimination against SC\/ST students on grounds of their social origin. 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