Caste Discrimination and Exclusion in Indian Universities: A Critical Reflection : Routledge India : 9780367556891 : 0367556898 : 25 Jul 2022 : This book studies the exclusion and discrimination that is meted out to Scheduled Caste (SC) students in the Indian Higher Education system, and the psychosocial consequences of such practices. It foregrounds the conceptual debates around caste, exclusion, and reservations in Indian academia, discussing the social dominance and the roots of prejudices in the university spaces. The volume re?ects upon the fragile social world in which students from the margins struggle for survival in the academic space. It reveals that these students navigate the various facets of academia ? like classrooms, pedagogy, scholarships, hostels, peer groups, and teachers ? only to ?nd the academic space a dystopian universe. The book also sheds light on suicide cases committed by the marginalized groups as a testimony of protest. Based on in-depth ethnographic res