Empowering Marginalized Communities in India

M. J. Vinod is a Professor in the Department of International Studies, Politics and History, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru and former Dean (Faculty of Arts) and syndicate member in Bangalore University, India. He received his MA, MPhil and PhD degrees from Bangalore University. He was awarded the Fulbright Fellowship, where he taught as a scholar in residence at Morgan State University, Baltimore, from August 2015 to May 2016. He is recipient of Salzburg Fellowship; Ford Foundation Fellowship at the University of Maryland, College Park; Swiss Foreign Ministry Fellow at the Graduate School of International Studies, Geneva; visiting fellow at the Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, D. C. He has been a visiting professor at the Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University; Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and regularly visits the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His areas of specialization include higher education, Indian foreign policy and political theory.Dr S. Y. Surendra Kumar is an Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, India. He holds MPhil and PhD degrees in South Asian studies from School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi. He is a recipient of Mahbub ul Haq Research Award and Short Duration fellowship. His recent book is titled ‘Ballots, Bullets and Bhikkhus: The Role of Buddhist Sangha in Sri Lankan Politics and Ethnic Conflict’. He has contributed more than 20 chapters in various edited books and published more than 30 research articles in leading national and international journals. His areas of interests are public policy studies and South Asian security.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction - M. J. Vinod and S. Y. Surendra KumarPART I Contextualizing Indian Higher EducationState of Higher Education in India - Prakash DesaiEquity and Higher Education Policies in India: Perspectives on National Education Policy 2020 - Chetan SingaiPART II Dalits and Higher EducationSocial Advantage and Hermeneutical Injustice in the Realm of Education - Krishnaswamy DaraHigher Education Status among Scheduled Castes in India - T. BrahmanandamCaste Discrimination and Exclusion in Higher Education - Areesh Kumar KaramalaPART III Minorities and Higher EducationMuslim’s Inclusion in Indian Higher Education: An Analysis - K. M. ZiyauddinReaching the Unreachable: Jesuit Worldwide Learning—Higher Education at the Margins - Maxim Dias and Alphonse Pius FernandesPART IV Persons with Disabilities and Higher EducationIndian Higher Education and PwD: Issue of Access and Opportunities - S. Y. Surendra KumarRight to Higher Education of PwD: Critical Reflections - Sanjay JainAssistive Technology in Higher Education - Udaya Kiran. K. TPART V Women and Higher EducationLocating Women in India’s Higher Education - Vagishwari. S. P.Addressing Gender Parity in Higher Education: Challenges and Concerns - Priyanca Mathur and Roshni SharmaPART VI Prospects of Indian Higher EducationMarginalized Communities and Higher Education: The Way forward - D. Jeevan KumarIndex