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The
issue of reservations in higher education in India has
been a volatile issue which also has direct implications
not only for public policy but also for the administration
and functioning of academic institutions, not to mention
the fate of a large number of students. This note is
an attempt to add to the currently meagre empirical
literature by analysing the available evidence on the
actual extent of marginalisation and discrimination
apparently faced by different categories in the population,
based on the results of the most recent large National
Sample Survey.
This paper
was presented at the Conference on Affirmative Action
in Higher Education in India, the United States and
South Africa, New Delhi,
March 19-21, 2008.
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