Rohith Vemula, Death of a Dalit Scholar in Hyderabad
WHEN Wed, Feb 3, 2016 from 04:00pm — 05:30pm, ET
{
"name":"Rohith Vemula, Death of a Dalit Scholar in Hyderabad",
"description":"South Asia Without Borders Seminar Abha Sur, Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, MIT Banu Subramaniam, Professor, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, UMass Amherst Suraj Yengde, Associate, Dept of African and African American Studies, Harvard University Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies at Harvard University. Rohith Chakravarti Vemula was an Indian PhD student at the Hyderabad Central University. […]",
"startDate":"2016-02-03",
"endDate":"2016-02-03",
"startTime":"16:00",
"endTime":"17:30",
"location":"",
"label":"Add to Calendar",
"options":[
"Apple",
"Google",
"iCal",
"Microsoft365",
"MicrosoftTeams",
"Outlook.com",
"Yahoo"
],
"timeZone":"America/New_York",
"inline":true,
"listStyle":"dropdown-static",
"iCalFileName":"Mittal-Event-2016-02-03"
}
Suraj Yengde, Associate, Dept of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Chair: Ajantha Subramanian, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies at Harvard University.
Rohith Chakravarti Vemula was an Indian PhD student at the Hyderabad Central University. His suicide on 17 January 2016 sparked protests and outrage from across India and gained widespread media attention as an alleged case of discrimination against Dalits and backward classes in India.
