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Government makes it harder for SCs, STs and OBCs to become professors

The decision to treat departments, instead of colleges and universities, as units while reserving teaching positions for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes defeats the purpose of reservations

The original English version of the article appeared in the Indian Express. Forward Press has published the Hindi translation with the permission of the author.

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