Following the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in the Hyderabad Central University (HCU), the University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked affiliated universities and colleges to send information about the status of the reservation students’ cell on campuses. However, city colleges and students remain unaware of the existence of any such body, the formation of which UGC had initiated almost a decade ago.

Several city colleges are not even aware of this committee, which is formed to look after reserved category students on campuses and is an appropriate authority to handle their complaints. Representation pic