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Ph.D. from the Centre for the Study of Regional
Development at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),
Delhi. Dr.
 Sabharwal
has previously served as the Director of the Indian
Institute of Dalit Studies. She has conducted extensive
research on the development concerns of the poor,
especially the scheduled caste groups. She has studied
inter-group inequalities across human development
indicators, focusing on
the role of caste- and gender-based discrimination in
market and non-market institutions;
diversity
and discrimination within higher educational
institutions,
Mid-Day Meal and Anganwadi programmes;
and social protection & affirmative action policies. She
has also studied excluded groups in other countries,
such as the Burakumin in Japan. She has published books
and articles related to equity and discrimination and
presented papers at international conferences. Her
current research focuses on access and equity in Higher
Education. |
