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Established in 2003, the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS) is amongst the first research organisations in India that focuses specifically on the development concerns of the marginalised groups and socially excluded communities. IIDS has carried out several studies on different aspects of social exclusion and discrimination of the historically marginalised social groups, such as the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and religious minorities in India and other parts of the Subcontinent.Read more...
 
Programmes and Projects Highlights
 Dalit Women Rights and Citizenship

The overall objective of the project was to undertake studies with a purpose to get an insight into the problem (marginalisation) of Dalit women, strengthen Dalit women’s agency and institution building, and influence pro-active policy, strategies and legislations for enhancing Dalit women’s rights and entitlements. Read more...

Status of Persons with Disabilities in India: Comparison across Social Groups

The study looked at Dalits and disability in India and explored indepth consequences of inter-relation between the two. It drew corollary between the two concepts-hysically challenged and caste-based disadvantage, discrimination, and deprivation of opportunities in different spheres of day to day life. Read more...

Dalit Development Report

The main purpose of the report is to present the status of socially marginalised groups of SCs and STs with respect to disparities in attainment of their human development, since the deprivation of these groups is closely linked to processes of caste and ethnicity-based exclusion and discrimination. The report discusses the concept of social exclusion in general, Read more...
 
 
Policy Brief
Addressing the Unequal Burden of Malnutrition
By Sukhadeo Thorat and Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal
The poor are not uniformly disadvantaged. For most health indicators, the status of 'excluded groups' such as the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Castes (ST) and Muslims is significantly worse than that of other castes and religious group. Read More.....
An opportunity for change? Gender analysis of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
By Rebecca Holmes, Nidhi Sadana and Saswatee Rath
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) guarantees 100 days minimum wage employment to rural  households in India. Enacted in 2005, MGNREGA is a flagship programme now reaching over 50 million households  Read More...........
 

Recent Publications

Blocked by Caste: Economic Discrimination and Social Exclusion in Modern India
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Edited by
S. K.Thorat and Katherine S. Newman
  Oxford, New Delhi, 2010

Dalits in India: Search for a Common Destiny
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Author
S. K. Thorat
  Sage, New Delhi, 2009

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