Ambedkar Students' Association (ASA) is a student organisation in India representing students from
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST),
Other Backward Class (OBC), religious minorities and other oppressed communities. ASA works for the assertion of students from
dalit
Dalit ( from meaning "broken/scattered") is a term used for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. They are also called Harijans. Dalits were excluded from the fourfold var ...
and other marginalised communities.
History
ASA was founded in 1993 by a group of Dalit students at
Hyderabad Central University
The University of Hyderabad (UoH) is a prestigious Public university, public Central university (India), central research university located in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Established in 1974, this mostly Residential college, resid ...
, led by PhD scholar Rajasekhar.
Role
ASA is active in
University of Hyderabad,
University of Mumbai
University of Mumbai is a public state university in Mumbai. It is one of the largest university systems in the world with over 549,000 students on its campuses and affiliated colleges. , the university had 711 affiliated colleges.
It was est ...
,
Pondicherry University,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
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,
Central University of Gujarat,
Central University of Kerala Central University of taminadu and
Punjab University Punjab University may refer to:
India
* Punjab Agricultural University, a state agricultural university in Ludhiana, Punjab
* I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, a state university in Kapurthala, Punjab
* Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Techn ...
. ASA conducts regular seminars and events on Ambedkarism and protests. It also works for scholarships and fee issues of SC/ST/Blind students. ASA actively works for implementation of
reservation policy on campus and against incidents of
caste discrimination on campus.
See also
*
Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://ambedkarstudentsassociation.com/
Student organisations in India
Student organizations established in 1993
1993 establishments in Andhra Pradesh
Ambedkarite organisations
Dalit politics