Satish Deshpande, M.A. (Economics) (J.N.U.), M.A. (Sociology), Ph.D. (California), is Professor of Sociology at Delhi University.  His research interests include caste and class inequalities, contemporary social theory, politics and history of the social sciences and south-south interactions.  He is the author of Contemporary India: A Sociological View (2003).

Read Professor Deshpande’s newspaper article on the predicament of caste today, "Learning to Speak Caste"

Read Professor Deshpande’s newspaper article on the current controversy regarding affirmative action in higher education, "Reservations as Power-Sharing"

Read a chapter from Professor Deshpande’s current book, "Contemporary India," on caste inequality today

Read Professor Deshpande’s journal article on an alternative method for instituting affirmative action in colleges

Read Professor Desphande’s journal article, "Exclusive Inequalities," on conceptions of merit today

Please, click here to read Prof. Deshpande’s Bellagio abstract.