Dear Friends,
Please find below the Schedule of the People's Tribunal being conducted by the Forum for Social Justice. Also note that the venue is changed to National Cement Bhavan, adjacent to the Shah Ghouse Hotel at Gachibowli. The hearing will begin at 10 am and close at 4.15 pm.
Please circulate this mail and do attend. Lunch will be provided.
We request you to confirm your participation.
Schedule
People's Tribunal on Caste Discrimination and Police Action in UoH
National Cement Bhavan, Gachibowli, Hyderabad
Welcome and introduction to the Tribunal: Prof Rama Melkote, Forum for Social Justice
First Session: 10 am to 1 pm
Testimonies on Caste Discrimination (10.15 am to 11.30 am)
Dr.Velpula Sunkanna
Mr.Sheshaiah Chemudugunta, Research Scholar, Centre for Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, UoH
Radhika Vemula, mother of Rohith Vemula
Dr.K.Lakshminarayana, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, UoH
Testimonies on Police Action (11.40 am to 12.30 pm)
Ms.Firdaus Soni, Research Scholar, Department of Sociology, UoH
Ms.Ishani Ghorai, Project Fellow, Department of Political Science, UoH
Mr.Zuhail K P, Research Scholar, Department of Physics, UoH
Mr.Uday Bhanu, Research Scholar, Department of Telugu, UoH
Dr. K.Y.Ratnam, Director, Centre for Ambedkar Studies, UoH
Prof. Amita Dhanda, Head, Centre for Disability Studies, NALSAR
Official Witnesses (12.30 pm – 1 pm)
Registrar, University of Hyderabad
Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad
Lunch: 1 to 2 pm
Second Session (2 pm to 4.15 pm)
On Suicides & Rustications
Prof Vinod Pavarala, Department of Communications, UoH. On the UoH Committee Report into the circumstances leading to Senthil Kumar Suicide (2008).
Prof Sasheej Hegde, Department of Sociology, UoH: On the UoH Committee Report into the circumstances leading to the suicides of Puliya Raju (April, 2013) & Madari Venkatesh (December, 2013).
Mr. Kaki Madhava Rao, Rtd Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh: On the rustication of two students in EFL University.
Prof Susie Tharu, Rtd Professor, EFL University: The Challenge of Inequality in the University.