Dileep Verma

Internal differentiation and caste identity: creamy layer, sub-categorisation, and the politics of equality in India

Affirmative action in India has entered a new constitutional phase in which debates extend beyond access to reservations to the equitable distribution of benefits within constitutionally protected groups. This paper examines internal differentiation within Scheduled Caste (SC) re...

Affirmative Action in Education: A Systematic and Comparative Review of Policy, Equity and Outcomes

This study synthesizes scholarship on affirmative action in education from 2015 to 2025, drawing on 49 sources across the social sciences and allied fields. Using a PRISMA-guided systematic review of the literature, the article explores the conceptual framings that distinguish eq...