SFI unit of UoH demands professor’s sacking over alleged casteist remarks

The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) unit of University of Hyderabad has demanded immediate termination of the employment of Vijaya Ramadas, associate professor in the Department of History, over alleged casteist, classist and racist remarks directed at a former university student.

In a statement, the SFI unit cited email correspondence dated April 16, 2026, in which Mr. Ramadas allegedly made derogatory remarks about the student’s caste, class and regional background, particularly referring to people from Bihar and Jharkhand as “poverty-ridden idiots”.