India's Most Comprehensive Study of Urban Workplace Caste Discrimination Finds the Problem Is Larger and More Systematic Than Previously Documented

A five-year study of 1,200 companies across twelve Indian cities, conducted by the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, has found that Dalit and Adivasi professionals are 2.7 times less likely to be promoted to senior management than caste-Hindu colleagues with equivalent qualifications and performance ratings — a disparity that persists after controlling for every measurable variable.