School of Social and Political Science

How Can We Annihilate Caste

Seminar
26 June 2026
13:00 - 14:30
Violet Laidlaw Room
6th Floor
Chrystal Macmillan Building
School of Social and Political Science.

Anand Teltumbde asks: How Can We Annihilate Caste? 
Caste is a problem that impacts lives of more than 250 million people across the world. Inspired by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s idea of annihilating the caste system, this virtual talk by activist and public intellectual Anand Teltumbde discusses these perennial ideas and presses the urgency of the annihilation of caste.    

Key speakers

  • Speaker: Dr Anand Teltumbde - Public Intellectual and Activist (Online)
  • Discussant: Professor Hugo Gorringe - Head of Sociology, University of Edinburgh
  • Event coordinator: Jay Bharat Choudhari - PhD student, University of Edinburgh.