Annual Conference of the Sciences Po South Asia ProgramDecember 15 and 16, 2025December 16CasteChair: Aminah Mohammad-Arif, CESAH-EHESS/CNRSJusmeet S. Sihra, Department of Sociology, University of CambridgeOld Problem in a New Place: Redlining of Ex-Untouchable GhettosJulien Levesque, GSRL-CNRSCaste, religion, and official categorization in Pakistan: a review of recent scholarshipReligionChair: Lola Guyot, DEVSOC, Paris 1/Panthéon-SorbonneGilles Verniers, CERI-SciencesPoThe institutional exclusion of Muslims in IndiaCharza Shahabuddin, CERI-SciencesPoViolence and invisibilisation against ethnic and religious minorities in BangladeshPoliciesChair: Manisha Anantharaman, CSO-SciencesPoNadeera Rajapakse,Reducing Inequalities for Sustainable, Equitable Human Development in Sri LankaStéphanie Tawa Lama (CESAH-EHESS/CNRS)Local elections and the deinstitutionalisation of political equality in IndiaMeeting the Sciences Po South Asian alumni and students’ associationChairs: Léa Abrieux and Alexandre Mariani (DAI-SciencesPo)A panel discussion with office-bearers of the Indo-French Circle:Vithursan Wigneswaran, PresidentHanna Elizabeth John, Vice-PresidentSaee Vaidya, Head of student events and communicationManucheher Shafee, UN Social Protection Specialist at the World Food Programme(crédits : CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 World Bank Photo Collection)