Deepak Kumar

Higher Education has been considered as a site of knowledge, and it is a place, where one can pursue it. But, the distribution of knowledge and acquiring knowledge is controlled by various factors. For example, caste, class, language, region, religion, gender, race, etc. The two principal factors, i.e. language and caste, determine one's access and then survival in higher educational institutions. The Hegemony of the English language becomes very problematic for non-English background students in the higher education classroom in India. The hegemony of one language itself achieves the status of dominant or prestigious. The caste, class, and gender also determine who is going to use the English language as a medium of instruction. In the era of modernization and globalization, caste, class, and gender dynamic work inherently in higher education. In this context, this paper gives a broader insight into the language and caste-based discrimination, and it's a mechanism in the higher education setups.