Introduction: In 2005, the Indian government constituted a High Level Committee under the leadership of Justice Rajindar Sachar to study the social, economic and education status of the Muslim community in India. The committee submitted its report in 2006 and highlighted the under representation of the community on all the three criterion. The report is now a seminal work in the field of study. A neat summary of the exercise can be found on the PRS website.
I was midway through my own law school journey when I first read the Sachar Committee report. Since then, I've carried out little observations on the proportionate Muslim representations in our institutions. I make no correlation claims, but the observations over the last few years have amazed me.
Disclaimer: I have put the data on two separate Twitter threads, dated 23rd April 2020 & 25th April 2020. The same can be accessed from my Twitter handle (@RajatDutta13) and are available on Thread 1 and Thread 2. The data is updated as of 23rd April 2020 and is taken exclusively from primary sources, available on the institutional website or in case of corporations, from their filings with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, in case the website did not mentioned the required information. I am assuming religion from their names and I could be wrong. Please correct and I would be happy to correct the same.
