Chandigarh, Feb. 17 -- A Dalit assistant professor, Harpreet Singh, has accused the Punjab University of casteism and delaying his promotion based on his caste in a video that emerged on February 14.

An Assistant Professor in the Economics Department, Singh said that apart from the two-year-long discrimination, a colleague openly used casteist remarks against him and other Scheduled Caste professors.

"My name is Harpreet Singh, I am an assistant professor in the Economics department at the Punjab University. From the last two years, i have been a victim of caste-based discrimination," Singh said in a video statement.

According to Singh's video statement, Professor Dr Smriti Sharma repeatedly hurled casteist remarks at him and his Dalit...