Radhika Vemula
Activist for Dalit rights
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Radhika Vemula is an Indian activist for Dalit rights and against caste based discrimination.
She continues the work started by her son, Rohith Vemula (leader of Ambedkar Students' Association), who committed suicide in the University of Hyderabad in 2016. She is seeking to end caste discrimination in universities and other higher education institutions.
Conversion to Buddhism
On 14 April 2016, on Ambedkar Jayanti, Radhika Vemula, and her son Raja converted to Buddhism in Mumbai, Maharashtra.