The Center for Social Exclusion and Inclusion of the University of Mysore has taken up the ethnographic study of the Devanga community, andVishwakarmacommunity. These studies are funded by the D Devaraja Research Institute.
The leaders from both these communities are demanding Scheduled Tribe status for their respective castes. The studies are headed by the associate professor of the department DC Nanjunda.
According to the sources both these studies were initiated when BJP was in power in the state. With reservation becoming a contentious issue, the report is likely to help the to understand the social and economic realities of a few most backward castes in the state.T
Rs 6.3 lakh is the project cost of the ethnographic study of the Devanga community, while the cost of Vishwakarma caste study including a documentary is Rs 18.8 lakh.