Prem Pariyar
Background
Prem Pariyar is a Nepali Dalit human rights activist, organizer, and social worker based in California. He is best known as the primary student organizer and catalyst behind the movement that led California State University (CSU)—the largest four-year public university system in the United States—to add caste as a protected category in its anti-discrimination policy in January 2022. Having faced caste discrimination both in Nepal and within the South Asian diaspora in the U.S., Pariyar advocates for the glo
Address:
California, United States / Nepal
The Kathmandu Post
Occupation:
• California State University, East Bay (Alumnus)
• Anti-Caste Movement USA
• India Currents
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Prem Pariyar is a Nepali Dalit human rights activist, organizer, and social worker based in California. He is best known as the primary student organizer and catalyst behind the movement that led California State University (CSU)—the largest four-year public university system in the United States—to add caste as a protected category in its anti-discrimination policy in January 2022. Having faced caste discrimination both in Nepal and within the South Asian diaspora in the U.S., Pariyar advocates for the global recognition of caste oppression, expanding anti-caste civil rights protections, and centering non-India-centric Dalit perspectives across higher education, labor, and policy spheres in North America.