Ambedkar Chair at GNDU organises special lecture

Dr BR Ambedkar Chair of Guru Nanak Dev University organised a special lecture series on the biography of Bharat Ratna Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar. Two lectures were organised by Dr BR Ambedkar Chair in collaboration with Punjab School of Economics and Department of Laws, GNDU.

During the lecture, Dr Pawan Kumar, Chairperson, Dr BR Ambedkar Chair, emphasised on the vision of Babasaheb regarding the Constitution of India for the uplift of society out of the morass of casteism. Dr Puneet Kaur, JRF, Dr BR Ambedkar Chair, highlighted the struggles faced by Dr Ambedkar, which instilled in him a determination that led to the creation of fundamental rights in the Constitution of India for the uplift of society and women.

“The lecture is to understand the ideals on which Dr Ambedkar based our Constitution and it aims to study Ambedkar’s ideas in relation to fields like economics, political science, women’s studies, education, human rights, social movements,” he said.

Prof Pawan Kumar informed that the Chair was established in January 2021. “The main objective of the Chair is to disseminate the ideas and thoughts of Dr BR Ambedkar and provide well-equipped centres of learning to intellectuals, academicians and students to undertake studies and research on Dr Ambedkar. We have published two books based on our research and it helped create a dedicated institutional mechanism within the university to preserve, study and disseminate Ambedkar’s legacy — important for academic, social and policy discourse,” he said.