Ambedkar Jayanti Celebration

 

The session was held on 15/04/2021 at 5:00pm considering the Birth Anniversary of Dr.B.R. Ambedkar, Indian social reformer . The session was emceed by Sr.Christine and moderated by The dean of School of Social Work, Fr. Augustine. To perceive the blessings of God throughout the session Miss Sheba from 2^nd BSW started with a prayer song. Dr. Shari Tess Mathew,  gave a heartwarming welcome speech and welcomed the resource person to the session. Miss Ashwarya from 1 MSW gave a detailed introduction of the speaker to the participants.

Mr. Rajendra Prabhakar is the Executive Director of MARGA and have been giving lectures to different schools and colleges on the ideology and the life of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. He particularly focuses on the struggle that Baba Sahib did for minority community in India.

During the one hour long session with Mr. Rajendra he talked about his foundation called MARGA and its work through out the years. Moreover he talked about the struggles that Ambedkar did for India in a detailed way. He highlighted the incidents where Dr. Ambedkar fought for Dalits rights and made history by fighting against the caste system. The session was summarized by the Dean of the School of Social Work Fr.Augustine by pointing out some of the important takeaways from the session. Vote of thanks was given by the program coordinator of SWSA Mr. Harris from 2^nd BSW.