Report on One-Day Faculty

Development Programme on Dr,

B.R. Ambedkar, Indian Constitution
and Indian Society
20th January, 2016

Report on One-Day Faculty Development Programme on Dr, B.R.

Ambedkar, Indian Constitution and Indian Society.
2oth January, 2016
Department of Philosophy and Post Graduate Department of Public
Administration of Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector-11,
Chandigarh organised a RUSA Sponsored One-Day Faculty Development
Programme on the theme Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Indian Constitution and
Indian Society on 20th January, 2016. The detail report is given below:
REGISTRATION

Registration for the programme started at 9.00 am to 10.30 am. Total 114
participants registered for the programme. The participants include
faculty members and research scholars from Chandigarh, Haryana and
Punjab. 60 papers were submitted this programme.

INAUGURAL SESSION
The inaugural session started at 10.30 with a floral welcome of dignitaries
by Prof. Binu Dogra, Dean, PGGCG-11, Chandigarh. Ms. Shashi Joshi
Convener of the programme and Associate Professor, P.G. Department of
Public Administration, PGGCG-11,Chandigarh coordinated this session. Dr.
Indu Kalia, Head, Department of Public Administration presented a brief
introduction of the dignitaries. Dr. Ganga Sahay Meena, Associate
Professor, Centre for Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi was the keynote speaker. Dr. Lallan Singh Baghel, Chairperson,
Department of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh was the
Chairperson for the inaugural session. Dr. Rama Arora, Vice Principal,
PGGCG-11, Chandigarh was also present in the session.

Key-Note Address:
In his keynote address, Dr. Ganga Sahay Meena discussed the various
aspects of Dr. B.R.Ambedkars philosophy. He said Dr. B.R. Ambedkars

ideas; writings and outlook could well be characterized as belonging to

that trend of thought called Social Humanism. He developed a socioethical philosophy and steadfastly stood for human dignity and freedom,
socio-economic justice, material prosperity and spiritual discipline.

He showed the enlightening path for Indian society via his ideals of
freedom, equality and fraternity and made India a democratic country.
We can see his vastness of his vision in the 'preamble' to the Constitution of
India. It may be considered as the soul of Constitution. The preamble can
be referred to as the preface which highlights the essence of the entire
Constitution Dr. Meena also criticised Dr. B.R.Ambedkar in regard to
avadance of Indegeinous people of India in Indian constitution.

Chairpersons Address:

Dr. Lallan Singh Baghel, Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Panjab

University, Chandigarh was the Chairperson for the inaugural session. In his
address entitled Re-conceptualizing

Ambedkars ideas on Identity,

Social justice and Emancipation in the age of neo-liberal globalization:

Raising a few normative concerns. He said that in the recent times there
has been an emergence of a dialogue amongst social scientists and
political philosophers concerning questions of experience and theory, thus
these social scientists and philosophers are raising question of agency ,
who has legitimate right to theorise the experience , is it the one who has
gone

through

the

experience

discrimination/deprivation/disadvantage

of
and

humiliation/rejection/
other

forms

of

discriminations based on caste, gender, class and race, or the one who is
doing theory , does not necessarily need experience, and she/he can do
theory without having the experience of any kind of discrimination in
her/his life.

Cracked Mirror, is a seminal book by Prof. Gopal Guru and Prof. Sunder
Sarrukai, has generated this debate amongst Indian social scientists and
Philosophers. Interestingly, the theme of seminar is on evaluating the
relevance of Ambedkars thought to contemporary Indian society, which
is facing onslaught of neo-liberal globalization on the one hand and
shrinking democratic spaces of secularism and social justice on the other.
Therefore, in this paper an attempt would be made to understand the
critical map of Ambedkars modernity and its promise to make Indian
society just and egalitarian in political outlook.

There are two broad contours of argument to be made in the paper , the
first deals with question of identity discourse in the light of Ambedkars
ideas on caste annihilation and its theoretical responses to address the
multilayered

political aspirations of social justice within the realms of

Indian substantive democracy and to delineate, how far Dalit discourse

has been to capture the nuanced meanings of emancipation from
Ambedkars perspective, or Dalit discourse has only created the markers
of Identity and recognition , but it has yet to address concerns of
distributive justice . Another part of argument concerns with question of
neo-liberal globalization and its bearing on political efficacy of caste
,gender and class in making of Indian democracy from perspective of
marginal citizen. The last and conclusive part of paper engages with
question of theory and experience of caste and other kinds of
deprivations. Its reiterating again to understand the legitimacy of
experience and agency , can we really move beyond Dalit discourses on
the one hand and derivative discourses on the other to develop an
authentic philosophical and cognitive map to understand contemporary
relevance of Ambedkar and his world of emancipation.

In the end of this session, an interaction was held

by Dr. Lallan Singh

Baghel with the participants and several queries and questions arises and
discussed by the resource persons and participants. Vote of thanks
delivered by Ms. Shashi Joshi, Convener of the programme.

SESSION-I
Socio-Political Philosophy of Dr. Ambedkar
The first session on Socio-Political Philosophy of Dr. Ambedkar chaired by
Dr. Ashutosh Angiras from S.D. College, Ambala Cantt. and Dr. Anita
Khosla, Head, Department of Hindi co-chaired this session. Dr. Rama
Arora, Vice Principal, PGGCG-11, Chandigarh gave a floral welcome to
the Chairperson. Dr. Ashutosh Angiras spoke on the theme, SANSKRITIST
CRITIQUE OF DR. AMBEDKARS VISION and enlightened participant with is
innovative power-point presentation.

Total 10 papers were presented in the session:

1. Dr. Gobinda Chandra Sethi, Assistant Professor, Department of
Political Science, P.G. Govt. College, Sector-46, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R.
Ambedkar: A Great Social Reformer
2. Ms. Jyoti Sharma, Assistant Professor, UILS, Chandigarh University,
Gharuan : B.R.Ambedkar and His Philosophy on Indian Democracy:
An Appraisal
3. Mr.

Nazli,

Special

Education

(Mental

Retardation),

Govt.

Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities, Sector-31-C,

Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Indian Society
4. Mr. Praveen Chaubey, Deptt. Of History, P.G.G.C.-46, Chandigarh:
Dr. B.R. Ambedkars Philosophy and Its Future Vision
5. Ms. Minakshi Rana, Research Scholar, Department of Sociology,
Punjab University, Chandigarh: Social Inclusion through EWS Quota
under RTE Act 2009 with reference to Dr. B. R. Ambedkars Vision
6. Ms. Shaweta, Research Scholar, Department of Law, Panjab
University, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on Indian Democracy
7. Ms.Anuradha Jaidka, Reseach Scholar, Department of Sociology,
Panjab University, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkars effort for
Women Empowernment
8. Mr. Bhupesh Gill, Reseach Scholar, Department of Sociology,
Panjab University, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkars Thoughts on
Social Reforms and Justice
9. Ms.

Harmandeep

Kaur,

Research

Scholar,

Department

of

Education, Panjab University, Chandigarh: Social Philosophy of Dr.

B.R. Ambedkar behing Education
10. Mr. Piyush Aggarwal, Research Scholar, Department of Sanskrit,
Panjab Universiy, Chandigarh: The Ideas of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on
Freedom, Equality and Fraternity in Present Context

In the end of this session, Dr. Ashutosh Angiras presented a short summary
of all paper presented in the session and gave full critical remarks
regarding the content and themes of papers.
SESSION-II
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Women Empowerment
The second session under the theme Dr, B.R. Ambedkar and Women
Empowerment was chaired by Dr. Emannuel Nahar, from Ambedkar
Study Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh and Dr. Manoj Kumar, P.G.
Department of Sociology, PGGCG-11, Chandigarh co-chaired this session.
Dr. Indu Kalia, P.G. Department of Public Administration, PGGCG-11,
Chandigarh gave a floral welcome to the Chairperson.

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Total 10 papers were presented in the session.

1. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Chander, Assistant Professor, D.C.W.S.D., Panjab
University, Chandigarh. : Dr. Ambedkars Philosophy and Its Future
Vision
2. Mr. Manoj Kumar, JRF, Research Scholar, Department of Education,
Panjab University, Chandigarh: Women Empowerment in the Vision
of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
3. Mr. Mayank Sharma, Govt. Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual
Disabilities, Sector-31-C, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and
Women Empowerment
4. Dr. Wasim Ahmad, Assistant Professor, Govt. Rehabilitation Institute
for Intellectual Disabilities, Sector-31-C, Chandigarh: Constitutional
Provision for Persons with Disability: Post Independence Perspectives
5. Ms. Reetu Sharma, Asstt. Prof. in Sociology, S.B.S.B.M. University
College,

Sardulgarh

(Mansa):

Ambedkar

and

Women

Empowerment
6. Dr. Sarita Chauhan, Assistant Professor, MCM DAV College for
Women, Chandigarh: Ambedkarite Ideology: Dalit Society

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7. Dr. Manju Bala, TGT (SST), GMHS, Sector 38 (W), Chandigarh: Dr.B.R.
Ambedkar and Social Justice
8. Ms. Gagandeep Kaur, Research Scholar, Department of Education,
Panjab Unversity, Chandigah: B.R. Ambedkar Views of Educational
Policy for Minorties and the Present Scenario
9. Dr. Neena Sharma, Associate Professor (English), MCM DAV College
fo Women, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and His Social
Philosophy
10. Mr. Hukam Chand (Special Education (Mental Retardation), Govt.
Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities, Sector-31-C,
Chandigarh: Ambedkars Philosophy on Women Empowerment
In the end of this session, Dr. Emanuel Nahar shared his ideas about the
philosophy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and also presented a short summary of
all paper presented in the session and motivated the participants to
explore the different aspects of philosophy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

The programme was successful due to its vastness of content and

deliberations by the resource persons and participants. All sessions

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witnessed a lot of back and forth questions and answers between the
participants and resource persons, and these interesting engagements
seamlessly spilled over into the tea and lunch breaks where the resource
persons freely mingled with the participants.

In the last, Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal, Coordinator of the programme and
Assistant Professor, Department of Philsophy PGGCG-11, Chandigarh
proposed Vote of Thanks. He thanked RUSA for sponsoring the event with
well qualified professors of Ambedkar Studies, participants from different
colleges/institions and students of Philosophy and oublic Administration.
Last but not least, he thanked the administation of the college, faculty
members of Department of

Public Administration and Department of

Hindi for their full cooperation in arranging everything for the success of
the programme and for their active participation and involvement in
knowing the philosophy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Indian philosophy through
this faculty development programme.

(Ms. Shashi Joshi)

(Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal)

Convener

Coordinator

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Annexure-II
Programme Schedule
Registration

: 9.30 am to 10.00 am

Inauguration

: 10.00 am to 11.30 am

Welcome Address

: Dr. Indu Kalia, HOD (Pub. Administration.)

Floral Welcome of the Guests :Prof. Binu Dogra,Dean, PGGCG-11,

Chandigarh.
Key Note Address

: Dr. Ganga Sahay Meena,

J.N.U. New Delhi.

Chairperson

:Dr. Lallan Singh Baghel, Chairperson,

Deptt. of

Philosophy,

Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Vote of Thanks

: Ms. Shashi Joshi (Convener)

Teak-Break

: 11.30 am to 12.00 Noon

Session-I: 12.00 Noon to 1.30 pm

Chairperson

: Dr. Ashutosh Angiras (SD College,

Ambala Cantt.)

Co-Chair

: Dr. Anita Khosla (Deptt. of Hindi)

Paper Presentations

: 10

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Lunch-Break

: 1.30 pm to 2.00 pm
Session-II: 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm

Chairperson

: Dr. Emanual Nahar (Ambedkar Study

Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh)

Co-Chair

: Dr. Manoj Kumar (Dept. of Sociology)

Paper Presentations

: 10

Valedictory Session: (3.30 pm to 4.00 pm)

Certificate Distribution

: Vice-Principal,PGGCG-11, Chandigarh

Vote of Thanks

: Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal (Dept. of Philosophy)

Evening Tea

: 4.00 pm to 4.30 pm

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Annexure-II: Supplimentary Papers:

1. Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Special Education (Mental Retardation), Govt.
Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities, Sector-31-C,
Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Indian Society
2. Dr. Binu Dogra, Dean and Head Of Music Inst. Deptt.PGGCG-11,
Chandigarh. : Dr.B.R. Ambedkars Thoughts on Indian National Spirit
3. Ms. Tanuja Pathak, Assistant Professor, Department of English,
PGGCG-11, Chandigarh: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar and Dalit literature
4. Dr. Vinita Rao, Associate Professor, Department of Economics,
PGGCG -11, Chandigarh: Bhim Rao Ambedkar - A Forgotten
Economist
5. Dr. Sukhwant Singh Sidhu, Assistant Professor, PG Government
College for Girls, Sec-11, Chandigarh: Constitutional Amendments in
Land Acquisition Act and its Impacts on the Dalits
6. Dr. Kamlesh Khosla, Associate Professor in Commerce, PGGCG-11,
Chandigarh: Economic Vision of Ambedkar and DICCI
7. Dr.

Anoop

Singh,

Assistant

Professor,

Department

of

Public

Administration, PGGCG-11, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkars Ideas

on Indian Democracy
8. Ms Shashi Joshi, Associate Professor, P.G. Department of Public
Administration,

PGGCG-11,

Chandigarh:

The

Relevance

of

Ambedkar Ideas on Remoal of Rural Poverty in Dalits

9. Dr. Poonam Arora, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics,
PG Govt. College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R.
Ambedkar-Renowned Philosopher as well as Economist

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10. Dr. Pushpa Chauhan, Ph.D., Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla: Dr.
B.R. Ambedkar, Indian Constituion and Indian Society
11. Dr. Suman Gupta, Associate Professor, Department of Political
Science, PGGCG-11, Chandigarh: Dr. Ambedkar: A Revolutionary
of His Time
12. Ms. Charu Handa, Research Scholar, Panjab University, Chandigarh:
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Women Empowerment
13. Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Govt. Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual
Disabilities, Sector-31-C, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Indian
Society
14. Ms. Mamta Rani (Special Education (Mental Retardation), Govt.
Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities, Sector-31-C,
Chandigarh: Ambedkars Philosophy on Women Empowerment
15. Dr. Pundrik Ojha, Associate Professor, Department of Public
Administration, PGGCG-11, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkars
Contribution to Women Empowerment
16. Ms. Nidhi Saroop, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, GNN
College, Doraha: Dr. Ambedkar on Gender Justice
17. Dr. Shalini Wadhwa, Assistant Professor, Department of English,
PGGC-11,

Chandigarh:

Women

and

Empowerment:

An

Ambedkarian Perspective
18. Dr. Nidhi Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of French,
P.G.G.C.G-11, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Women
Empowerment
19. Ms. Kanchan Chugh, M.Phil. English, Personal Development Trainer,
RIE Chandigarh: Dalit Literature : A Legacy of Dr. Bhimrao
Ambedkar
20. Dr. Nidhi Mishra, Assistant Professor, PDMCE, Bagadurgarh, Haryana:
Dr. Amedkar and His Education Philosophy

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21. Mr. Kanwar Deep Singh, Research Scholar, Department of Political

Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh: Dr. Ambedkars relationship
with Sikh Leadership: An Evaluation
22. Dr. Seema, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, PG Govt.
College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and
Women Emanicipation
23. Dr. Meena Rani, Assistant Professor, Department of Hindi, PGGCG11, Chandigarh: Ambedkar and Women Empowernment
24. Dr. Ritesh Nagpal, Assistant Professor, Department of Public
Administration,

PGGCG-11,

Chandigarh:

B.R.Ambedkar:

The

Champion of Social Democracy

25. Ms. Reena Kushawaha, Assistant Professor, Department of Political
Science, PGGCG-11, Chandigarh: Role of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in
Making India Modern: An Analytical Study
26. Dr.

S.K.Singh,

Assistant

Professor,

Department

of

Public

Administration, PGGCG-11, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and his

Vision for Reconstructing Indian Society
27. Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal: Assistant Professor (Philosophy), P.G.Govt.
College for Girls, Sector-11, Chandigarh : Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar:
The Man and his Ideas
28. Ms. Monika Gogna,

Assistant Professors, Deptt. of Computer

Applications, PGGCG-11, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Vision

Towards Education
29. Ms. Ritu Singh Kalsi, Assistant Professors, Deptt. of Computer
Applications, PGGCG-11, Chandigarh: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and
Indian Society
30. Ms.

Shelly

Singh,

GGDSD

College,

Sector

32,

Chandigarh:

Reservation in Education: On Reaching the Unreached

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31. Dr.Sumati, PG Govt. College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh:

Reservation in Education: On Reaching the Unreached
32. Dr. Parkash Chandra Badwaya, PG Govt. College for Girls, Sector
11, Chandigarh:: Historical Backgroung of Dr. B.R. Ambedkarrs
Contributions for Indian Society
33. Dr. Cheena Gambhir, PG Govt. College for Girls, Sector 11,
Chandigarh:

Reservation

in

Education:

On

Reaching

the

Unreached
34. Prof. Pardeep Singh Walia, Professor, Department of Commerce,
PG Govt. College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh: Contribution of
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar to Indian Society
35. Dr. Kamal Krishan, Associate Professor, Department of Hindi, PG
Govt. College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh: Dr. Bhimrao
Ambedkar and His Social Philosophy with reference to Dalits
36. Dr. Madhu Gosain, PG Govt. College for Girls, Sector 11,
Chandigarh: Ambedkars Philosophy
37. Dr. Salil Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography,
PGGCG-11, Chandigarh: B.R. Ambedkar & Women Empowernment
38. Ms.

Shailja

S.

Beniwal,

Assistant

Professor

(Guest

Faculty)

Department of Public Administration, PGGCG11, Chd: Ideas and

Teaching of B.R. Ambedkar
39. Ms. Sunita Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Dance,
PGGCG-11, Chandigarh : Ambedkar and His Social Philosophy
40. Dr. Gunita Chadda, Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts,
PGGCG-11, Chandigarh Savindra Sawarkar: The First Dalit Painter of
Modern Indian Art

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