New Delhi: The Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) celebrated Ambedkar Jayanti to commemorate the 132nd Birth Anniversary of Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on 13th April 2023. The event comprised a panel discussion on the topic 'Ambedkar's Vision of Democracy'. It was chaired by Prof. Manisha T. Pandey, Head of the Department. 

As per the official release, the panelists were Prof. Padmanabh Samarendra, Honorary Director of Dr. K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minority Studies, JMI, Dr. Pradyumna Bag, Assistant Professor, and Dr. Aiman Mustafa, Assistant Professor from the Department of Sociology, JMI. 

Prof. Padmanabh Samarendra highlighted the change in Ambedkar's perspective over a period of time. He referred AMbedkar’s two publications, "Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development" and "Annihilation of Caste and Other Essays" to illustrate his point. Dr. Aiman Mustafa drew a distinction between Ambedkar the academic historian, and Ambedkar the Constitutionalist, and Dr. Pradyumna Bag highlighted Ambedkar's belief that independence of the state cannot be equated with the independence of people.

The discussion was concluded with an interactive Q and A session. Mr. Rajesh Chandra Kumar, a research scholar of the Department, gave the Vote of Thanks.

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