ICSSR North-Western Regional Centre at Panjab University organised a special lecture on Monday. UGC Fellow, Dalit Resource Centre, Govind Ballabh Pant SocialScience Institute Allahabad, Professor Badri Narayan spoke on the issue of “Democracy, Deprivation and Dispossession: Multiple Narratives of Democracy in North India”. Narayan talked about dominance of four Dalit castes i.e. Chamars,
Jatavs, Pasis and Dhobis, out of 66 Dalits castes in UP in terms of their eligibility and participation in the political domain. He attributed it to politics of number for their presence. Another factor that counts is the urge on the past of particular castes to be recognized and counted. Education ensures in empowerment besides bringing visibility.
Dalit communities have come out with their newspapers and pamphlets. Organic intellectuals coming from Dalit communities have been publishing booklets in lakhs. In the form of BS, the dalits are no longer ‘voting citizens’ but are co-sharers in political power.
lyngdoh to address students
Chandigarh: Former Chief Election Commissioner and a bureaucrat, JM lyngdoh would address the students and the faculty members on August 20 at PU Auditorium in University campus. lyngdoh was the chairperson of lyngdoh Committee, which was constituted by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development as per the direction of the Supreme Court to frame guidelines on Students’ Union Elections in colleges and universities.
The lyngdoh committee report is considered as landmark in many ways as it paved way for democratization of student elections and electoral reform in student’s politics of the country. lyngdoh will speak on the issues related to student’s elections and explain finer point of lyngdoh committee report.
KUTA demands five advance increments for teachers
Kurukshetra: Kurukshetra University Teachers Association has demanded five advance increments for teachers possessing PhD degree at entry level. Speaking to The Pioneer over telephone, Dr Parmesh, secretary KUTA said that a delegation of KUTA alongwith the teachers of Deenbandhu Chhoturam University of Science and Technology, Murthal met the Chief Minister of Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda at his residence in New Delhi and submitted a memorandum for the same on Monday.