Meritorious Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe students of Secondary and Senior School examination were awarded with the Dr Ambedkar National Merit Award at a function. Ministers of State for Social Justice & Empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar, Vijay Sampla and Ramdas Athawale presented the aAwards to the SC and ST students, who have topped the 10th and 12th standards examination of 2016. A new printed version of Collected Works of Babasaheb Ambedkar (CWBA) and a set of audio CDs on CWBA were released on the occasion. The function was organised by Dr Ambedkar Foundation (DAF) under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
The awards were distributed in two categories. The first category featured SC and ST students, who had excelled in the Secondary School Examination in 2016. In the second category of awards, the top graded SC and ST students of Senior Secondary School Examination 2016 were awarded. In his message, Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment and Chairman, Dr Ambedkar Foundation said that education is a very powerful tool to which every student needs to have access. He called upon the students to dedicate themselves purely to studies.