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ICSSR-NERC National Seminar
The Indian council of Social Science Regional Research (ICSSR) Northeast Regional Centre start off its two days National Seminar on ‘Towards Social Justice: Impact of Positive Discrimination on Marginalized Communities with Special Reference to Scheduled Caste Groups in India’ at ICSSR-NERC Conference Room NEHU Campus Shillong.
The two days seminar will discuss on various issues relating to Interrogating the ideas of Social Justice and Positive Discrimination, Fighting for social justice, Experiences and lessons from other countries, Social justice, democracy and socialism and Understanding Ambedkar, Positive Discrimination which include Socio-economic development of the SCs in India, Continuity and change in caste system with reference of the Dalits, Caste, class, region, religion, Political parties and electoral politics, the misused of Dalits as vote banks, Dalit movements after Ambedkar. Organizations and emerging leadership, Identity and movements for social justice: Achievements and limitations for the Dalit empowerment: Problems and challenges.
The seminar will be chaired by Professor Gopal Guru Centre for Political Studies JNU New Delhi, Professor L.S Gassah Honorary Director, ICSSR-NERC.
The aim of this seminar is to highlight these policies of positive discrimination which aim at targeting unequal and undemocratic nature of the caste system and empower the marginalized communities in India. It also aims at questioning and suggesting out the positive and negative aspects of understanding by implementing such policies.
