Schedule for the Ayyankali Conference

26th March 2022 (Saturday)

Session 1 - 11:00 am - 11:45 am
Ayyankali ~ Life, Interventions & Perspectives (A lecture by Mr Renukumar)

Session 2 - 12 Noon - 01:00 pm
Women in Research: Challenges & Learnings
Panelists…

ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd is one of the biggest Public sector companies (PSU) in India. There are around 28000 (Twenty Eight thousand) employees in ONGC, out of which around 7500(Sev…

Author:  Neeraj Bunkar It is an encouraging thing that these days such artists are coming out who are bringing forward the narratives related to the deprived sections of society through their art, …

We are interested in nicknames that invoke caste in some respect, e.g., Ambedkar or Chotta Bhim used as nicknames for those Dalits who are assertive.

Have you ever experienced one of the following at the workplace? If yes, please share your experiences in as much details as you can. Please do not disclose personal information. If any personal information is shared, responses will be kept anonymous.

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Previous research on leadership diversity has generated rich insights on the benefits of diversity to organizations, but the challenges in achieving such diversity, particularly in understudied contexts are relatively less known. In this paper, we examine…

How many of lower castes are at the decision making and implanting the policies position? Numbers would be negligible but lower castes have one hope that constitution would save them. Their hopes a…

(Photo by micheile dot com on Unsplash) In this essay, I want to tell three personal stories; that is it, no big deal. I do not remember many things from my childhood; however, three things that my father told me I could never forget. First, if I did not…

Author: Hritika Wasnik The morning of 5th December 2022 saw an influx of lakhs of Ambedkarites in Shivaji Park and Chaityabhoomi, Dadar. Some of them were in groups, while others were with their fa…

The People’s Education Society, founded by Bharatratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar at Mumbai in 1945, has a network of numerous educational of higher learning. The uniform appreciation and goodwil…

Today in Dalit History in our inaugural post for Dalit history month 2018 we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the valiant struggle of Mahar soldiers against Peshwa Brahmins in the famous battle o…

If we wish to be free, we must fight. Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? I know not wh…

The battle of Bhima Koregaon is a landmark battle in many aspects. On 1st January 1818, the disciplined and organised army of 500 defeated the 20,000 army of the Peshvas. The 500 disciplined Mahars…

Author: Harishchandra Sukhdeve  Bhante Surei Sasai felt a peculiar feeling as he boarded another train at Itarsi for Nagpur. Suddenly he felt as if he was going to his old abode. There was nothing …

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