We are hosting Professor (Dr.) Valerian Rodrigues on campus for the National Convention on ‘Dr. Ambedkar’s Legacy: Advancing Rights, Justice & Constitutional Governance. Professor Valerian Rodrigues is a former Professor at  Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has taught at Mangalore University, Karnataka (1982-2003) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (2003-2015). Professor Rodrigues has been a National Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) (2015-17) and Ambedkar Chair, Ambedkar University, Delhi (2017-2018). He has also been a Visiting Scholar and Professor at Erfurt University (2012), Wuerzburg University (2011, 2015), and Simon Fraser University (2019), and a Fellow of St. Antony’s College, Oxford University (1989-1991), Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (1999-2001), and Max Weber College, Erfurt (2012). (Source: Oxford University Press) 

As a follow-up to the Convention, we are delighted to invite you to a special Pre-Convention Event on 11th April. The event will feature the Book Launch and Discussion of Prof. Valerian Rodrigues’ new book, Ambedkar’s Political Philosophy: A Grammar of Public Life from the Social Margin. This will be followed by the screening of “Jai Bhim” (directed by T.J. Gnanavel, 2021), a powerful cinematic portrayal of justice, caste, and resistance. 

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