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Chandigarh: Tributes paid to Dr BR Ambedkar on his birth anniversary
The 131st birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar was celebrated at Punjab Engineering College (PEC) and Panjab University (PU) on Thursday
The 131st birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar was celebrated at Punjab Engineering College (PEC) and Panjab University (PU) on Thursday.
At PEC, an event was organised by the institute’s SC/ST/OBC Officers’ Welfare Association. Baldev Setia, director of PEC was the chief guest and Dr RL Bassan, former civil surgeon of Jalandhar, was the guest of honour.
Meanwhile, at PU, the Dr BR Ambedkar Centre and SC/ST Cell along with other departments organised a symposium on “relevance of Dr BR Ambedkar’s ideology in contemporary times”.
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