Thursday 8 May 2014 , 15.30-17.30, Room 4, House of Lords

AGENDA

Item	Time	Topic	Lead
	3.15	Arrival at the Room 4.
1.	3.30- 3.35	Welcome	Lord Harries of Pentragarth,Chair All-Party Parliamentary Group for Dalits
2.	3.35-3.40	Introduction and outline for the event	Santosh Dass, President FABOUK, Vice Chair ACDA
3.	3.40-3.50	Dr Ambedkar – Equality and Justice	Dr Ruth Kattumuri Co-Director, India Observatory & Asia Research Centre, LSE
4.	3.50-4.00	Dr Ambedkar – A Short film	Introduction Arun Kumar –General Secretary FABOUK
5	4.00-4.05		Virendra Sharma MP
6	4.05-4.15		Baroness Northover, Lords Spokesperson for Women and Equalities and DFID
7	4.15-4.25	India’s Constitution: impact of Dr Ambedkar’s Affirmative Action measures	Dr Alpa Shah  Associate Professor (Reader), Department of Anthropology, LSE. Director of Inequality and Poverty Research Programme, LSE.
8	4.25-4.35	Dalit Women in Andhra Pradesh	Dr Clarinda Still. Department Lecturer, Modern Indian Studies, Oxford and Inequality and Poverty Research Programme, LSE
9	4.35-4.40	International Dalit Solidarity Network –adoption of the Dr Ambedkar Principles in 2006 – Benefits realised since 2006	Meena Varma, Director, Dalit Solidarity Network UK
10	4.40-4-50	UK Caste Discrimination law – A Lord’s and Lobbyist’s view	Lord Eric Avebury and  Ravi Kumar , General Secretary, ACDA
11	4.50-5.25	Q&A /Discussion	Chair: Santosh Dass
12	5.25- 5.30	Vote of Thanks	Lord Harries