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
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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 |
