High Level Committee Set Up to Prepare Master Plans
for the Development of Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial and
Dr. Ambedkar National Centre for Social Justice in Delhi
The Government today set up a High level Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Member, Planning Commission to prepare Master Plans for the development of :
(i) Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial at 26, Alipur Road, Delhi; and
(ii) The proposed ‘Dr. Ambedkar National Centre for Social Justice’, at Janpath, New Delhi.
Other members of the Committee include:
1) Prof. (Dr.) D.N. Sandanshiv, former Member, Law Commission of India;
2) Shri Sadanandji Bhante, President, All India Bhikkhu Sangh, Nagpur;
3) Smt. Latha Priyakumar, Member, National Commission for Scheduled Castes;
4) Prof. Gail Omvedt, Former Professor, Dr B.R. Ambedkar Chair, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi;
5) Prof. (Retd.) Nandu Ram, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi;
6) Dr. G. Mohan Gopal, former Director, National Judicial Academy, Bhopal. Presently Director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi;
7) Shri Sunit Tandon, Director General, Indian Institute of Mass Communications, New Delhi;
8) Dr. Ravindra Panth, Director, Nava Nalanda Mahavihar (an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture), Nalanda, Bihar;
9) Prof. A.K. Sharma, Director, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi;
10) Shri F.H. Jakkappanavar, Vice Chairperson, Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, New Delhi; and
11) Dr. M. L. Kasare, Reader (Retd.),Yeshwant Mahavidyalaya, Wardha, Maharashtra.
The Committee has been requested to give its recommendations within three months.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar had breathed his last in a bungalow on 26, Alipur Road, Delhi, on 6th December, 1956. The property at 26, Alipur Road, was acquired by the Government of India in 2003 and was dedicated to the nation as ‘Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial’ on 6.12.2003. The Government now proposes to suitably develop this Memorial.
The Centenary Celebrations Committee, constituted to observe 1990-91 as the Birth Centenary year of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, had recommended establishment of a Dr. Ambedkar National Public Library at Delhi. The Government has allotted about 3 acres land at Janpath to establish a Centre in Dr. Ambedkar’s name, tentatively titled ‘Dr. Ambedkar National Centre for Social Justice’, including, inter-alia, a National Public Library. It is in this context that the High level Committee has been set up.
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