Ambedkar Centre for Social and Cultural Studies (ACSCS) is built on the
earlier Ambedkar Study Centre of
Gour Mahavidyalaya which was funded by the University
Grants Commission under the scheme called Epoch Making Social Thinkers of India. As the Government of India
discontinued the scheme, the academic and other functions of the Centre stopped
because of lack of funds.
In 2020 we came up with the plan of reviving the defunct Ambedkar Study
Centre. And with minimum financial support from the college, the present centre
started its journey. Although the name is changed to widen the focus of its
activities, the spirit of enquiry remains the same i.e. to undertake socially
and culturally relevant research, spread of Ambedkarite social thinking, mainstreaming
the minor discourses in the academic and public sphere.
The Centre has no permanent faculty and depends on the interested
faculty members of the college to carry out its objectives. However, as we
proceed, the Centre hopes to build networks with like-minded academics from the
state and across the country to fulfill its aims. The Centre has no permanent
office. However, interested persons may contact the office of the Department of
English of the college for any queries about it.
The future objectives of Ambedkar Centre for Social and Cultural Studies
can be summed in the following way:
1.
To carry
out research on Ambedkar and other important Indian thinkers on social justice
and cultural empowerment
2.
To
organize seminars, workshops and occasional talks on topics related to its
stated objective of mainstreaming the minor discourses in the academic circle
3.
To study
and critically analyse the existing social and cultural policies of the country
4.
To spread
awareness about Ambedkar’s social thinking among the students.
5.
As we work
with a minimum fund, the Centre is open to network with like-minded research
bodies, associations and institutes to carry out research on relevant topics
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