Gujarat National University (GNLU), celebrating 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, feels immensely proud to inform that its Centre for Constitutional and Administrative Law (CCAL) is organizing an essay competition on ideology and philosophy of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar with an aim to involve all those who want to serve a purpose larger than themselves and are able to communicate their views and actions tempered by the wisdom of our respected Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

The proposed essay writing competition will provide an interdisciplinary forum to present views on importance of Ambedkar’s ideas, ways to empower socially oppressed and ostracized groups, exploration of policies and practices to reform current system to encourage marginalized masses and strengthening judicial approach to engage with pressing demands for social justice. The basic purpose of this event is to create a meaningful dialogue on social justice agenda through active participation of intellectuals.

Topics: The topics for the essay competition have been kept such that it is open for all the students not only restricting it to Law students. The themes are:

• Annihilation of Castes

• From social injustice to social justice: The Ambedkarian way

• Ambedkar, Reservation, Constitution: Consolidating the agenda in the 21st Century

World Limit: The word limit shall be 2500-3500 words excluding Footnotes.

Important Dates:

• Last date for submission: 31th October, 2015

• Announcement of results: First week of January

Submission Procedure:

• A soft copy of the Essay must be submitted (ccalessay[at-the-rate-of]gnlu[dot]ac.in) on or before 31st October 2015.

• The Essay must be sent as a Word Document (.doc or .docx) AND in a PDF format.

• The email should carry subject as “Submission CCAL-GNLU Essay competition-2015”.

• The Essay must be accompanied by the following documents:

o Scan Copy of University/Institution Identity Card.

o Covering Letter containing the following details (co-author details also to be provided ,in the same letter):-

1. Name of the Author:

2. Contact no:

3. Address of Student:

4. Email id:

5. Name of college/institution:

6. Course and Year/Semester of study:

7. Address of the College (including contact no. and official Email- id):

8. Title of the Essay:

Prizes:

• The winner shall receive a cash prize of Rs 10,000

• The first runner up shall receive a cash prize of Rs 7500

• The second runner up shall receive a cash prize of Rs 5000

Publication:

Winning essays at the discretion of the editorial members may be chosen for publication in a Journal with an ISBN number.

Contact Details:

For any queries please feel free to email us (ccalessay[at-the-rate-of]gnlu[dot]ac.in.) or contact the undersigned

Programme Coordinator:

Mr. Alok Ratnoo

Research Associate (Law)

Contact No. +91 8128650865

Student Coordinator:

1) Ms. Sai Saranya 2)Ms. Priyanka V.

Contact No.: +91 9998924102 +91 8758806874

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