Dalai Lama to address seminar on Ambedkar

The Dalai Lama will be in Bengaluru on May 23 as the key speaker at a seminar on Dr B R Ambedkar. It is organised by the social welfare department.

Making an announcement to this effect on Saturday, Social Welfare Minister H Anjaneya said the seminar on “Social Justice and Dr B R Ambedkar’’ has been organised as part of the 125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar.

The event, to be held at Ambedkar Bhavan on Miller’s Road, will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at 10 am. The minister, in his interaction with reporters, also said all 22,308 vacancies in the social welfare department as well as boards and corporations that fall under the department, would be filled up soon.

Anjaneya said the proposed recruitments would not result in the removal of those who are now working on contract basis in hostels.