Dr. B R Ambedkar As A Social Worker

Abstract

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was a great social reformer, who worked for the betterment of the backward classes of the society, who were then termed as the ‘untouchables. Due to his tireless works for the lower castes in peaceful manner, now the Indian society is much relieved from the curse of caste system. Due to his encouragement, many other organizations now work for the education of the poorer sections. Also, the people of the lower castes get better employment because of the constitutional reservations, which was initiated by Dr. Ambedkar. His efforts towards irradiating several social ills, and discrimination on the basis Caste Class color, Gender, race, Language, Geographical location are addressed in his series of speeches and he discover solutions for them through constitutional efforts. His commitment of social change and development was constant and he was restless in giving justice and dignity to the marginalised sections of the society. Non institutional social work practice was started long back in India and it got accerlation after legalized efforts of Ambedkar towards welfare of the marginalised sections. Present paper is the effort to understand the role of Dr. B R Ambedkar as a social worker and Scientist in the empowerment of the deprived and marginalised sections of the society. Descriptive research methodology used for this purpose and secondary sources of data is used.