FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Devdas Adidela Ambedkar Scholarships (91)92462 03884 (Mobile) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ambedkarscholarship.org Ambedkar Scholarships Distributes 71 Scholarships of Rs.5,000 Each to Dalit Students on February 24, 2007 in Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, February 20, 2007 ? Ambedkar Scholarships is set to distribute 71 scholarships of Rs.5,000 each to students from Dalit and scavenging communities in Andhra and Tamilnadu. Ambedkar Scholarships was founded in 2003 by a Los Angeles based software professional Benjamin P Kaila, himself a Dalit, has attracted support and contributions from Dalit professionals as well as socially conscious non-Dalits all over the world. This year 71 scholarships of Rs.5,000 will distributed in a function at Munnur Kapu Kalyana Mandapam Pragatinagar, (Beside Kapila Hotel), Nizamabad on February 24, 2007 at 1.30 pm. In this function Dalit writer and scholar Kalaprapurna Dr Endluri Chinnaiah will be felicitated. Nizamabad collector Mr ISS Naresh will be the chief guest. Collector of Adialabad Mr R Subba, Nizamabad MP Mr Madhu Yakshi Goud, BSP state president Mr Surya Prakash and other dignitaries from AP, Tamilnadu, and Maharashtra will be present in the function. For more information on our activities please visit our website www.ambedkarscholarship.org , write to us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or contact Mr Devdas at (91) 92462 03884 (mobile). So far Ambedkar Scholarships helped 67 students in Andhra Pradesh in the past 3 years. This year, Ambedkar Scholarships has inaugurated special scholarships for students from ?Scavenging? families, whose parents continued to be forced into manual cleaning of dry latrines, despite laws banning the practice. A few of these scholarships will be given to students from Tamlinadu as well. Ambedkar Scholarships also involved in helping victims of worst caste atrocities. -END-
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ An educated man without character and humility was more dangerous than a beast. If his education was detrimental to the welfare of poor, he was a curse to society. -Babasaheb Dr B R Ambedkar Please visit www.ambedkarscholarship.org
