Ambedkar College at Bootan Mandi Jalandhar

Ambedkar College at Bootan Mandi Jalandhar

Principal Sarbjit Singh

MLA Sushl Rinku and Amb. Ramesh Chander

Paramjit Mahey

As I said that there was a long standing idea of having a college in the area. Many people contributed to realize this dream in their own way. In the recent years a non-script outfit called Sarb Samaj Sangharsh Committee agitated for the project and convinced the local MLA Sushil Rinku a young and energetic politician and others at the helm of affairs to cajole the Punjab Government to deliver in this regard. Some of the social activists of Bootan Mandi namely; Varun Kler,

Varun Kler

Jagdish Disha, Paramjit Mahey among other, worked hard in pursuing the matter with the
authorities. I have been writing, as a playback singer, about the project off and on in my blogs. The end result is available on ground – Dera Ayet Daroost Ayet. Congratulations to all the stake holders and thanks to the Government of Punjab and also all the best wishes to Principal Sarbjit Singh and the teaching faculty of Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar Government Co-education College. I am confident the young students would benefit from the college immensely and fully justify the need of the residents and right decisions of the government. It is a University Graduate level college for courses in humanities, to begin with.

I am told that there is some dispute or new proposal to give the adjacent plot of land earmarked for a vegetable market to the college for play ground and other extracurricular activities. The proposal seems to be good. The play grounds will not only encourage the students and residents of the area to avail of sports facilities but also provide a green-lung to the congested residential localities in the vicinity. More to have a vegetable market in the neighborhood of the college goes against the esthetics and serene atmosphere needed by the temple of learning. I humbly urge the Administration to consider the proposal to allot the adjacent plot of land to the college favourably for the benefit of the community at large.

It goes without saying that the socio-economic and political empowerment of the weaker sections of the society was the primary agenda of Babasaheb Ambedkar in whose memory the college has been named. It becomes our joint duty to see that Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar College becomes a centre of excellent education without which no empowerment is possible.