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xii DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The Editor’s Note will be incomplete without placing on record the grateful thanks :
to His Excellency Shri K. R. NARAYANAN, the Vice President of India for the Foreword he has contributed to the present volume.
to Shri SHARAD PAWAR, Hon. Chief Minister of Maharashtra whose encouragement has made this volume possible;
to Shri PRABHAKAR DHARKAR, Hon’ble Minister for Education who took keen interest in the project;
to Shri Navajeevan Lakhanpal, Secretary, Technical and Higher Education whose ready assistance and competent guidance enabled the Editor to resolve many administrative problems;
to Shri B. M. Ambhaikar, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay and Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Director, Department of Economic Analysis and Policy of the Reserve Bank of India for advice, suggestions and guidance in editing this volume.
Thanks are also due to :
Shri P. S. More, Director, Government Printing and Stationery and Shri P. L. Purkar, Dy. Director of Government Printing and Stationery and Shri A. C. Sayyad, Manager of the Government Central Press, Bombay who have been very kind in maintaining the schedule of printing of the volume;
to Shri D. S. Chavan, Librarian, Information and Research, Legislative Council Library, Bombay for providing access to books and other material;
to Dr. Keshao Phalkey, State Liaison Officer, Mantralaya and Shri J. M. Abhyankar, Dy. Director of Education, Greater Bombay for clearing various administrative