University’s School of Law, Governance and Public Policy hosted a thought-provoking workshop on 9 January 2026, featuring Prof. (Dr.) Iswar Bhat, Honorary Distinguished Professor, Ph.D. from Mysore University and Former Vice-Chancellor, Karnataka State Law University (KSLU). The two-hour session offered a rigorous critical analysis of the Constituent Assembly Debates, examining how India’s founding conversations addressed, and at times fell short of, the aspirations of marginalised communities. Prof. Bhat illuminated the tensions between constitutional idealism and social reality, tracing how debates on reservations, fundamental rights, and minority protections shaped the architecture of Indian social justice. Students and faculty engaged deeply with questions that remain urgently relevant today, on caste, representation, and the unfinished promise of an equitable republic.
