Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) celebrated 126th birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on 14-04-2017. On the occasion, Shri H Kumar, Managing Director unveiled a bust of Babasaheb Ambedkar in the Administration building at MRPL.

Speaking on the occasion he paid glowing tributes to the visionary leader. Coming from humble beginnings he rose to the highest levels in India with his hard work. He was the architect of our Constitution which is considered to be the best constitution in the world, he said. He is rightly referred to as the Father of Indian constitution and conferred the highest civilian award of Bharata Ratna, he added.

Later in the evening, Ambedkar Jayanti was celebrated in MRPL Employees Club. Shri M Venkatesh, Director (Refinery), Shri A K Sahoo, Director (Finance), Shri B H V Prasad, GGM - HR, Senior officers of MRPL, Office bearers of MRPL SC/ST Employees Welfare Association, employees and their family members were present on the occasion.

Dr Rajmohan B, Associate Professor, Dept. Of Chemical Engineering, NITK Surathkal was the Chief Guest. He spoke on the life and achievements of Dr B R Ambedkar and said that because of his efforts today weaker sections of our society are getting an opportunity to come up in life. He elaborated the various government schemes available for progress of the weaker sections of society. Shri A K Sahoo, Director (Finance) spoke on the occasion and said that even though many great men and women are born, we celebrate the birthday of a very few, and Bharata Ratna Babasaheb Ambedkar is one such great personality, he said. Shri M Venkatesh, Director (Refinery) spoke and acknowledged the great contribution made by Shri Ambedkar for the upliftment of the oppressed classes. He said MRPL is proud to have given equal opportunity to all sections of the society and the team work being displayed in MRPL with the contribution from all in achieving our goals.

Shri BHV Prasad, GGM - HR welcomed the gathering and Shri Elango M, GGM – Ph3 & Aromatic proposed the Vote of Thanks. Later ‘Boyzone’ Dance Group of Mangalore mesmerised the audience with the skilful cultural programme.