Mangalore : A Sadananda Shetty, Chairman of  Shree Devi Education Trust, inaugurated a district-level seminar on the ‘Intention of the Constitution and current affairs’  organized by Karnataka Dalit Vidyarthi Okkoota  in association with Department of Kannada and Culture at NGO Hall.

JR Lobo, Congress leader and former Commissioner of MCC, who was the chief guest, urged the members of the Dalit community to give due importance to education which he said would help them come forward both academically and economically, thus helping in their overall development.

Harikrishna Punaroor, former president of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat, who was the chief guest, urged the Dalits to make good use of all opportunities that come their way.

Ratnaker Bannadi, Principal of Ganapathi PU College,  also spoke on the occasion.

Dalit leaders ands students took part in the seminar., Thee was also a cultural programme.