New Delhi, Aug 22 : Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Monday declared that the implementation of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be a remembrance to gender equality in the nation.
At a conference organized by the Ambedkar International Centre here, she stated that the country’s first Law Minister Bhimrao Ambedkar was in favor of the introduction of UCC in the country.
The discussion took place on the topic “Gender justice and in decoding the Uniform Civil Code”.
Pandit also stated that the UCC has been in place in Goa and was in place since the Portuguese era.
She stated that in the absence of social democratic democracy, political democracy is an unattainable dream.
Pandit also stated that in the present, in 54 universities, there are just six women vice-chancellors.
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