Vol. 17, Part II · pages 456–460

431PEOPLE’S EDUCATION SOCIETY MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION OF THE PEOPLE’S EDUCATION SOCIETY, MUMBAI. Name and objects of the society 1. The society shall be called the People’s Education Society and shall be managed and administered by the Buddhists. 2. The office of the Society shall be at Bombay or at such other place as may be decided from time to time. 3. The aims and objects of the society shall be :- (a) To provide facilities for education, secondary, collegiate, technical, physical and the like; (b) To start, establish, conduct and/or aid educational and Buddhist religious associations such as schools, colleges, vihars, hostels, libraries, playgrounds, Buddhist Institutes etc. at suitable places in the State of Maharashtra as well as any other parts of India; (c) To provide facilities for education of the poor and the Buddhists; (d) To create and foster general interest in education among the Scheduled Castes and Buddhists who are converted from amongst the Scheduled Castes and in particular to give them special facilities, scholarships and freeships for higher education; (e) To promote science, Buddhist and other literature and fine arts and to impart useful knowledge in comparative studies of religion; (f) To purchase, take on lease or otherwise acquire property for the Society and to invest and deal with the moneys of the Society in such manner as may from time to time be determined; (g) to construct, maintain, rebuild, repair, alter, replace or reinstate houses, vihars, buildings or works for the purpose of the society; (h) to sell, dispose off, improve, develop, exchange, lease, mortgage or otherwise alienate or deal with all or any property of the Society;

432 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES (i) to co-operate, or affiliate the Society or any Institution or Institutions run by or belonging to the Society with a view to securing further advancement of the aims and objects of the Society especially of Buddhists; (j) to raise money with or without security for carrying out any of the propose, aims and objects of the Society; (k) to procure the Society to be registered or recognized in any state in India; (l) to do all other lawful things and acts as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the aforesaid aims and objects. II - Subscribers and patrons 4. Any person paying Rupees ten per year as subscription to the Society shall be eligible to be enrolled as a subscriber of the Society and shall be entitled to the privileges of the subscriber. 5. Any person paying a lump sum donation of Rs. 500 or more to the Society shall be eligible as a patron of the Society and shall be entitled to the privileges of a patron. III - Control and management 6. The Sociey shall have :- (i) A Governing Body; (ii) A Bard of Trustees; (iii) A General (originally managing) Council; And (iv) An Executive Committee for every College, Vihar, School or other institution or a group thereof as the Governing Body may decide for the Management of its affairs. 7. The Governing Body shall consist of eleven members. Out of these eleven not less than seven shall be persons from amongst the Buddhists who are converted from amongst the Scheduled Castes.

433PEOPLE’S EDUCATION SOCIETY 7. (a) The Governing Body shall have power to invite any person or persons to be ex-officio members of the Governing Body for per poses specified in a special resolution making such appointments. Such a person shall have no right to vote on any question which falls outside the scope or purpose for which he has been appointed. Where any dispute arises as to whether the question falls within the scope or the purpose, the decision of the Chairman shall be final. 8. The Board of Trustees shall consist of three persons appointed by the Governing Body from among its own members. Of these, at least two shall belong to Buddhists converted amongst the Scheduled Castes. 9. All the properties and funds of the Society shall vest in the Board of Trustees, save as herein otherwise provided. 9. (a) The Board of Trustees shall have the rights to sue and be sued on behalf of the Society in respect of the properties and funds of the Society. 10. (1) There shall be a General Council to supervise and co-ordinate the work of all institutions of the Society. The General Council shall consists of not less than fifteen members nominated by the Governing Body. Out of these 15 members 11 shall be from the Governing Body of whom 8 shall be from the Buddhists who are converted from amongst the Scheduled Caste members of the Governing Body. The rest shall be from the subscribers and patrons. (2) Unless otherwise provided by the Governing Body the head of every institution will be an Ex-officio member of the General Council. (3) The Resolutions of the General Council shall be recommendatory only. 11. For every College, Vihar, School or Institution of the Society or a group thereof as Governing Body may decide there shall be an Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall consist of not less than five and not more than seven members

434 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES appointed by the Governing Body, one of whom shall be the Dean or Principal of the College or School or Institution, the Registrar of the institution, not less than two from the Buddhists who are converted from the Scheduled Castes and one who in the opinion of the Governing Body is an Educationist. 12. The Chairman of the Governing body, who shall be Buddhist, shall be an Ex-officio member and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, General (Originally Managing) Council and all Executive Committees. He will be a member of these Bodies in addition to the number of members specified in the above clauses. 12. (a) (1) The Executive authority of the Society shall vest in Chairman. (2) All deeds, documents and assurances requiring to be executed by or on behalf of the Society may be executed by the Chairman alone and shall be binding on the Society. 13. The supreme control and Governance of the Society, its institutions, its property and its funds shall be vested in the Governing Body. 14. The first members of the Governing Body shall be :- 1. The Hon’ble Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, M.A., Ph.D., D.Sc, Barrister-at-Law, New Delhi. 2. Rao Bahadur, N. Shivraj, B.A.,B.L., M.L.A., Madras. 3. Daulatrao Gulaji Jadhav, B.A., LL.B., Bombay. 4. Raja Ram Bhole, B.Sc, LL.B., Poona. 5. J. H. Subbiah, B.A., Secunderabad. 6. Hirjibhai Khushalbhai Patel, B.A., LL.B., Bombay. 7. G. T. Meshram, New Delhi. 8. Rao Bahadur S, K. Bole, Bombay. 9. M. V. Donde, B.A., Principal, Gokhale Eduction Society’s High School, Parel, Bombay. 10. S. C. Joshi, M.A., LL.B., New Delhi. 11. M. B. Samarth, Barrister-at-Law, Bombay.

435PEOPLE’S EDUCATION SOCIETY The Hon’ble Dr. B. R. Ambedkar shall be the first Chairman of the Governing Body and after him he shall always be a Buddhist. 15. The membership of the Governing Body and Board of Trustees may terminate either on death, incapacity, resignation or removal. 16. The term of the office of the members of the General (Originally Managing) Council and of the members of the Executive Committee other than the Dean or Principal and Registar shall be for three years unless terminated by death, incapacity, resignation or removal. A person whose term of office has expired will be eligible for renomination. The Dean or Principal and Registrar shall countinue as members of the Executive Committee so long as they hold office as Dean or Principal or Registrar. 17. The Governing Body shall have power to remove any member of the Governing body, of the Board of Trustees, of the General (Originally Managing) Council and of any Executive Committee from the body provided that threefourth of the members of the Governing Body present at a meeting specially called for the purpose vote in favour of his removal. 18. The present Chairman of the Governing Body shall appoint or nominate his successor. 19. In case there is no valid nomination of the successor to the present Chairman, or the person so nominated refuses or fails to accept or ceases to hold the post of any reason whatsoever the Chairman shall be elected by the remaining members of the Governing Body. 20. Subject to the provision herein contained all vacancies in the Office of the other members of the Governing body, the Board of Trustees, the General (Originally Managing) Council or the Executive Committee shall be filled by the Governing Body provided that a vacancy of Buddhist converted from the Scheduled Castes member shall be filled by a person belonging to Buddhist who is converted from amongst the Scheduled Castes only and no other.