Time/ PM	Agenda for April 27, 2008 Ambedkar Scholarships distribution ceremony
4:00	Welcoming guests: Prof Sujatha Surepally, Social Activist
4:05	Opening song: by Rev. P. Sunder
4:10	Introduction of Ambedkar Scholarships : Mr Devdas
4:20	Report on FFEI: Mr Rayadas Manthena, US
4:30	Report on micro-loans: Rev P. Sundar -Total borrowers: 27(Rs.19,000 - 8 borrowers paid back in full, Rs.66,000 -19 borrowers at present, Rs.85,000 22 borrowers applied and disbursed next month)
4:40	Message from Mr Benjamin Paul Kaila: Read by Baby Sravani & Master A Pratheek
	Speeches:
4:50	Opening remarks: by the President, Mr. A. Bharat Bhushan, IRTS, Chief commercial Manager (Railways), Secuderabad
5:00	Guest of Honor: Dr P J Sudhakar, IIS, Director (News), Dooradarshan, Hyderabad
5:10	Special Song: Mr. W. Ravi, Research Scholar, OU, Hyd & Group
5:15	Guest of Honor: Mr N Ramakrishna, ITS, Dy General Manager (New Services and Operations)
5:25	Guest of Honor : Mrs Subhadra Joopaka, Asst Secretary to Govt Housing Department, Secretariat, Hyd.
5:35	Special song: by Rev. P. Sunder
5:40	Guest of Honor: Mr Michael Thevar, CEO, Temp Solutions, US
5:50	Guest of Honor: Mr. Vidya Bhushan Rawat, Journalist, UP to Introduce Khabar Laharia.
6:00	Special Song: by Mr. W. Ravi, Research Scholar, OU, Hyd & Group
6:05	Chief guest: Mr Kaki Madhava Rao IAS (Rtd), Ex Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh.
6:15	President: Mr. A. Bharat Bhushan, IRTS, Chief commercial Manager, Secuderabad
6:30	Awards announcement: By Mr. K. Madhava Rao
	Ms Baby Kamble: of Maharashtra for her book “The Prisons We Broke” and the school she is running. Rs. 24,000 pledges (AS fund, Kaki Madhava Rao, Sandeep Chavan, Rayadas, Naresh Penumaka, PV Sunil Kumar). Donations are welcomed.
	UP Dalit Journalists award: Rs. 10,000 Received by Mr Vidya Bhushan Rawat (Ambedkar Scholarship Fund)
6:40	Special Scholarships
	Nursing students (3): Ms Divya Bharathi, Guntur (Mr Benjamin Paul Kaila, US), Ms Usha, Guntur  (Ms Mina Kumar, US), Ms Tulasi, Hyderabad (Ms Meeta Bhadhuri, US)
	Engineering/MCA  students(4)
	Donation of Computer: Rs. 12,000 Mr Rajasekhar, Mr Venkanna, and Mr Satish (Donor: Prof Ravi Shankar,US)
	Mr Prabhakar Rs. 5,000 (Ambedkar Scholarships fund)
	Medical Student(1): Rs. 5,000 Mr Panga Ramesh (Ms Kate Llewellyn, US - colleague of Benjamin declared scholarship immediately by hearing what AS is doing)
	MBBS Coaching:Rs. 28,000 Ms Maheswari, Nellore (Donors Mr Michael Jonas, US and Prof Sharmila Rege, Bombay) - already paid to Narayana College, Nellure.
	Ph D Students(2): Rs. 5,000 each Mr Marimuthu, Mr Ravi Chandran
	Help to Caste violence victim in Tamilnadu: Rs 15,000 (so far) delivered through Chithralekha Punaradhivasa committee (AS Fund, Mr Karthik, US and Prof Anandswarup, Australia)
6:50	Issuing of Regular Scholarships assisted by Mr. Devdas and Mr. P Vijayavardhan Rao (Total 99)
	Tamilnadu Scholarships (10) Rs. 50,000.
	UP Scholarships (10) distributed at a later date - Rs. 50,000.
	AP Scholarships (64) - Rs. 3,20,000.
	SKA Scholarships (15) - Rs. 75,000
7.45	Responses from students/parents and Others - Serving of Snacks
8:00	Vote of thanks: Mr PVV Rao
	All the guests, Parents, Students and Media
	Mr Madhava Rao garu
	Mr Bharat Bhushan garu
	Ms Subhadra garu
	Mr Ramakrishna garu
	Dr Sudhakar garu
	Mr Michael Thevar
	Mr Vidya Bhushan Rawat
	All donors
	Special thanks:
	Prof Anandswarup Gadde, Australia (Major contributor in micro-loans)
	Prof Shiva Shankar, Madras (Inspiration for SKA scholarships, a well-connected in academic community, and great friend of Ambedkar Scholarships)
	Ms Mina Kumar, US (Great friend of Ambedkar Scholarships)
	Mr Sornam Sanker, US (Great friend of Ambedkar Scholarships)
	Mr Maharaj (Whose Tax-exempted organization we used to send funds to India)
	Ms Anita Mahadas  (Guide to Ambedkar Scholarships in dealing with Dalit officers in AP)
	Mr D. J Sudhakar, Media coverage
	Others
	Mr Devdas Adidela, co-ordinator
	Mr PVV Rao, co-ordinator
	Mr Luke Anand Paul Kaila, co-ordinator
	Ms Bindu Kaila (Essay evaluator)
	Ms Sravani and Mr Pratheek (Benjmain Kaila's voice in the function)
	Prof Sujatha Surepally
	Rev. P Sundar, Microloans coordinator
	Mr W Ravi, Research Scholar and singer
	Mr. Sandeep Chavan, Software professional
	St. Mary's Centenary junior college Management and Staff. Specially Father Anand and George Reddy
8:10	Closing with National Anthem