A Special Lecture on “Dr. Ambedkar and Navayana Buddhism: Opening New Forms and Approaches to Liberation” was organized on Friday, 9 May 2025, at 09:00 hours by the Dr Ambedkar Chair, Symbiosis Centre for Ambedkar Studies, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) under the auspices of the Dr. Ambedkar Chair, a scheme of the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. The event was held online via Zoom, and the guest speaker was Dr. Santosh Raut, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Divinity School, USA. The lecture was aimed at exploring the reinterpretation of Buddhism by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and how it opened new forms and approaches to liberation in modern India.