About Us
In 1982, a small band of Dalit youth came together with a desire to serve their sisters and brothers. Their coming together inspired them to form a small organization and they named it Bihar Dalit Vikas Samiti. Fr. Jose Kananaikal, SJ guided them in their efforts to work for the Dalits. He was a great motivation to these youth. They had a dream of a just society – a society in which the Dalits can live with justice, equality and dignity. Based on this vision, the BDVS had drawn up a number of concrete objectives and action plans.
Justice, equality and dignity are not noble concepts. They are the ingredients of a just society. A community that is degraded, marginalized and oppressed for centuries cannot usher into a just society unless it struggles for achieving the same.