PREAMBLE 

             Economic thoughts have a special importance in economic literature. The due care of economic thoughts is being taken by the History of Economic Thoughts, a very important branch of Mainstream Economics. This branch of economics deals with the economic thoughts and views of the great and well known economists from abroad as well as India. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was a highly educated and trained economist not of national but international repute. He was also great economic visionary and an economic policy maker in the then government of India. His economic thoughts have a special importance in both the theoretical as well as applied perspectives. It is against this backdrop, the present course / paper elucidates the economic thoughts of Dr. B R Ambedkar in theoretical as well as applied perspectives coupled with his role in policy making for India.