"What I have noticed from the influx we are having from various communities, the Dalit community people do have a greater sense of loyalty and they work harder to prove themselves. This attitude has been and it is very commendable that they are saying that we have been neglected for so long, now you are giving us an opportunity, we will do better. Better than others."

“I want to begin by congratulating DICCI and this exposition. It gives me great pleasure that it is for the first time, where industry & the Dalit Group have collaborated together. At the same time it makes me very sad that it has taken over 60 years for such a thing to happen. Why should we wait for 60 Years? I belong to a community where we have no caste system and I find it difficult that human beings distinguish between each other based on where they were born and not on merits. I hope very soon we are able to get rid of it and we all deal with each other as human beings.”

"A schedule caste and schedule tribe plan was proposed 35 years ago in India yet it was not implemented. But now there is a drive to implement that plan. A committee has been constituted for the same. The entire budget for Social Justice and Empowerment was only Rs 2200 crore. I am happy to tell you that now it has been upgraded by 80%. This clearly shows that government is very keen on implementing the programs they have announced earlier. “

“Being a Dalit myself I know the fear and hesitation one faces. This is not the place to go into the humiliation faced by the Dalits in India. You, Dalit entrepreneurs have broken the barrier and I congratulate you. One must jump into the water and learn to swim. No one can now stop the march of history which you are creating. It is a historic achievement to create an institution which starts with the name - Dalit. We keep on creating reservations but this is a very significant event when a Dalit institution enters the open world of industry. To succeed further, Dalit entrepreneurs must think of which are the new emerging industries and get into them.”

“Today in Pune we are signing the second Pune Pact. The first Pune Pact was historic because Dalits and non-Dalits sat at the same negotiating table but on that occasion there was a lot of pressure on Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar so the pact remained disputed.
On today's historic occasion the participation is voluntary. Till now the drive of most of the young Dalits was to become an employee but a new wave has arisen wherein Dalits want to become employers. Now there will be a new kind of drive - competition for employment and competition to become and employer.”