Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar practised  on the Appellate Side from 5 July 1923.  He was a very learned man of varied and versatile scholarship. He studied in Elphinstone College, Bombay and graduated from University of Bombay in Political Science and Economics in 1913.  In the same year, he moved to the United States.  He had been awarded a Baroda State Scholarship of 11.50 British Pound/Sterling per month for three years under a scheme established by the Maharaja of Baroda that was designed to provide opportunities for postgraduate education at Columbia University in New York City.  He passed his M.A. exam in June 1915, majoring in Economics, with Sociology, History, Philosophy and Anthropology as other subjects of study; he presented a thesis, Ancient Indian Commerce.  In 1916 he completed his second thesis, National Dividend of India - A Historic and Analytical Study for another M.A. and finally he received his PhD in Economics in 1927 for his third thesis.  In October 1916, he enrolled for the Bar course at Gray's Inn, and also at the same time enrolled at the London School of Economic where he started work on doctoral thesis.  His thesis was on the "Indian Rupee".  At the London School of Economics he took a Master's degree in 1921 and in 1923 he took his D.Sc.in Economics, and the same year he was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn. His studies and reading were vast and covered numerous subjects.  He was well posted in political, constitutional and general history, sociology and economics.  He was a member of the Constituent Assembly and was made the Chairman of the Drafting committee to prepare a draft Indian Constitution.  He was eminently fitted to undertake the Chairmanship as he had extensive study of the various constitutions and of constitutional history in general.  Dr. Ambedkar was the Law Minister of Independent India.  In 1990, he was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian honor the Bharat Ratna.