IIS (Deemed to be University) has established the Equal Opportunity Cell to aid and advice the students from the marginalized sections, identified as SCs, STs, OBCs, Minorities and Divyangjan. The University ensures that students from these sections are not deprived of access to educational and cultural resources for their upliftment. The Cell encourages the students from socially disadvantaged groups in attaining their optimum potential. The Institution has been conferred with grants and scholarships, during its Autonomous status, for students to give them an opportunity to excel in preferred fields. These scholarships have been a huge motivation to introduce a separate unit that will work specifically towards the promotion of female students coming from these social groups. Currently, the Cell is catering to the needs of almost 400 students of IIS (Deemed to be University) pursuing various programmes at the University.
Aims and objectives
1. To provide guidance and counseling to students with respect to academic, financial,social and other matters and to oversee the effective implementation of policies and programs for disadvantaged groups.
2. To adopt measures to ensure due share of utilization by SC, ST, OBC, minorities in admissions, recruitments (teaching and non-teaching posts) and to improve their performances.
3. To orient them for scholarships, test and programs which will help them receive financial support from State/Central Government and to organize interface with well-established/leading academicians from the same categories regularly so that the students are motivated towards achieving their goals.
4. To make efforts to sensitize the academic community regarding the problems associated with social exclusion as well as aspirations of the marginalized communities.
5. To provide them access to opportunities thorough guest-lectures and broaden their knowledge.
6. To introduce to them, social welfare schemes offered by the State Government for the betterment and promotion of these classes.
Sub Committees:-
In compliance of the UGC letter, the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor has been constituted the following committee
COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES
COMMITTEE FOR CASTE DISCRIMINATION
Activities conducted by the Cell:
Activity Conducted in Session 2020-21
Activities conducted in session 2022-2023
Procedure for lodging a complaint:
· The students may feel free to submit a grievance in the Format attached below and mail it on grievance@iisuniv.ac.in or drop it in a Complaint Box outside Block D, on campus.
· The Committee will then act upon those cases which have been forwarded, along with the dully filled-in Form.
· The Committee will ensure that the grievances are redressed within the stipulated time period.