Equal Opportunity Cell of MMYVV oversees and also ensures equity and equal opportunity to every stakeholder of this university including the disadvantageous groups like SC, ST, OBC (non-creamy layer), minorities, women and physically challenged students and staff.
Members of the Equal Opportunity Cell are as under:-
India is a country of diversity. It is a hub of different religions, castes and cultures. However, the Indian society is characterized by a highly entrenched system of social stratification. It is these social inequalities that created the barriers of denial of access to materials, cultural and educational resources to the disadvantaged groups of society. These disadvantaged groups are SCs, STs, women, OBC (non-creamy layer), minorities and physically challenged persons. It is clear from the demographic factors that a large section of population of our country is still disadvantaged and marginalized. Emphasis to the deprived groups for learning and creating space for them to mainstream themselves will be the main focus of Equal Opportunity Cell in order to enhance the employability and success. Since higher education is a tool for social and economic equality, the UGC has been addressing national concerns of access, equality, while ensuring the standard of quality and relevance of education by implementing policies of the Government of India and promoting several schemes and programmes for the disadvantaged groups that would help in eliminating social disparities. India is potentially rich in human resources. To harvest the same and make the present education system inclusive, the degree of democratization of higher education has to be increased to a large extent. Further colleges should become more responsive to the needs and constraints of the disadvantaged social groups. Students from different socioeconomic background and with a variety of cultural diversity come to Presidency University for higher studies. To ensure equity and equal opportunity to every stakeholder of this university, Equal Opportunity Cell was established in 2015 at this university. Any stakeholder of this university may approach this cell if he or she feels any denial of equity and equal opportunity in the campus. He or she can submit a written complaint to the office of the University.
The Cell has the following aims and objectives and functions.