BSSS - THE BHOPAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CELL (EOC)

Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity – Pierre Omidyar

India the land known for its rich cultural heritage and values is diverse in its physical, regional, racial and linguistic boundaries, but it echoes the feeling of unity in diversity. Though the constitution ensures the equality of opportunity to all its citizens, owing to the historical underpinnings of the Indian social structure, the marginalized groups (SC, ST, OBC, women and physically challenged individuals) are provided with restricted and limited access to the material, cultural and educational resources. Initiation of equal opportunity cell (EOC) across the institution of higher learning is a significant step of UGC towards addressing the problems and concerns representing marginalized groups of the society including SC, ST, OBC, women, minorities and differently-abled (DA) persons. The major objectives for the establishment of EOC is to ensure effective implementation of policies and programs designed by the UGC for the welfare of the students of marginalized sections who are pursuing higher studies. To guarantee equity and equivalent chance to the different strata, in the campus, and to realize the goal of social inclusion, the Equal Opportunity Cell is established in the campus under the guidelines of UGC. The cell is established under the mandate of the UGC determining the need of a functionary inside the campus. EOC is set up to encourage the marginalized in the society especially the ones at the campus.

Vision

To facilitate the environment of equity in the campus of The Bhopal School of Social Sciences among students and staff as per UGC Guidelines.

Mission

To become a catalyst for change in society through inculcating the values of equality and justice among the students.

Objectives

To safeguard the interest of students without any prejudice to their caste, creed, religion, language, ethnicity, gender and abilities.
To promote equal opportunities through sensitization and awareness programs on policies and schemes for marginalized groups.
To provide academic support in the form of remedial coaching and coaching for NET/SLET.
To ensure implementation of policies, schemes and programs for the inclusion of underprivileged groups within the framework of policies and guidelines of UGC.

Administrative Body

Dr. Fr. John PJ (Chairperson)
Prof. Swapna Pillai (Advisor)
Dr. Manish Puntambekar
Dr. Alpa Ghosh
Dr. Rahul Joshi
Dr. Seema Yadav
Dr. Sana Farooqui
Mr. Anshay Tomar
Ms. Sneha Sengupta
Mr. Thomas Baby

‘A group of volunteers ‘Helping Hands’

Students with vigor to serve the society and make a difference to the lives of all should join us in the initiative and become the brand ambassadors of the equal opportunity cell.

Events Proposed by EOC

To sensitize students a series of activities are proposed from the cell.

Bridge Classes for weak students.
Raising funds for social outreach with a project titled ‘Smile for Charity’.
Poster making competition on the theme ‘rising together as one’.
Slogans conveying the objectives of the cell will be collected from the students.
‘Ideas on equal opportunity’, a competition will be held through which students would submit their ideas and opinions on how equal opportunities can be promoted in the campus. - Poetry recitation competition
To prepare a database of the students of different marginalized groups including women.
A micro field study about the students of weaker sections to understand their status and problems in the campus.
To arrange remedial classes and coaching for NET/SLET.
To arrange workshops and seminars on the contemporary issues related to social exclusion.
To celebrate Ambedkar Jayanti, Women’s day and Disability Day
To organize career counseling programs specially the students of weaker sections.
To promote computer literacy programs for underprivileged youths.
To show documentaries on the related issues to the students to associate them to the vision and mission of the cell.

The Equal Opportunity Cell aims to bridge the social gaps and create an empowered community through all the programs it conducts. We look forward to the constructive suggestions of our stakeholders at eoc@bsssbhopal.edu.in.

Equal Opportunity Cell (EOC)

EOC MINUTES