An SC/ST Cell (also known as the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Cell) is a special unit established to promote the interests and welfare of students belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) communities.

COMPOSITION OF SC/ST COMMIITTEE

S. No.	Name	Designation
1	Dr WgCr Subhash Sindhwani sindhwanisubhash@gmail.com MOB: 6264064602	Chairperson
2	Ar Anjula Singh Singhanjula53@gmail.com MOB: 7415025000	Convener
3	Ms Bhuneshwari Kurre MOB: 9669676669	Staff
4	Ms Akanksha Bhaje akanshabhaje1998@gmail.com MOB: 7415759400	Member
5	Ms Roma Lachhwani romalachhwani39@gmail.com MOB: 9753633233	Member

All members of SC/ST Committee are advised to discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and integrity.

The objectives of the SC/ST Cell are:

• 1. To ensure equity and equal opportunity to the community at large in the college and bring about social inclusion.
• 2. To enhance the diversity among the students, teaching and non-teaching staff population, and at the same time eliminate the perceptions of discrimination.
• 3. To create a socially congenial atmosphere for academic interaction and for the growth of healthy interpersonal relationships among the students coming from various social backgrounds.
• 4. To make an effort to sensitize the academic community regarding the problem associated with social exclusion, as well as the aspirations of the marginalized communities.
• 5. To help individuals or a group of students belonging to the disadvantaged section of society address the problems related to discrimination.
• 6. To look into the grievances of the weaker section of society and suggest an amicable solution to their problems.
• 7. To disseminate the information related to schemes and programmes for the welfare of the socially weaker section, as well as notifications/memoranda, office orders of the Government, or other related agencies/organizations issued from time to time.
• 8. To establish coordination with the Government and other agencies/organizations to mobilize academic and financial resources to assist students from disadvantaged groups.
• 9. To organize periodic meetings to monitor the progress of different schemes.
• 10. To adopt measures to ensure due shares of utilization by SC/ST in admissions, recruitments (teaching and nonteaching posts), and to improve their performance

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GUIDELINES FOR SC/ST CELL in CHANAKYA ACADEMY

The Cell conducts regular remedial coaching classes on life skills, personality development, writing assignments and making presentations, as well as Hindi and local language classes. The Cell also organizes interactive sessions and informal meetings with students to attend to their personal, social and academic problems.

Functions:

• Circulate GOI and Commission's decisions and to collect regularly, on an annual basis, information regarding course-wise admissions to candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Universities and Colleges for different courses, in suitable forms prescribed, by a stipulated date, and take follow-up action, where required.
• Circulate GOI orders and Commission's decisions and collect information in respect of appointment, training of these communities in teaching and nonteaching posts in the Universities and Colleges, in a suitable form by a stipulated date, and take follow-up action where required.
• Collect reports and information regarding the GOI orders on the various aspects of education, training, and employment of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates, for evolving new policies or modifying existing policies by the Commission.
• Analyze information on admissions, education, training, and employment of SCs and STs, and prepare reports and digests for onward transmission to the Ministry of Human Resource Development/University Grants Commission and such other authorities as may be required.
• Deal with representations received from Scheduled Castes and Tribes candidates regarding their admission, recruitment, promotion, and other similar matters in Universities/Colleges.
• Monitor the working of the remedial coaching scheme, if approved in the affiliated colleges and universities.
• Function as a Grievances Redressal Cell for the grievances of SC/ST students and employees of the university and render them necessary help in solving their academic as well as administrative problems. Any student, teaching/non-teaching staff who wishes to file a complaint can contact any member of the SC/ST Committee in the college.