BIT Ballarpur

Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups Cell

The Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Group Cell (SEDGC) provides academic, financial and counselling support to disadvantaged students, facilitating their integration and success in the college. The cell functions as a dedicated support system to ensure that students from underprivileged sections of society can thrive academically, socially, and personally.

Target Groups

The cell extends its support to students from the following sections of society.

Scheduled Castes (SC)

Scheduled Tribes (ST)

Other Backward Classes (OBC)

Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)

Persons with Disabilities (PwDs)

First-generation learners

Migrant and rural students & North East States

Objectives

1.To protect all the constitutional rights of the SEDGs students.
2.To ensure that the institute is inclusive, safe, and secure for the SEDGs students.
3.To ensure proper implementation and monitoring of orientation and bridge courses designed to benefit SEDGs students.
4.To ensure implementation of Government's policies, including reservation policies and various schemes, programmes, facilities and guidelines for SEDGs students.
5.To ensure proper implementation of preventive measures and laws against discrimination and atrocities, and safeguards for students belonging to respective categories under SEDGs.
6.To redress the grievances and complaints of the SEDGs students within 15 days through a Grievances Redressal Committee (GRC) without compromising the safety, privacy and dignity of the complainant.

Functions

1.To co-ordinate with other existing cells and statutory bodies and enable implementation of existing schemes and provisions, including scholarships and fellowships of the Govt. of India and respective States.
2.To ensure the implementation of orientation and bridge courses, earn-while-learn schemes, and outreach programmes designed and developed for SEDGs.
3.To provide socio-economic, academic and psychological support and mentoring for such students through proper counselling and mentoring programmes.
4.To ensure sensitization of faculty, staff, counsellors and students on SEDGs issues and their inclusion in all aspects of the institute.
5.To coordinate with the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) to raise awareness about the implementation of various policies for inclusive and equitable quality higher education.
6.To work as a 'Single Window' for students belonging to SEDGs for their grievances, basic needs, amenities, facilities, welfare measures, scholarships and fellowships.
7.To focus on overall personality and skill development, including professional and soft skills, to enhance student employability.
8.To assess the needs of SEDGs and make necessary recommendations to the authorities of the institute.
9.To make faculty, staff, students, and service professionals aware of facilities available for SEDGs.
10.To sensitize all students to bring an attitudinal change towards SEDGs and ensure their participation in curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular activities.
11.To review, monitor, and ensure disposal of all grievances within 15 days.
12.To inform all students during induction/counselling sessions about the zero-tolerance policy for any form of discrimination.

Composition of the Cell

The constitution of the Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups Cell at BIT Ballarpur.

Sr.	Composition	Name	Affiliation
1	Chairperson, SEDGs Cell	Dr. Rajni Kant, Director	Chairperson
2	Senior Professor	Dr. Prashant Watkar (Head of Department, Food Technology)	Member
3	Coordinator/Director of IQAC	Dr. C. Satyanarayana (Dean, IQAC)	Member
4	SC/ST Representative	Dr. Shubham Durge (Assistant Professor, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Department)	Member
5	OBC Representative	Mr. Vishal Pimpalkar (Head of Department, Electrical Engineering)	Member
6	Two Students' Representatives belonging to SEDGs	Mr. Falgun Uke (ST); Ku. Luma Meshram (SC)	Members (one male and one female)
7	Assistant Registrar/Administrative Officer	Mrs. Leena Potdukhe	Member Secretary

Official Document

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Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups Cell

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Need Support or Want to Raise a Concern?

The cell works as a single window for students belonging to socio-economically disadvantaged groups. Grievances are reviewed confidentially and disposed of within 15 days, with a zero-tolerance policy for any form of discrimination.

Confidential Assistance

Redressal within 15 days

Zero-Tolerance Policy