Equal Opportunity / Gender Equality

The Equal Opportunity Cell of Charuchandra College is dedicated towards ensuring that persons from across communal, regional and religious spectrums are able to access our pedagogical and extra-curricular resources and infrastructures with safety and dignity, and towards promoting diversity and inclusivity within and without the college.

Aims and Objectives

To create an atmosphere of equal opportunity, to oversee the effective implementation of policies and programmes for disadvantaged groups, to provide guidance and counselling with respect to academic, financial, social and other matters and to enhance the diversity within the campus.

Functions

• To address the urgent issues concerning SC, ST, OBC, Minorities or PDs
• To ensure equity and equal opportunity to the community at large in the college and bring about social inclusion.
• To enhance the diversity among the students, teaching and non-teaching staff population and at the same time eliminate the perception of discrimination.
• 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.
• To make efforts to sensitize the academic community regarding the problems associated with social exclusion as well as aspirations of the marginalized communities.
• To help individuals or a group of students belonging to the disadvantaged section of society to contain the problems related to discrimination.

Efforts are taken to inculcate the awareness about gender equality among stake-holders. The College contributes towards women empowerment by organizing various activities under the aegis of its Gender Sensitization and Women Development Committee.