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Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups

SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS CELL (SEDG)

In accordance with the guidelines established by the UGC, New Delhi, to provide Equitable Opportunity for the Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs) in the HEIs, an Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups Cells (SEDG) has been constituted, comprising the following members:

S.No. Name Category Designation Mobile.no E-mail ID
1. Dr.V.Kavitha Chairman Principal +91 - 8939808574 cetprincipal@pgpews.in
2. Dr.A.Jayamathi Senior Professor Head - ECE +91 - 9514801272 hodece@pgpcet.ac.in
3. Dr.G.Mohanaprabha In-charge of ICC Head - CSE +91 - 9865175910 hodcse@pgpcet.ac.in
4. Dr.S.Selvi Coordinator IQACC Head - Mech +91 - 9842044712 hodmech@pgpcet.ac.in
5. Ms.Sathya K SC/ST Representative Student Representative +91 - 8870190635 sathyalatha219@gmail.com
6. Ms. Thisha V OBC Representative Student Representative +91 - 8270637580 thishav06102007@gmail.com
7. Mr. M.Surya Member Secretary Secretary +91 - 9600912883 sm7471620@gmail.com
8. Mr. Ramesh S Student Member Student Member +91 - 9345893041 sramesh9345898@gmail.com
9. Mr. Udharshan Student Member Student Member +91 - 8428006139 udharshan4545@gmail.com

Responsibilities of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)

The SEDG Cell at PGP College of Engineering and Technology Namakkal is responsible for coordinating with various existing cells and statutory bodies within the institution to ensure the effective implementation of schemes and provisions, including scholarships and fellowships offered by the Government of Tamil Nadu and the AMS Trust.

Additionally, the SEDG Cell shall function in alignment with the guidllines set forth by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to support and empower socially and economically disadvantaged students. It actively work towards facilitating access to educational opportunities, financial assistance, and academic support programs to foster an inclusive and equitable learning environment.

Institutional Guidelines to Provide Equitable Opportunity for the Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs)

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 emphasizes the need to address the issues of students belonging to Scio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups such as women, minorities, SCs and STs, OBCs, PwDs, EWSs, BPL etc. as they face several challenges and difficulties in accessing quality education because of socio-cultural, economic and historical reasons.

NEP 2020 reiterates on the increased participation from the students of Socio-Econmically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs) students, particularly in higher education. The college has implemented a policy in accordance with UGC Guidelines to provide Equitable Opportunity for the Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs) 2024.

The guidelines are meant to ensure that students belonging to Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs) have a safe and secure environment and equitable access to quality education in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs), as specified in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

Objectives

  • 1.Improving equitable access to quality education for SEDGs through bridge courses, earn-while, and outreach programme;
  • 2. Extending and ensuring basic facilities and amenities to SEDGs for inclusive, healthy, safe and secure environments on campuses; and
  • 3. Setting up SEDGs Cell for the purpose of sensitization of all stakeholders, policy implementation, monitoring, equalizing access to inclusive quality higher education, ensuring respectful dignity, promoting egalitarian and constitutional values and grievance redressal in the HEIs.

Objectives of SEDGs Cell

  • i. To protect all the constitutional rights of the SEDGs students.
  • ii. To ensure that the HEIs are inslusive, safe, and secure for the SEDGs students.
  • iii. To provide socio-emotional and academic support and mentoring for the students belonging to the SEDGs through proper counselling and monitoring programme.
  • iv. To ensure proper implementation and monitoring of orientation and bridge course designed by the HEIs to benefit SEDGs students.
  • v. To ensure implantation of all such programme designed and developed by HEIs to increase the participation of SEDGs students in academic activities.
  • vi. To ensure implementation of Government’s policies, including reservation policies and various schemes, programmes, facilities and guidelines fpr SEDGs students.
  • vii. To ensure that the HEIs develop appropriate outreach programme to help the SEDGs students to avail the various opportunities of educational /academic programmes of HEIs.
  • viii. To ensure proper implementation of preventive measure and Laws against discrimination and atrocities and for safeguards of studdents belonging to respective categories under SEDGs.
  • ix. To circulate, publicize, facilitate, and monitor the implementation of all UGC and Government guidelines and instructions issued from time to time in reference to SEDGs.
  • x. To redress the grievances and complaints of the SEDGs students within 15 days through a Grieveances Redressal Committee (GRC) without compromising the safety, privacy and dignity of the complaint.

Functions of the SEDGs cell

  • i. To co-ordinate with other exising cells and statutory bodies of the HEIs and enable implementation of the existing schemes and provisions, including scholarships and fellowships of the Government of India and respective States.
  • ii. To ensure the implementation of orientation and bridge courses, earn-while learn schemes, and outreach programme designed and developed by HEIs for SEDGs.
  • iii. To provide socio-economic, academic, and psychological support and mentoring for such students through proper counselling and mntoring programme.
  • iv. To ensure sensitization of faculty, staff, consellors and stuents on the SEDGs isuues and their inclusion in all aspects of the HEIs.
  • v. To explore and generate funds from various sources like Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) and Alumni to provide more financial assistance and scholarships to SEDGEs to mitigate opportunity costs and fees for pursuing higher education.
  • vi. To coordinate with the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQUAC) to raise awareness about the implementation of various policies for inclusive and equitable quality higher education.
  • vii. To work as ‘Single Widow’ for students brlong to SEDGs for their grievences, basi needs, amenities, facilities, welfare measures and scholarships and fellowships.
  • viii. To upload and disseminate guidelines, facilities, welfare and safety measures on HEIs portal and maintain such records to review and monitor amenities and basic facilities for the safe and secure environment for SEDGs.
  • ix. To circulate, publicize and facilitate existing welfare schemes like- Remedial,NET, entry into services and residential Coaching for SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer), Minority Community and PwD students.
  • x. To establish a team of councellors, social workers, faculty members to provide emotional and social support to SEDGs to adapt to the environment of the HEIs.
  • xi. To focus on overall personality and skill development, including professional and soft skills, so as to ensure enhancing the student employability.
  • xii. To organize periodic meetings and to monitor the progress of various schemes and all the HEIs may prepare a database of such schemes for SEDGs.
  • xiii. To assess the needs of SEDGs and make necessary recommendations to the authorities of the HEIs.
  • xiv. To make faculty, staff, students and service professionals aware of facilities available for SEDGs.
  • xv. To sensitize all the students to bring an attitudinal change towards SEDGEs in curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities in the HEIs.
  • xvi. To hold regular meetings with representatives of SEDGE students to check their grievances and also meet with management/authorities of HEIs to facilitate discussion of the grieviances of SEDG students and maintain the confidentiality of deliberations and data.
  • xvii. To review, monitory, and ensure disposal of all grievances within 15 days.
  • xviii. To inform all students during induction/counselling session about Zero-tolerance policy for any form of discrimination.