Over all Co-ordinator

Dr.R.Saratha

Professor (CAS),

Department of Chemistry

saratha_chem@avinuty.ac.in

Placement

Since 2015, a special recruitment drive was organized to the students from SC, ST and economically weaker Section . This hiring is a part of the 100 hours employability training of Affirmative Action Programme of TCS, Chennai.

The graduating students alongwith all this intensive training facilities enrich their employability skills and participate in all campus interviews and get placed. They are also encouraged to appear for entrance exams on banking and the aspiring students are guided to pursue higher education too.

Standing Committee on SC/STs/OBC/Minorities/EWS & PwD

Genesis

The Equal Opportunity Cell of Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women the Institute - Coimbatore was constituted by on 6th January 2010.The Cell was set up to implement and monitor the functions and activities of welfare of the  isadvantaged and marginalized groups of the society to foster academic and professional skill competency among college students.

Objectives

To oversee the effective implementation of policies and programme 4 for under prevelidged groups of SC/ST/OBC and Minority Communities. Provides an academic platform to guide, mould, counsel and to create opportunities to students to excel in their professional career without discrimination.

To conduct student welfare activities various activities with the co-ordinated efforts of various schemes viz. remedial coaching , coaching for NET/SET/CSIR and entry in service through competitive exams.

Features

The centre regularly enrols the students from the afore mentioned categories to enhance there employability skills by means of training and counducting awareness programmes for competitive exams, placement, National and State Eligibility test for lecturership and carrer guidance. The cell also offers in-house training and remedial caching to the students with the help of experienced faculty.

Vision and Mission

Nurture and Mentor women students of Schedule Class, Schedule Tribes, Other backward classes and Minority Communites to take up academic and professional challenges to excel in their respective domain/discipline through a variety of capacity enhancing programmes, intertwine with moral and spiritual values to foster equal opportunity to all.

Programmes

The Equal Opportunity Cell organizes various training and development programs for the studentsin providing them extended support in the form of remedial coaching.

Conducts competitions in order to cultivate inclusion and ensure that there exists no discrimination against the students of scheduled caste and scheduled tribes and are made to actively take part in all student bodies and work with spirit of equality and develop the same in the institution.

Gender sensitization issues are addressed and ensures participation,in all socially relevant activities and address the problems, if any, of themarginalized/disadvantaged sections of the society so that they are able to improve theirperformance not only in education but also in other spheres of life.Programmes on skill development, Career Awareness programmes, motivational sessions, Confident building sessions and on leadership qualities are organized.

Activities

• The Office of EOC compiles relevant information about students belonging to the marginalized section of the society.
• The EOC will seek support and co-ordinate with different individuals/organizations engaged in the welfare of marginalized sections of the society for employment and other training benefits to enhance the employability skills of the students.
• The EOC also addresses the grievances, if any, of the students belonging to SC/ST, minority and PWD and observe the policies and guidelines of the Government and University Grants Commission.
• The EOC hold awareness programmes regarding the special needs of the afore mentioned sections.
• In house training and remedial classes with resources persons in the campus, in identifying the need areas and if need be the resource persons are also outsourced.
• The EOC makes reports and utilize the fund for the benefit of the students and hold review meetings to improvise the activities of the cell.
• The EOC also ensures that the scholarship for the aforementioned students are made as per the policies of the Government and the benefit reaches the needy students in a complete manner.
• The EOC enables a comfortable learning environment by removing infrastructural pitfalls for the students with disabilities and inhibit access to resources (special assistive devices) and to various courses.
• The prime aim of all the activities of the cell is to ensure development and maintain effective inclusive policies in avoiding discrimination among the marginalized people and be participative in decision making

The UGC Scheme For NET/SET/CSIR Coaching For Students Belonging To Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes And Minority Community Students

The centre for UGC Scheme for NET/SET/CSIR Coaching for Students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Minority Community Student functions to train the PG students / scholars to crack the NET / SET exams to meet the eligibility criteria for selection as Lecturers in the university system. Coaching classes for the students namely Home science, Life science, Physical science, Computer science, Management, Psychology, English, Tamil, Economics and Commerce for the Paper I and Paper II for CSIR and NET exams for all students from different faculty is being conducted regularly after the collage hours since 24th June 2005 by respective trained in -house senior faculty member. Beside teaching, periodic test, discussion of previous year question bank and sharing of study material are also done. To make the teaching, learning more effective, copies of the study materials prepared by the teachers are issued to the students as and when a particular topics is Complete .

An exclusive section in the university library featuring Books , reference materials and question banks established by the center caters to the needs of aspiring young to -be teachers of our institution.

Venue : Equal Opportunity Cell -Library Block

Timing : After -3.30 p.m

Click Here to Download Application form