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3. To provide socio-economic, academic, and psychological support and mentoring for such
students through proper counselling and mentoring programme.

4. To ensure sensitization of faculty, staff, counsellors, and students on the SEDGs issues
and their inclusion in all aspects of the HEIs.
5. To explore and generate funds from various sources like Corporate Social Responsibilities
(CSR) and Alumni to provide more financial assistance and scholarships to SEDGs to
mitigate opportunity costs and fees for pursuing higher education.

6. 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.

7. To work as a ‘Single Window” for students belonging to SEDGs for their grievances,
basic needs, amenities, facilities, welfare measures, and scholarships and fellowships.
8. To upload and disseminate guidelines, facilities, welfare, and safety measures on HEI’s
portal and maintain such records to review and monitor amenities and basic facilities for
a safe and secure environment for SEDGs.

9. 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.
10. To establish a team of counsellors, social workers, and faculty members to provide
emotional and social support to SEDGs to adapt to the environment of the HEI.

11. To focus on overall personality and skill development, including professional and soft
skills, so as to ensure enhancing the student employability.
12. 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.

13. To assess the needs of SEDGs and make necessary recommendations to the authorities of
the HEIs.

14. To make faculty, staff, students, and service professionals aware of facilities available for
SEDGs.
15. To sensitize all the students to bring an attitudinal change towards SEDGs to ensure
participation of SEDGs in curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular activities in the
HEIs.

16. To hold regular meetings with representatives of SEDG students to check their
grievances and also meet with management/authorities of HEIs to facilitate discussion of
the grievances of SEDG students and maintain the confidentiality of deliberations and
data.
17. To review, monitor, and ensure disposal of all grievances within 15 days.

18. To inform all students during induction/counselling session about Zero-tolerance policy
for any form of discrimination.

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