VVM’s Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics
Minority Cell
The aim of the Minority Cell is to empower the minority communities in the College and assist them in their curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The Cell has been set up to help minority students from the Christian, Muslim, Jain and other communities achieve holistic development.
Objectives
- To ensure equal opportunities for education of minorities
- To facilitate financial support to students from these communities from governmental agencies and other sources
- To make the minority students aware of the various scholarships schemes of the Central and State Governments.
- To encourage these students to enroll for courses, workshops, programs, etc. which the College offers students in an attempt to equip them with the skills needed for their careers
- To provide prompt counseling for any emotional emergencies arising on account of any event on the College campus
- To provide these students with a grievance redressal mechanism in addition to the regular redressal mechanism
Functions and Activities
- To collect reports and information of Government of Goa and UGC’s orders on various aspects of education, employment of minority students
- To publicize the various Central and State Government scholarship schemes and any updates in these matters
- To coordinate with other College Cells and Committees such as the Mentoring Cell, Placement Cell, Students’ Council, Sports Council, Cultural Council, etc. and ensure that students from minority communities participate in their activities
- To coordinate with Programme Coordinators, Department Heads and the Mentoring Council to identify students from these communities who need special assistance such as remedial classes and bridge courses, as well as those who are advanced learners and could be given extra attention and guidance
Minority Cell Composition
The Minority Cell will comprise the following members:
- Two faculty members, at least one of whom will be from a Minority community
- One of the faculty members will be the Chairperson of the Cell
- College Librarian
- College Director of Physical Education & Sports
- Head Clerk
- Nodal Officer dealing with Scholarships for students from the Minority community
The constitution of the Minority Cell for every Academic year will be shown separately on the website
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF MINORITY CELL
- Ensuring an environment where students from these categories feel safe and secure.
- Making students from these communities aware of the various scholarships programmes of the Govt. of Goa, Govt. of India and UGC.
- Motivating and assisting students from these communities to apply for the various scholarships mentioned above
- Collecting data about students who have received scholarships
- Collection of reports and information of Govt. of Goa, Govt. of India and UGC’s orders on various aspects of education and employment of these categories of students.
- Carrying out capacity-building programmes for these students, as per the need.
- Providing a mechanism to redress the grievance of students from these communities
- Sending reports to the respective Govt. Departments/Commissions about the number of students enrolled
Committee Members 2023-24
| Ms. Pretty Pereira |
| Ms. Manasi Rege /Ms. Preeta Gunagi |
| Mr. Ajinkya Kudtarkar |
| Candice Joyce Da Silva (SM) |
| Mehezad Shaikh (SM) |
| Mr. Seby D’Silva (Office Staff) |
