Equal Opportunities Cell

Shankarrao Chavan Law College, Pune

उद्यमेन हि सिध्यन्ति कार्याणि | Accomplishments are made by efforts

Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, Approved by Bar Council of India, Recognised by Government of Maharashtra &
Accredited with ‘A’ Grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India (NAAC)

Committees

MMM SCLC has established an Equal Opportunity Cell as per UGC Guidelines for Scheme of Equal Opportunity Centre for Colleges, XII Plan (2012-2017), p.1) to meet the following objectives. The broad aim of this Equal Opportunity Cell is 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. The college strictly follows Zero Tolerance towards discrimination and harassment of disadvantaged/minority groups such as SC/ST/OBC, etc.

In response to the UGC’s XII Plan guidelines, and as per the Maharashtra Public University Act, MM’s SCLC has set up the Equal Opportunity Cell (EOC) in August, 2019, having the following objectives:

The EOC shall establish coordination with the Government and other agencies/organization to mobilize academic and financial resources to provide assistance to those students who are the most deprived and in dire need of economic support to complete their education in MMM’s SCLC.
The EOC shall be an overarching body, coordinating the functions of :

SC/ST Committees

OPEM Cell (Cell for OBC, PWD, EWS (Economically Weaker Section), and Minority categories).

To ensure that all students are treated equally and to address any issues raised.
To ensure even the disadvantaged/minority groups such as SC/ST/OBC are given equal importance in all aspects and do not get left behind in the learning process.
To prevent any type of harassment against the minority/disadvantaged groups.
To infuse unity in diversity, among the students, teaching and nonteaching staff and to eliminate the perception of discrimination.
To ensure there is no discrimination in terms of religion, race, caste, disability, scheduled caste, Scheduled Tribes, etc.

Composition(A.Y. 2024- 2025):

Sr. No.	Name	Designation	Contact details
1.	Dr. Kranti Deshmukh	Chairperson	kranti.deshmukh@rediffmail.com
2.	Dr. Bhagwan Gawali	Vice Chairman	bhagwangawali@gmail.com
3.	Dr. Renu Naidu	Member (Secretary)	rnaidu@sclc.edu.in
4.	Dr. Nagnath Bansode	Administrative Officer	nagnathbansode225@gmail.com
5.	Ms. Shital Keskar	Member (Female)	shitalkeskar2503@gmail.com
6.	Ms. Pooja Baghel	Member (Placement Coordinator)	pbaghel@sclc.edu.in
7.	Dr. Pratik Salgar	Member (Male)	psalgar@sclc.edu.in
8.	Ms. Dhanashree Ghare	Counsellor	dhanashreeghare@gmail.com
9.	Dr. Nalini Ambad	Member (Parent Representative)	nambad@sclc.edu.in
10.	Dr. Gajendra Dhamal	Member (Social Welfare Representative)	dhamalgajendra@gmail.com
11.	Ms. Abhilasha Mahajan	Member (Student Representative)	lasha9.512@gmail.com
12.	Mr. Prathamesh Ganesh Kanade	Member (Student Representative )	prathamesh47@gmail.com