Diversity and equality committees

SDG 10.6Diversity and equality committees

An Equal Opportunity Cell, an SC/ST Cell and dedicated committees advise on and put into practice UPES policies on equality, diversity, inclusion and freedom from discrimination.

Committees

• Equal Opportunity Cell. UPES has set out its arrangements for equity and an Equal Opportunity Cell in a notice issued by the Head of Student Experience and Engagement. Students or groups of students can bring complaints of discrimination or harassment on grounds such as gender, religion, caste or social status to an Anti-Discrimination Officer, who must decide them within 60 days; anyone unhappy with the decision can appeal to the Head of the institution within 90 days. The cell also runs seminars and workshops on bias to support under-represented groups. Source: Equity and Establishment of Equal Opportunity Cell.
• SC/ST Cell. On 1 July 2025 UPES established an SC/ST Cell for the academic years 2025–27, in line with University Grants Commission regulations, to ensure effective and transparent redressal of grievances of disadvantaged groups. The Vice-Chancellor chairs the cell, which has a liaison officer, faculty members from the Schools of Business, Health Sciences and Technology, Advanced Engineering and Computer Science, deans and senior faculty as coordinators, and a member secretary from the Chief Proctor's office. Source: Promotion of Equity and Establishment of SC/ST Cell.

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• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Promotes fairness, gender equity and accessibility across the university. Source: UPES Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
• Committee on Anti-Discrimination. Oversees the policy, monitors campus practice, reviews reports and guides investigations into discrimination based on gender, race, caste, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, age or disability. Source: Anti-Discrimination Committee, Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy.

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• Prevention, Monitoring and Gender Sensitization Committee. Women faculty, a woman HR officer and two women students from each school make campus visits to assess how safe women feel, monitor measures such as street lighting, and work with the Dehradun Police Women Cell. Source: Anti-discrimination, ICC and grievance redressal.

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• Committee for Students with Disabilities. A dedicated Committee for Students with Disabilities works alongside the Anti-Discrimination Committee, which covers caste, religion, gender, disability and similar grounds, the Internal Complaints Committee and the grievance redressal mechanism, and together they back the Support Centre for Minority Groups on campus. Source: Student facilities: Support Centre for Minority Groups, page 4.

This section covers the indicator on a diversity and equality committee or office.