The Equal Opportunity Cell shall function as a statutory umbrella body over the existing Cells, such as the SC/ST Cell, OBC Cell, or any other Cell, without any hindrance or interference to the functioning and mandated activities of the latter.

Recognizing education as a critical tool for achieving social and economic equality and with a view to address unique challenges faced by the Disadvantaged groups, including Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC – non-creamy layer), Women, Minorities, and Differently Abled Persons in accessing opportunities, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has been consistently promoting initiatives to ensure equitable access to higher education for all.

Equal Opportunity Cell and SC/ST Cell to ensure the effective and transparent redressal of grievances of the disadvantaged groups. To assist this initiative, the UGC is preparing a database of important aspects, which are crucial to the protection of the rights and interests of the Disadvantaged groups and addressing their complaints and grievances.

The main functions of the cell are:

• To ensure equity and equal opportunity to the community at large in the Institute and bring about social inclusion.
• To enhance the diversity among the Students, Teaching and Non-teaching staff population and at the same time eliminate the perception of discrimination.

The intent of equal employment opportunity is that the important jobs in an organization should go to the people who are most qualified – persons most likely to perform ably in a given task – and not go to persons for reasons deemed arbitrary or irrelevant, such as circumstances of birth, upbringing.

The principle behind EEO is that everyone should have the same access to opportunities. EEO is legally mandated for all federal contractors. Affirmative action is one aspect of the federal government's efforts to ensure equal employment opportunity.

Freedom and equality are foundational values that we draw upon when envisioning a better society. Equality of opportunity is a social ideal that combines concern with freedom and equality, and this social ideal provides a vision of how we ought to live together.

A useful shorthand is to think about this conception of Equality of Opportunity as including an anti-discrimination principle, under which certain factors, like race and sex, should not enhance or detract from a person's prospects of success in a competitive application.