Barrier Free Access To Persons With Disabilities Cell
Facilitation and Inclusion for PWD Centre has started in Berhampur University in the year of 2021. Barrier Free Access to Persons with Disability Cell (PWD Cell) established in 2022 to foster an inclusive education environment.
The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the UGC Guidelines for Persons with Disabilities Scheme in Universities XII Plan (2012-17) guides to further regulate and processed all the activities of this cell.
“Barrier Free Access To Persons With Disabilities Cell” is constituted in the University for the welfare of Persons with Disabilities. The main objectives of the Cell are as follows:
Barrier Free Access to Persons with Disabilities Report 2025
- To implement, monitor, and evaluate continuously the Reservation Policies of the Central and State Governments in consonance with the University Grants Commission regulations.
- To establish helpdesk in Cell for assisting differently abled employees of the institution and students in getting admissions and other facilities for their studies.
- To provide counselling to PWD students on the types of courses they could study for career opportunities.
- To gather and implement the orders dealing with fee-concessions, examination procedures, reservation policies, etc., pertaining to PWD.
- To assess the educational needs of PWD students enrolled in the University and to determine the types of assistive devices to be procured.
- To conduct awareness programmes for staff (teaching and non-teaching) of the University.
- To provide barrier free access to classrooms, laboratories, library, toilets, offices, etc. for free working and learning environment as per existing guidelines.
Members of the Committee:
| Sl. No. | Name | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. B. Anjan Prusty | Departmental of Environmental Science—Chairman |
| 2 | Dr. Sharada Prasad Rout | Department of Political Science — Convener |
| 3 | Dr. Bibhunandini Mishra | Department of Economics |
| 4 | Dr. Nibedita Behera | Department of Marine Sciences |
| 5 | Mr. Tapan Kumar Singh Nayak | Department of Biotechnology |
| 6 | Ms. Suchismita Mohapatra | Junior Assistant, Office of CDC |
Brief Background
Goal of this Cell to make education inclusive and uniformly accessible to all.
Motto of this cell to bring transformation from exclusion to Leadership for PWD persons and
Provides support through an instrumental state-of-the-art infrastructure.
It also cultivates an atmosphere of meaningful academic exchange, facilitating these groups of students to transform challenges into opportunities.
Aims and Objective:
To provide a support base system to the students with Disabilities.
To make the university campus accessible.
To promote inclusion in education environment.
To implement various provision of RPWD Act 2016 which enable the students with disabilities for smoothly continue their study.
