"Filling Up SC/ST Quota in IIMs a Challenge"
Milind Kamble has been appointed as the chairperson of the Board of Governors at IIM Jammu. According to Kamble, SC and ST students are unable to cope with the competition present at IIM Jammu to fill up the seats reserved specifically for them.
Milind Kamble has been appointed as the chairperson for the Indian Institute of Management Jammu (IIM Jammu) Board of Governors, on Monday, 6th May 2019. Upon his ascension, Kamble has reported that there will be certain changes that will be made which will focus on the SC and ST community.
Milind Kamble is the founder chairperson of the Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He states that the Indian Institutes of Management will be focusing on joining the gap between the improvement of academics and the increasing the required human resources for the industry. He further stated that there are many challenges that need to be looked into in terms of the growth of the SC /ST students. He says that affirmative actions need to be taken in order to help the SC / ST students with gaining the required confidence to become a part of the premier management colleges in India.
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As per the rules and regulations, 22.5 % of the total number of seats have to be reserved for the candidates belonging to the SC/ST category, i.e. 15% of the seats have been allotted to SC students and 7.5% of the seats have been allotted to the students of ST category. However, despite having the reservation quota in their favour, the seats remain empty. Kamble states that the students are unable to fill in the seats at the IIMs due to many reasons out of which, inability to compete with the competition is one of them. He also added another reason as to why the reserved seats remain empty is also because of cultural divide that the student is not able to cope with, especially the students who come from poverty and rural background.
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Kamble has asked the SC/ST students to grab the opportunities when they come up in both the education and career facets of life. He urges the students to let go of their traditional mindsets and “focus on Self-entrepreneurship”. He also adds that there have been situations where the SC/STs have been targeted in sectors of education and profession. He also says that appointing SC and ST members to the Board of Governors at the Indian Institute of Management should be considered as the introduction towards taking affirmative actions.