The Department deals with the problems faced by Dalits and other marginalized people. The Department's functions are:

1. To study the problems, which are socio-poltico-economic, faced by Dalits and others backward classes, who are marginalized.
2. The Department organises with the Dalits and others programmes concerning their status, their privileges and their future, so that they are able to determine their own destiny and not feel marginalized and obliged.
3. The YMCA offers a platform for Dalit organisations to raise their voice to be heard.