“Sexual harassment involves any unavoidable sexual advances either verbal or through gestures or through use of sexually suggestive or pornographic material, and includes amongst others; whistling, sexually slanting and obscene remarks or jokes, comments about physical appearance, demands for sexual favours, threats, innuendos, avoidable physical contacts, touching, patting, pinching, kissing, physical assaults and molestation of and towards women workers by their male colleagues or anyone who for the time is in a position to sexually harass a woman.
Student against a member of the academic/ non-teaching staff/ co-student.
By a member of the academic/ non-teaching staff against a student/ another member of academic/ non-teaching staff.
Rep from management/ administration (2)
Rep from staff- UG/PG (2)*2
Rep from non-teaching – UG/ PG (2)*2
Rep from students UG/ PG (2)*2
Rep from student council (2)
Staff association (1)
Women rep from an NGO (1)
Woman academician from outside the college (1)
Lawyer (1)
(At least ONE lady member from all sections. The term of office will be for one year. The chairperson will be a woman faculty and will be elected by members of the committee from amongst themselves.) Rules and procedures of gender sensitization committee against sexual harassment. Meetings: The committee shall meet at least once in each semester or as deemed necessary. Minutes of all meetings shall be recorded.
Despite the preventive efforts made by the committee, any incidents of sexual harassment should take place; registration of complaints shall follow the following procedures.
Internal Teaching Staff
Internal Teaching Staff
Non Teaching Staff
Non Teaching Staff
External Member
President, UG Student Council
PG Student Representative
Research Scholar
Complaints can be lodged directly with any member of the committee.
The complaint may be oral or in writing, if the complaint is oral it shall be reduced in writing by the committee or the member who has received the complaint with the signature of the complainant.
A complaint should be lodged within four weeks of the incident. In extraordinary circumstances this could be extended to four months.
At no time in the complaints receiving or recording procedure the past sexual history of the complainant is probed into.
The enquiry committee shall complete the enquiry in the shortest possible time not exceeding 3 months from the date of complaint.
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