A written complaint may be addressed to the convener of the committee or can be dropped in a drop box. The complaint can be raised because of the following reasons:
Physical contact and advances
Demand or request for sexual favors
Sexually pornography
Unwelcome physical, verbal or nonverbal conduct of a sexual nature.
The following is also sexual harassment and is covered by the committee:
Eve-teasing
Unpleasant remarks
Jokes causing or likely to cause embarrassment
Innuendos and taunts
Gender based insults or sexist remarks
Social media forwards of any unpleasant forwards
Touching or brushing against any part of the body
Forcible physical touch or molestation
Violating one’s privacy
Objectives
Prevent discrimination and sexual harassment against women, by promoting gender amity among students and employees.
Deal with cases of discrimination and sexual harassment against women in a time bound manner, aiming at ensuring support services to the victimized and termination of the accused.
Functions
To ensure provision of a work and educational environment that is free from sexual harassment (Sexual harassment is defined by law from the perspective of the person who feels they have been harassed and it occurs if the person who feels they have been harassed feels offended, humiliated, or intimidated by the conduct and it is reasonable, in all the circumstances that the person who feels they have been harassed would feel offended, humiliated or intimidated).
To take all reasonable steps (active and preventive in nature) to prevent the harassment occurring; To address any oral/written complaint about: unwelcome sexual advances, unsolicited acts of physical intimacy, unwelcome requests for sexual favors or other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature. Unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature includes oral or written statements of a sexual nature to a person or in a person's presence.
Obtain high level support from the management and Principal for implementing a comprehensive strategy: Providing information to all staff and students about what constitutes sexual harassment and about their responsibility not to sexually harass other staff and students.
Providing information and training to staff conducting teaching and learning activities on meeting their responsibilities in relation to maintaining a work and study environment free from sexual harassment.
Develop a written policy which prohibits sexual harassment. Complaints of sexual harassment are handled separately for staff and students under the Staff Complaints Policy and Sexual Harassment Complaints Resolution Procedures for students.
Regularly distribute and promote the policy at all levels of the organization; Ensure that Hod’s discuss and reinforce the policy at staff meetings; Provide the policy and other relevant information on sexual harassment to new staff as a standard part of induction; Periodically review the policy to ensure it is operating effectively and contains up to date information.
Display anti-sexual harassment posters on notice boards in common work areas and distribute relevant brochures; Conduct regular awareness for all staff on sexual harassment issues.
Ensure that complaints processes are clearly documented, are explained to all employees, address complaints in a manner which is fair, timely and confidential and also give an undertaking that no employee will be victimized or disadvantaged for making a complaint.
CICC members
Name of the Member
Role
Designation & Department
Dr. Jayasudha K
Convener
Professor & Head, AIML
Ms. Ramya A V
Member
Assistant Professor – CIVIL
Ms.Kavana
Member
Assistant Professor – ISE
Ms.Rashmi K T
Member
Assistant Professor – CSE
Mrs. Kousalya
Member
Assistant Professor – S&H
Mrs. Kiranmayi
Member
Assistant Professor – ECE
Mr. Manoj Pranesh
Member
NGO
Miss. Pallavi
Member
II -year AIML student
Miss. Poorvika D M
Member
II -year AIML student
Miss.Pooja
Member
III -year ECE student




