In pursuance of UGC (Prevention, Prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment of women employees and students in higher educational institutions) Regulations,2015,Kamarbandha college established the Internal Complaints Committee on 16 June,2017 to deal with the complaints relating to sexual harassment in the college.
The Objective of the ICC is to develop healthy and safe atmosphere for the faculty
and students of the College and to prevent sexual harassment or exploitation of any kind. The
students are made aware of these policy measures through outreach programmes and
lectures.
Responsibilities of Internal Complaint Committee (ICC)
- Provide assistance if an employee or a student chooses to file a complaint with the
police.
- Provide mechanisms of dispute redressal and dialogue to anticipate and address
issues through just and fair conciliation without undermining complainant's rights, and
minimize the need for purely punitive approaches that lead to further resentment,
alienation or violence;
- Provide and Protect the safety of the complainant by not divulging the person's
identity. The mandatory relief by way of sanctioned leave or relaxation of attendance
requirement or transfer to another department or supervisor as required during the
pendency of the complaint, or also provide for the transfer of the offender;
- Ensure that victims or witnesses are not victimised or discriminated against while
dealing with complaints of sexual harassment.
- Ensure prohibition of retaliation or adverse action against a covered individual
because the employee or the student is engaged in protected activity
Process of making complaint of sexual harassment /h3>- A student is required to submit a written complaint to the ICC within three
months from the date of the incident. An inquiry has to be conducted by ICC within a
period of ninety days from the receipt of the complaint. The inquiry report, with
recommendations, if any, has to be submitted within ten days to the Principal
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