The Supreme Court of India while considering the case Vishaka and others VS State of Rajasthan, pronounced its judgement which laid down guidelines for dealing with sexual harassment of woman at work place in India through The Sexual Harassment of Women at Work place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 and accordingly there shall be an internal mechanism in every, union, State and its Departments & Institutions including private to address grievances of women.
Pursuant to the above, the UGC notified the regulations namely – UGC (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women and students in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2015.
Definition of Sexual harassment
Sexual harassment includes any one or more of the following unwelcome acts or behaviour(whether directly or by implication) namely:-
Physical contact and advances
Planning and Monitoring Tracker for NOU Affiliates
A demand or request for sexual favours
Making sexually coloured remarks
Any unwelcome messages through telephone or internet
Showing pornography
Any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature
Procedure for filing a complaint
Complaints regarding Sexual Harassment must be made in the prescribed format
Be honest while describing the complaint, as false complaints can invite penalities.
Must file within a period of three months from the date of incident
Should be handed over to any internal member of the ICC or can be sent an email to ICC
Members
Sl.No
Name
Designation
Internal Members:
Presiding Officer
Prof Priyadarshini Sanghamitra Sahoo
Professor, Dept. of Physics
Teaching Members
Dr Priya Ranjan Debata
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Zoology
Dr Bishnupriya Hanshda
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Botany
Non-Teaching Members
Mr Sanjib Kumar Tanti
Asst Registrar
Mrs Bhagabati Panda
Matron
Student Members
Ms Sabita Barik
Research Scholar, Dept. of Odia
Ms Subhasankhini Tripathy
Student, Integrated B.Ed-M.Ed
Mr Subhendu Mishra
Student, MCA
External Member
Ms Sujata Misra
Advocate, Baripada, Memberof District Bar Association, Mayurbhanj
List of members of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC): View PDF
UGC Regulation- (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal ofSexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students in Higher EducationalInstitutions) 2015: View PDF