The Internal Complaints Cell of the university serves as a critical mechanism for addressing grievances related to Specifically discrimination, and other forms of misconduct within the academic community. Specifically focusing on the well-being and safety of women staff, the ICC plays a pivotal role in creating a conducive work environment that fosters dignity, respect equality.
Objectives of the ICC:
- Ensuring a Safe and Supportive Environment: The primary ambition of the ICC is to create an environment where women staff feel safe and supported to raise concerns without fear of reprisal. This entails fostering a culture where harassment and discrimination are not tolerated and where individuals are empowered to speak up.
- Promoting Gender Equality: The ICC aims to promote gender equality by addressing systemic issues that disproportionately affect women in academia. This includes tackling gender bias, ensuring equitable access to opportunities, and supporting the advancement of women in their careers.
- Facilitating Fair and Transparent Processes: The ICC strives to uphold fairness and transparency in its processes for investigating complaints. This involves providing clear guidelines, conducting impartial investigations, and ensuring that all parties involved are treated with respect and dignity.
Responsibilities of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) – The Internal Complaints Committee
- protect the safety of the complainant by not divulging the person’s identity, and provide 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;
- 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 the complainant’s rights, and minimize the need for purely punitive approaches that lead to further resentment, alienation or violence;
- ensure that victims or witnesses are not victimized 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.
Regular meetings are conducted along with meeting on any complaint received.
As per the approval of the competent authority, an internal complaints committee has been constituted with the following members:
| SN | Name of Member | Designation |
| 1 | Prof. Ramesh Chandra Tripathi | Chairperson |
| 2 | Dr. Lalit Kumar Singh | Member |
| 3 | Dr. Santosh K. Arasia | Member |
| 4 | Deputy Registrar (Administration) | Member |
| 5 | Finance Comptroller | Member |
As per the approval of the competent authority, a Women's Sexual Harassment Cell also has been constituted with the following members:
| SN | Name of Member | Designation |
| 1 | Dr. Neelam Chaurey | Chairperson |
| 2 | Dr. Sadhana Chaurasia | Co-Chairperson |
| 3 | Dr. Vandana Pathak | Legal Advisor |
| 4 | Dr. Asha Sharma | Member |
| 5 | Dr. Sushama Gujar | Employee Representative |
| 6 | Ms. Ragini Singh | Student Representative |
Helpline:
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
UGC Regulations, Prevention and Prohibition
Office Order of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)
Office Order of Women Sexual Harassment Cell
