Responsibility of the Committee

• Develop and provide education to the students, faculty and community on the prevention of sexual harassment.
• Maintain confidential records on all allegations of sexual harassment.
• Publicly notify the provisions against sexual harassment and ensure their wide-dissemination.
• To disseminate information about the penalty and consequences of sexual harassment, information on the mechanism for Redressal of complaints pertaining to sexual harassment and contact details of members of Internal Complaints Committee, complaints procedure and so on.
• Organise Training Programmes or as the case may be, workshops for the officers, functionaries, faculty and students, to sensitize them and ensure knowledge and awareness of the rights, entitlements and responsibilities enshrined in the Act and under this regulation.
• Act decisively against all gender based violence perpetrated against employees and students of all sexes recognizing that primarily women employees and students and some male students and students of the third gender are vulnerable to many forms of sexual harassment, humiliation and exploitation.

Powers and Functions of the Committee

To ensure provision of a work and educational environment that is free from sexual harassment:

● To take all reasonable steps (active and preventive in nature) to prevent the harassment at work place.
● Obtain high level support from Director-Principal for implementing comprehensive strategy which includes:
● Develop a written policy which prohibits sexual harassment.
● Ensure that complaints processes:
● Are clearly documented;
● Are explained to all employees;
● Offer both informal and formal options for resolution;
● Address complaints in a manner which is fair, timely and confidential;
● Provide clear guidance on internal investigation procedures and record keeping;
● Give an undertaking that no employee will be victimized or disadvantaged for making a complaint.

Committee Members

Chairperson:

Convener:

Members:

Composition of Internal Complaint committee

Internal Complaint committee policy

According to the University Grants Commission (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students)Act of 2013, the KNIPSS Engineering Institute is committed to maintain and create a healthy, safe and conducive work environment free of sexual harassment, exploitation and intimidation for its women employees and students. At KNIPSS, we have zero-tolerance for sexual harassment. Any form of sexual harassment, particularly against women (employees and students) is not acceptable within the organization, beyond the confines of its offices, and at other locations travelled/visited for KNIPSS’s work. To ensure the above-mentioned, KNIPSS follows the 'Act' and ‘Rules’ (Policy) framed under the UGC (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students) Act of 2013 through ICC. The Institute has constituted Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) which comprise of members as per the sub regulation (1) of regulation (4) of the Notification (New Delhi, the 02 May, 2016, University Grants Commission (Prevention, prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment of women)*. The policy is applicable to all the Stakeholders (explicitly or by inference) of KNIPSS, who visit KNIPSS’s and or live in its premises. All are mandated to follow this Policy and work collaboratively to prevent sexual harassment of women at KNIPSS Engineering Institute. The alteration or amendment or rescind any of the clauses through new guidelines/orders issued by Government of India regarding the Act will form part of the policy and the same will be intimated to the employees.

Objective of the Policy

Responding to Conduct in Violation of Policy

Confidentiality

Duties of the Employer