Internal Complaints Committee

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Internal Complaint Committee Mechanism

MITS has constituted Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) in pursuance of guidelines issued by Supreme Court, UGC and as per the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013, Anti-Sexual Harassment Cell (Internal Complaints Committee) is reconstituted to provide for the effective enforcement of the basic human rights of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment and abuse, and to provide conducive atmosphere in the campus, to all the staff members, employees and students of MITS. The committee has a team of nine members among them one person is Rotatory club president. The committee works for the prevention, prohibition and redressed of sexual harassment of women at MITS, as MITS has Zero tolerance towards sexual harassment.

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In pursuance of guidelines issued by Supreme Court, UGC and as per the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013, Anti-Sexual Harassment Cell (Internal Complaints Committee) is reconstituted to provide for the effective enforcement of the basic human rights of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment and abuse, and to provide conducive atmosphere in the campus, to all the staff members, employees and students of MITS.

Objectives of the Committee

  • To prevent sexual harassment by promoting gender amity among staff, students and other employees.

  • To deal with cases of sexual harassment in a time bound manner, aiming at ensuring support services to the victimized, prevention and termination of the harassment.
  • Recommend appropriate redressal and punitive action against the guilty to the Management.
  • To comply with the provisions of the Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (Act) and to develop and implement a policy against sexual harassment of women at the MITS.
  • To uphold Women's Right to Protection against Sexual Harassment and for the prevention and redressal of sexual harassment of women.
  • To evolve a permanent mechanism for the prevention, prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment of women at MITS .
  • To actively promote a social, physical and psychological environment that will raise awareness about and deter acts of sexual harassment of women.
  • To undertake all necessary and reasonable steps including the constitution of appropriate committees for purposes of gender sensitization and to conduct enquiries into complaints of sexual harassment.
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Dr. K. V. Geethadevi

ICC Chairperson