Anti Ragging, Grievance & Internal Complaints Committee

• Anti Ragging:
  Ragging has ruined countless innocent lives and careers. In order to eradicate it, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, in Civil Appeal No. 887 of 2009, passed the judgement wherein guidelines were issued for setting up of a Central Crisis Hotline and Anti-Ragging Database. In accordance with UGC guidelines, the college has institutionalized a robust anti-ragging committee. The college adopts a policy of zero tolerance to the issues of ragging and whenever any case is registered the college immediately intervenes and takes prompt action.
  
  Mechanisms of Redressal
  • In case a student falls victim to an unfortunate incident of ragging he/she is requested to promptly get in touch of the Convenor of the Anti-Ragging Committee (link given). The student is to submit a written complaint to the Convenor laying down the details of his/her experience and identifying the perpetrators (if possible) so that appropriate action may be taken.
  • On receipt of the letter, the Convenor is to approach the Head of the Institution. The Principal/ Teacher in Charge/ Vice Principal in consultation with the Anti-Ragging Committee is to convene a Fact Finding Committee in accordance with the UGC guidelines.
  • The Fact Finding Committee would be given the responsibility to investigate the matter thoroughly by talking to the victim, alleged accused and visit the site of the incident if necessary.
  • The Fact Finding Committee is to submit a detailed report of its findings within a stipulated time and recommend actions to be taken in the matter to the Head of the Institution.
  • The Head of the Institution in consultation with the Anti-Ragging Committee would then decide upon necessary course of action and lay it down in the Action Taken Report.
  Anti-Ragging Committee
• Grievance Redressal Cell:
  The college is extremely cautious about the grievances of the students & staff. Considering the importance of students’ interests the Grievance Redressal is exclusively done by the Principal and the Vice Principal. The Principal addresses all the grievances except the academic matters which is looked upon by the Vice Principal. On a regular basis the Principal and Vice Principal receive emails on various grievances of the students & staff and address the same. To assist them the Internal Management Committee members are present to discuss the matters in the IMC meeting should such situation arise. The IMC comprises of the Principal, Vice Principal, Senatus Secretary, IQAC Coordinator, Bursar and the Teachers’ Council Secretary.
• Internal Complaints Committee (ICC):
  The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 ("POSH Act") was enacted as a comprehensive legislation to provide a safe, secure and enabling environment, free from sexual harassment to every woman. This statute was enacted to fill the legislative void which had been partially addressed by the judiciary in Vishaka and Others v. State of Rajasthan and Others (1997 (7) SCC 323). In this seminal public interest litigation verdict, the Supreme Court of India had framed a set of guidelines ("Vishaka Guidelines") for dealing with instances of sexual harassment at the workplace, which has now been codified in the POSH Act.
  
  Under the POSH Act, an employer is legally required to comply with certain statutory requirements. One of these is the constitution of an Internal Complaints Committee ("ICC"), a body envisaged to receive complaints on sexual harassment at the workplace from an aggrieved woman, as well as to inquire into and make recommendations to the employer on the action required pursuant to its inquiry of such complaint made.
  
  ICC Committee