Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)

– S.N.M College, Maliankara

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.

As per the UGC regulations, it is mandatory for all the Higher Education Institutions in India to constitute an ICC with an inbuilt mechanism for gender sensitization against sexual harassment. The ICC is committed to a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual harassment and strives to create a campus free from discrimination, harassment or sexual assault at all levels.

S.No.	Title	Details
1	Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act and Rule 2013	VIEW
2	Handbook on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace	VIEW

Procedure for filing a Complaint with ICC S.N.M College, Maliankara -Main Steps

Complaints regarding Sexual Harassment must be made in written (legible handwriting) or typed on paper.
Nature of the complaint should be clearly stated in detail with dates and locations.
As per stipulation of The Act the aggrieved person can make the written complaint of sexual harassment at workplace within a period of three months from the date of incident and in case of a series of incidents, within a period of three months from the date of last incident.
The complaint must be in no case anonymous and the aggrieved person’s name and address should be legible.
As per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013, in case the aggrieved woman is unable to make a complaint on account of her physical incapacity, a complaint may be filed inter alia by her relative or friend or her co-worker or an officer of the National Commission for Woman or State Women’s Commission or any person who has knowledge of the incident, with the written consent of the aggrieved woman.
The written complaint should be handed over to any internal member of the ICC-SNMC.

Dr.Neelima C A, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, S.N.M College, Maliankara is the Presiding Officer of the present Committee. The present ICC was re-constituted on 01.06.2023 and which contains 9 members including student representatives.

Email ID: icc@snmcollege.ac.in

Address:
The Presiding Officer
Internal Complaints Committee
S.N.M College, Maliankara
Moothakunnam (Via), Ernakulam, Kerala – 683516