The RKSM Vivekananda Vidyabhavan authorities are committed, by their adherence to the Act and the Regulations, to provide all necessary facilities to the IC to conduct its inquiries within time and with required privacy. They are also committed to providing a zero tolerance workplace/campus.
Formation
The RKSMVV Internal Committee (IC) was reconstituted in April 2024 on the basis of the UGC Regulations, 2015 (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students in Higher Educational Institutions), published in the Gazette of India, New Delhi, Monday, May 2, 2016.
Current Composition the ICC with effect from 11th April 2024:
Chairperson
Dr. Soma Marik, Associate Professor, Department of History (9903117727)
Members
1. Sm. Indrani Chakraborty, State Aided College Teacher, Department of Economics
2. Sm. Aishwarya Banerjee, State Aided College Teacher, Department of Psychology.
3. Sm. Mousumi Mukherjee, State Aided College Teacher, Department of Human Rights
4. Sm. Moumita De, State Aided College Teacher, Department of Human Rights
5. Sm. Nibedita Deb, State Aided College Teacher, Department of Geography
6. Sm. Parama Sarkhel Dutta, Librarian
7. Sm. Susmita Das, Typist
8. Sm. Suranjana Dasgupta – External Member
9. Students to be nominated by the Principal for student related issues
Tasks
Links
https://www.kelphr.com/pdf/amendment-on-posh-act.pdf
https://www.iitbbs.ac.in/notice/sexual-harrassment-of-women-act-and-rules-2013.pdf
http://www.manuu.ac.in/PDF%20files/ugc-gazetenotification-11Aug2016.pdf
https://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/5873997_SAKSHAM-BOOK.pdf
Guidelines:
1. Zero tolerance towards sexual harassments
2. To carry out gender sensitization against sexual harassment, by explaining what is sexual harassment, physical, verbal, or using electronic media in collaboration with Gender Resource Centre
3. To ensure the right to safe campus and workplace; that safety of workplace/campus means providing normal atmosphere, rather than degenerating into securitization, nor curtailing the freedom of movement of employees or students.
4. To explain the broadened meaning of workplace/campus under the Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act
2013 and the Saksham Guidelines
5. Taking into account that vulnerable groups may be particularly prone to harassment – and to look after their special needs – based on class, caste, sexual orientation, and disability
6. To provide assistance if an employee or a student chooses to file a complaint with the police
7. To provide mechanisms of dispute redressal and dialogue through just and fair
conciliation without undermining complainants’ rights
8. To minimize the need for purely punitive approaches
9. To enable a complainant to make a formal complaint where the complainant so
wishes, and to act in accordance with the Act of 2013 and the UGC guidelines of
2015 to ensure that complaint and inquiry are carried out fairly and within the time set out by law.
10. To protect the safety of complainant and any witnesses by not divulging identities
11. To ensure that victims or witnesses are not threatened or penalised for making complaints
12. To ensure that the provisions of the Act are not misused by frivolous complaints
