Internal Complaints Committee

2018-2019 report

The Internal Complaints Committee was established in August 2017 by the management in accordance with the UGC initiative to have a committee to address sexual harassment and work harassment issues. The ICC also aims to protect students from sexual abuse and to spread awareness amongst students in respect to cyberspace and its related crimes.

The committee has a member from the legal community, an Advocate with TS Associates, Harassment at Bay, who is ready at hand to cater to any legality. The Committee comprises faculty, administrative staff and students.

Mrs. Rovina David is the External member of this committee. She is an advocate and a Partner at Tommy Sebastien Associates. She trained the committee members on handling a complaint on sexual harassment and the procedures to be followed while conducting enquiry proceedings.

An awareness programme for students on sexual harassment was conducted by Mrs. Rovina David during the Assembly on 31st August 2017. An awareness programme on sexual harassment for the support staff was conducted by Mrs. Shanthala Banu in Kannada on 31st October 2017. An awareness program for the teaching and the administration staff was conducted by Mrs. Rovina David on 31st October 2017.

An Awareness program was conducted on the 2nd, 9th and 16th February 2018 based on Cyberspace and related crimes.

Committee Members:
Dr Marie Kavitha Jayakaran, Department of Homescience
Asst.Prof. Yallina Thomas, Counsellor
Associate Prof. Prathibha David, Dept of Commerce
Dr Vinay Kumar Yadav, HOD, Dept of Hindi
Mrs. Leena Wesley, Administrative Staff
Ms. Nusrat Fathima, Student, I-B.Com
Ms. Nayanatara Rao, Student, I B.Sc
Ms. Kriti Rao ,Student, I B.A
Mrs. Rovina David TSA – Harrassment at Bay