SEXUAL HARASSMENT REDRESSAL

In order to create and maintain a community in which teaching, non-teaching staff and students can work together in an environment free of sexual violence, harassment, exploitation and intimidation, Bharath Niketan Engineering College has proactively formed a Committee for Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) under the recommendation of the Anna University, Chennai.

Roles of the Committee

  Prevent discrimination and sexual harassment against women, by promoting gender amity among students and employees;

  Deal with cases of discrimination and sexual harassment against women, in a time bound manner, aiming at ensuring support services to the victimized and termination of the harassment; to ensure that appropriate action is taken against the offender

  To ensure that victims and witnesses are not victimized or discriminated because of their complaint

  To take proactive measures towards sensitization of the working and learning community on gender issues so that the college is an excellent work place for all.

  Recommend appropriate punitive action against the guilty party.

The following internal Complaint /SEXUAL HARASSMENT REDRESSAL is constituted. Students can report to this committee in case of any grievance in the college.Regulations,2024 vide F.no 1-103/AICTE/PRGC/regulation/2024 dated 02.05.2024

Anti-ragging slogans are displayed in main areas of the campus and in college website. Students can contact the anti-ragging committee members 24×7 at any instance. The anti-ragging members are shown. No such instances are reported in the last four years. Our Institution is a Ragging-free

Responsibilities

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  To ensure compliance with the provision of UGC regulation 2009 at institute level.

  To conduct such enquiry observing a fair and transparent procedure and principles of natural justice and after giving adequate opportunity to the student or student accused of ragging and other witnesses to place before it the facts, documents and views concerning the incident of ragging and considering such other relevant information as may be required

  To monitor and oversee the performance of anti-ragging squad in prevention of ragging at the institution.

  To monitor the welfare of the students outside the campus.

  Beginning of every academic year, the committee forms an Anti-Ragging squad for the prevention of ragging activities inside the campus

  The squad members are assigned with various duties at the crowded areas of the college campus to prevent the fresher’s from being ragged

  The committee makes surprise visits to hostel and other vulnerable places prone to ragging. This committee makes the campus Ragging-Free.

  The committees also organize special guest lectures on right to information act to create awareness in students