ICC

Hingalganj Mahavidyalaya

Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)

Sexual Harassment of women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act 2013.

In accordance with the UGC (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2015, the College has an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) comprising of External and Internal Members. In case of any incident of harassment, your complaints may kindly be brought to the notice of the Presiding Officer of the Committee (drmkhatun@gmail.com) in writing or through phone (Contact Number – 9748112464). The Committee will address the issue in compliance with the law of the land in force.

Members of the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC):

The following members have been nominated to serve in the ICC

Sl. No.	Designation	Name	Contact Details
1.	Presiding Officer	Dr. Mahabbatunnesa Khatun, Assistant Professor, Department of Bengali	Email id-drmkhatun@gmail.com Phone no. 9748112464
2.	External member	Mrs. Maitreyee Banerjee Member of NGO	Phone no. 8240974571
3.	Member (teaching)	.Prof. Monami Mukherjee, Assistant Professor, Department of English	Email id-monamibhatt@gmail.com Phone no. 7595020200
4.	Member (teaching)	Dr. Ishita Dey, Assistant Professor, Department of Sanskrit	Email id-ishitadey123@gmail.com Phone no. 8420900164
5.	Member (non teaching staff)	Mr. Prasanta Chakraborty, Head Clerck	Email id-prasantamani.dx@gmail.com Phone no. 9800157560
6.	Member (non teaching staff)	Beloara Khatun	Phone no. 7047777704
7.	Member (Student)	Arpita Mondal	Phone no. 8116315246
8.	Member(Student)	Debashish Mondal	Phone no. 9144034620
9.	Member(Student)	Arunima Pal	Phone no. 9547146752

Highlights of Grievances related to harassment listed by the G.O

Intimidation, open and indirect threats, verbal and non verbal conduct, physical abuse and other objectionable behaviour and objectionable materials sent through letter, electronic and social media.
Undue delay or refusal for forwarding applications/ requests/ letters of the faculty, staff and students to higher authorities.
Detrimental and prejudicial treatment, favoritism shown to particular students.
Demand or assigning work by institution/ department after working hours, on holidays without adequate reasons. (Full list available if needed )

Procedure for Lodging Complaint

If any woman is a victim of sexual harassment (or perceives herself to be so), she can immediately contact any ICC member (personally or through telephone/ written request/ email) or lodge a written complaint and drop it in the box provided outside the NSS office. The complaint and the identity of the complainant will be kept CONFIDENTIAL

The complainant to give a written complaint to the Presiding Officer.
Presiding officer convenes a meeting with the committee within 7 working days of receiving the complaints.
The committee meets with the complainant and alleged person/persons separately in a closed session.
Statements of both parties will be recorded and if allegation of Sexual harassment is justified on the basis of the given guidelines and the consensus of the ICC suitable action will be initiated within 15 working days.
Punitive action will be taken based on the guidelines of the UGC.
In case of frivolous or false allegation action will be taken against the complainant.
Confidentiality of all meetings, statements, Recordings will be strictly maintained.