Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) was formed as per Order DO. No. F. 91- 3/2014 (GS) Pt. 1 of the UGC dated 28/01/2015 and in pursuance of UGC (Prevention, prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment of women employees and students in higher educational institutions) Regulations, 2015.
It was constituted to deal with the issues of gender-based violence and to conduct gender sensitization programmes.
The Committee
1 | Shajitha S. | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Islamic History | Chairperson |
2 3. | Dr. Sheeba M.J. Sherin Aslam | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Botany Assistant Professor, Dept. of English | Member Member |
4. 5. | Lt. Liby K.S. Firoskhan A. | Assistant Professor, Dept. of English Assistant Professor, Dept. of Commerce | Member Member |
6 7 | Advt. Niza Fazil Dr. E. Abdul Razac | External Members |
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8 | Three Student nominees (if the matter involves students) | Ardra Prabhakar, III Sem Malayalam Arya K S III Sem Physics Sandhiya Harikumar V Sem Mathematics | Member Member Member |
On receipt of a complaint:
ICC shall comply with the procedure prescribed in the aforementioned UGC Regulations 2015 and the Sexual Harassment Act for inquiring into the complaint in a time bound manner.
If ICC concludes that the allegations made were false, malicious or the complaint was made knowing it to be untrue or forged or misleading information has been provided during the inquiry, the complainant shall be liable to be punished as per the relevant provision of the aforementioned UGC Regulations 2015.
Any female employee (student, faculty or non-teaching staff) of T.K.M. College of Arts and Science, Karicode, Kollam.
Sexual harassment includes any unwelcome sexually inclined behavior, whether directly or indirectly, such as:
If found guilty, the Committee can initiate against the accused actions such as the following, as per the seriousness of the offense:
