Internal Complaints Committee(ICC) on Sexual harassment

            Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology is committed to provide safe academic and working environment to all girl students and its women employees. As per the guidelines of Supreme Court, UGC, Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace(Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013, an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) on Sexual Harassment  has been established by the college in the year  2015. This committee has been constituted under the policy  prevention and punishment for sexual harassment of women at workplace

Mechanism and Composition of ICC on Sexual Harassment

1. The mechanism for registering complaints should be safe, accessible and sensitive.
2. A complaint of discrimination or sexual harassment may be lodged by the victim or a third party
3. If the complain wishes she can be accompanied by a representative.
4. All complaints made to any committee member must be received and recorded by the member, who shall then inform the chairperson about the complaint, who in turn shall call for a meeting of the committee.
5. Within three days of the receipt of a complaint, the ICC on Sexual Harassment must determine whether a prima facie case of sexual harassment is made out. It shall carefully consider the complaint and may hear the complaint and the defendant and/or any other relevant person to determine whether an enquiry by the committee is to be instituted. If the committee considers it necessary to hear the defendant at the preliminary stage it shall start the enquiry process.
6. If the committee against sexual harassment decides not to conduct an enquiry into a complaint it shall record the reasons for the same in the minutes of the committee meeting. The committee shall make the same available to the complainant in writing
7. If the committee finds an employee of the Institute involved in sexual harassment of the complaint, then immediately it recommended disciplinary action in the form of dismissal and any other relevant mechanism
8. If the committee finds a student of the Institute is involved in sexual harassment of the complainant, it can recommended disciplinary action in the form of suspension for a specific period of time or expulsion from the institution.

   The Compositions of ICC on sexual harassment for this academic year 2021-22 is as follows

   S.No	Name	Position	Post held in Committee
   1.	Dr.R.Asokan	Principal	Chair Person
   2.	Dr.B.Umarani	Professor/ECE	Convener
   3.	Dr.R.Elawarasi	RBSK Female Team, Government Hospital, Kattuputhur(P.O), Trichy.	External Member
   4.	Mr. P. Parthiban	BA BL Advocate,Registration. No: 974 of 2011,Bar Council of Trichy	External Member
   5.	Dr.J.Yogapriya	Professor/CSE/ Dean(R&D)	Member
   6.	Dr.S. Kavipriya	Professor/HoD/Civil	Member
   7.	Dr.M.Dharmalingam	Professor/HoD/ECE	Member
   8.	Dr.C.Saravanabhavan	Professor/HoD/ CSE	Member
   9.	Dr.R.Shankar	Associate Professor/HoD/ EEE	Member
   10.	Dr.D.Jagadeesh	Associate Professor & HoD /Mech	Member
   11.	Mr.T.Ashok	Associate Professor & HoD / BME	Member
   12.	Mr.N.Premkumar	Associate Professor/ HoD /IT	Member
   13.	Mrs.P.Thangamani	Assistant Professor/Maths	Member
   14.	Ms.P.Harshumathi	II year CSE	Student representative
   15.	Ms.S.Sujitha	II year ECE	Student representative