• To create a secure physical and social environment which will deter acts of sexual harassment
• To promote a social and psychological environment that will raise awareness about sexual harassment in its various forms
• To provide an environment free of gender-based discrimination
• To facilitate a safe environment that is free of sexual harassment
• To develop guidelines and norms for policies against sexual harassment
• To develop principles and procedures to combat sexual harassment
• To organize gender sensitization awareness programme
• To deal with cases of discrimination and sexual harassment in a time bound manner, aiming at ensuring support services to the victimized
• Creation and delivery of customized awareness training sessions to the management, internal complaints committee and employees, on a need basis

The committee has to ensure that enough steps are taken in order to create awareness on the topic. If in case, anyone approaches any of the committee member, the member is immediately required to inform other members in the committee. A written compliant have to be taken from the aggrieved person, necessary action should be taken on the meantime, preferably to settle the matter through counselling and conciliation as soon as possible. In case the matter is not so sorted, inquiry to be conducted and matter to be sorted out within 10 days from the date of compliant. The members to be vigilant all the time and ensure that there is no such incident takes place in campus by creating efficient awareness and having an open dialogue with all the students at regular interval of time. Following are the Guidelines to be strictly followed.

- The complainant will have to submit a written and signed complaint addressed to the Presiding officer of the Cell

- The counsellor will have to call the complainant for a personal meeting, usually within a week from the submission of the written complaint

- The members of the Cell will discuss about the complaint

- If the case falls outside the purview of the Cell, the complainant will be informed to the Director

- If the case comes under the purview of the Cell, an enquiry committee will be set up to look after the issue

- The Committee will submit a report and suggest the nature of action to be taken at the earliest by Director

- If any legal action is required with the help of any advocate, then the member of the cell have to forward the complaint to police

On receiving a complaint

The committee shall, on receipt of a written complaint, promptly initiate inquiry proceedings as per the directions under the act.

Sexual Harassment has been defined as: An act of sexual harassment includes any one or more of the unwelcome acts or behavior, whether directly or by implication

- Irrelevant Physical contact and advances; or

- A demand or request for sexual favours; or

-Making sexual coloured remarks; or iv. Showing pornography; or

- Any unwelcomed physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature