With regard to the Supreme Court Judgment and guidelines issued in 1997 to provide for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment and abuse, more particularly against sexual harassment at work places, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued circulars since 1998, to all the universities, advising them to establish a permanent cell and a committee and to develop guidelines to combat sexual harassment, violence against women and ragging at the universities and colleges. It has further advised the universities to be proactive by developing a conductive atmosphere on the campus, where the status of woman is respected and they are treated with. Keeping the above guidelines in view our college has constituted a Committee Against Sexual Harassment. The committee consists of members of the Administration, Teaching staff, non teaching staff and UG, PG, Research Fellows representative, external member.

CASH Committee 2017-18

The Role / Functions of the Committee

1. To provide a neutral, confidential and supportive environment for members of the campus community who may have been sexually harassed;
2. To advice complainants of the informal and formal means of resolution as specified by the cell;
3. To ensure the fair and timely resolution of sexual harassment complaints;
4. To provide information regarding counselling and support services on our campus;
5. To ensure that students, faculty and staff are provided with current and comprehensive materials on sexual harassment and assault;
6. To promote awareness about sexual harassment through educational initiatives that encourages and fosters a respectful and safe campus environment.

The Following is also Sexual Harassment and is covered by the Committee

• Eve-teasing,
• Unsavory remarks,
• Jokes causing or likely to cause awkwardness or embarrassment,
• Innuendos and taunts,
• Gender based insults or sexist remarks,
• Unwelcome sexual overtone in any manner such as over telephone (obnoxious telephone calls) and the like,
• Touching or brushing against any part of the body and the like,
• Displaying pornographic or other offensive or derogatory pictures, cartoons, pamphlets or sayings,
• Forcible physical touch or molestation and
• Physical confinement against one's will and any other act likely to violate one's privacy.