ICC

Dewan Abdul Gani College has constituted an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) as per the recommendations of UGC and Section 4(1) of the sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

The ICC ensures an environment free of sexual harassment, general acts of gender bias including sexist remarks, threats of gender-based violence, acts potentially leading to or causing intimidation of any nature, etc. It adopts a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual misconduct — whether explicit or implicit — and also provides support to those who are either studying or working in the institute by promptly addressing complaints of sexual harassment or misconduct (if any).

Besides, victims of general workplace harassment (consisting of acts such as, bullying, offensive conduct, racial & ethnic slurs, derogatory remarks & jokes, and intimidation of any nature deemed unlawful by any ordinary interpretation of the atrocious act/ manner or language or both) are advised to file a written complaint to the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of the institution.

The ICC pledges to:
1. provide a safe and healthy environment that is conducive to teaching-learning.
2. receive any complaint pertaining to sexual harassment, misconduct and other workplace harassment from both students and staff of the institution.
3. conduct timely and systematic inquiries free of any prejudice and submit reports based on grievances/ complaints to the competent authority.
4. maintain strict confidentiality as to the details of the complaint/s and/or the aggrieved student’s/ staff’s particulars.

Procedure for Filing a Complaint with ICC

All complaints of sexual harassment / misconduct MUST be either hand-written or typed on paper.
2. The precise nature of the complaint (date, location, time etc.) should be clearly specified.
3. The complaint MUST NOT be anonymous.
4. According to the Act the aggrieved individual
4. As per stipulation laid down in the Act, the aggrieved student/staff is advised to submit a written/typed complaint to the HOI within a period of three months from the date of incident and in case of a series of incidents, within a period of three months from the date of the last incident.

Timeline for Complaints

Submission of Complaint – Within 3 months of the last incident
Notice to the Respondent – Within 7 days of receiving copy of the complaint
Completion of Inquiry – Within 90 days
Submission of Report by ICC/ LCC to employer/ DO – Within 10 days of the completion of the inquiry
Implementation of Recommendations – Within 60 days
Appeal – Within 90 days of the recommendations

Committee Members

Chhahir Ali Miah (Teacher-in-Charge)

Shri Swapan Saha (Convenor)

Dr. Munirul Islam (IQAC Coordinator)

Smt. Mousumi Adhikary

Shri Aniruddha Maitra

Shri Ratan Chandra Barman

Shri Subrata Ghosh

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