Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)

Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)

As part of its zero-tolerance policy against sexual harassment, Sree Sankara College, Kalady has constituted an Internal Complaints Committee in July 2023, by integrating the Anti-Sexual Harassment cell that has been functioning in the college. ICC is constituted under UGC (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of sexual harassment of women employees and students in higher education institutions) Regulations 2015, and applies to all higher educational institutions in India. According to this regulation, sexual harassment means:

1. An unwanted conduct with sexual undertones if it occurs or which is persistent and which demeans, humiliates or creates a hostile and intimidating environment or is calculated to induce submission by actual or threatened adverse consequences and includes any one or more or all of the following unwelcome acts or behaviour (whether directly or by implication), namely;
   1. Any unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature
   2. Demand or request for sexual favours
   3. Making sexually coloured remarks
   4. Physical contact or advances
   5. Showing pornography
2. Any one or more than one or all of the following circumstances, if it occurs or is present in relation or connected with any behaviour that has explicit or implicit sexual undertones:
   1. Implied or explicit promise of preferential treatment as quid pro quo for sexual favours
   2. Implied or explicit threat of detrimental treatment in the conduct of work
   3. Implied or explicit threat about the present or future status of the person concerned
   4. Creating an intimidating offensive or hostile learning environment
   5. Humiliating treatment likely to affect the health, safety, dignity or physical integrity of the person concerned

The term of office of the members of ICC shall be three years. The list of office bearers are given below:

Objective

The objective of the Internal Complaints Committee of the college is to create a safe, secure and supportive environment for women staff and students of the college, conducive to peaceful and effective teaching and learning.

Functions

Organizing awareness programmes on Gender sensitization, pertaining legal aspects, etc.

Address complaints of sexual harassment from staff and students and take necessary action.

Composition

The composition is given in the table below.

CONTACT:

In case of complaints, queries, suggestions, students can adopt any of the following measures

1. Personally contact any of the members listed above
2. Submit in writing to any of the members listed above
3. Call at phone numbers given above
4. Email at icc@ssc.edu.in

Reports

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23