Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)

Today, all workplaces in India are mandated by law to provide a safe and secure working environment free from sexual harassment for all women. In pursuance of UGC (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of sexual harassment of women employees and students in higher educational institutions) Regulations, 2015 read with Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and in partial modification by UGC, Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) is constituted to deal with complaints relating to sexual harassment at work place. Sexual harassment invades on the following two important rights provided by the Constitution of India:

• Right of a woman to gender equality under Article 14
• Woman’s right to life and live with dignity under Article 21

The committee for managing gender issues has been set up as the Internal Complaints Committee at Shree Ramkrishna Institute of Computer Education And Applied Sciences. ICC is set up not only to deal with complaints of sexual harassment of women in the workplace but also to focus on creating awareness, counselling and educating about gender issues.