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'Internal Complaint Committee'/ Women's Cell
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'Internal Complaint Committee'/ Women's Cell
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The IMS has constituted a Women’s Cell, which functions as the “Internal Committee” as required by the “Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013”. This is an Act to provide protection against sexual harassment of women at workplace and for the prevention and redressal of complaints of sexual harassment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
IMS is committed to maintaining a professional environment for its stakeholders. One of the Women cell’s mandate is to forestall gender discrimination and inappropriate sexual conduct.

Aims And Objectives Of The Committee
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  • To receive any complaints from students/staff regarding sexual harassment.
  • To conduct a systematic enquiry on receiving any complaints from aggrieved students/staff & submit a detailed report.
  • To investigate the case based on the complaint relating to sexual harassment within 90 working days.
  • To issue the inquiry report within 10 days from the date of completion of the inquiry.
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As per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, “sexual harrasment” includes any one or more of the following unwelcome acts or behavior (whether directly or by implication) namely:

  • Physical contact and advances; or.
  • A demand or request for sexual favors; or.
  • Making sexually colored remarks; or.
  • Showing pornography; or.
  • Any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature.

The following circumstances, among other circumstances, if it occurs, or is present in relation to or connected with any act or behavior of sexual harassment may amount to sexual harassment:

  • Implied or explicit promise of preferential treatment in employment; or.
  • implied or explicit threat of detrimental treatment in her employment ; or.
  • implied or explicit threat about her present or future employment status; or.
  • interference with her work or creating an intimidating or offensive or hostile work environment for her; or.
  • humiliating treatment likely to affect her health or safety.
The Committee
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Sr. No Name of the Member Designation Mobile Number Email ID
01 Dr. Ms. P. V. Telore Chair Person 9823256539 pronk70@yahoo.com
02 Dr. Vikram Barnabas Member 9890937793 vikram.barnabas@rediffmail.com
03 Dr. U.H. Nagarkar Member 9404125580 uhnagarkar@rediffmail.com
04 Dr. Mrs. S.R. Barnabas Member 9689576448 swatibarnabas1@yahoo.com
05 Mrs. S.D. Kulkarni Member 9860187448 sharayu_poonam@yahoo.com
06 Ms. Jadhav Divya Vijay Student 9322658752 divyaja354@gmail.com
07 Mr. Kanwade Avishkar Student 9372895638 avishkark2001@gmail.com
08 Mr Shinge Datta Angad Student 8767889957 Dattashinge8@gmail.com
Complaint Of Sexual Harassment
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(1) Any aggrieved woman may make, in writing, a complaint of sexual harassment at workplace to the Internal Committee, 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 last incident: Provided that where such complaint cannot be made in writing, the Presiding Officer or any Member of the Internal Committee or the Chairperson or any Member of the Local Committee, as the case may be, shall render all reasonable assistance to the woman for making the complaint in writing: Provided further that the Internal Committee or, as the case may be, the Local Committee may, for the reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the time limit not exceeding three months , if it is satisfied that the circumstances were such which prevented the woman from filing a complaint within the said period.

(2) Where the aggrieved woman is unable to make a complaint on account of her physical or mental incapacity or death or otherwise, her legal heir or such other person as may be prescribed may make a complaint under this section.

For complaints/ details/ information please meet any of our committee members.

Complaint Form
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THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013
U.5 Section letter dated 13.06.2023
Enquiry