In accordance with the Section 29 of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (14 of 2013) and OM dated 21.07.2009 in F.No.11013/3/2009-Esst.(A) issued by the Dept. of Personnel & Training, Govt. of India, our college has constituted an Internal Complaints Committe(ICC) to conduct enquiry regarding harassment cases.

Internal Complaints Committee Members:

S.No.	Name	Position	Designation
1	Dr.Balamurugan P.	Internal Member	Principal
2	Dr.Robinson S.	Internal Member	Dean/ICT
3	Dr.Kavitha v.	Chairperson/WGRC	HOD/ECE
4	Mrs.Radha N.	Internal Member	HOD/CIVIL
5	Mrs. Elavarasi D.	Internal Member	HOD/CSE
6	Mr.Sahaya Prabhu	External Member (NGO)	Manager/World Vision of India, Pudukkottai

Definition of Sexual Harassment:

"Sexual harassment" includes such unwelcome sexually determined behaviour, whether directly or otherwise, as:

• physical contact and advances
• demand or request for sexual favours
• sexually coloured remarks
• showing any pornography, or
• any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature

If you are harassed, what should you do?

• Inform to respective class co-ordinator or mentors, or H.O.D or any other person in authority.
• You can meet in person or call or file a complaint (hand-written, typed and signed or email) to WGRC members
• You can register your complaint at http://betanet.mzcet.in:8080/ComplaintRegistration.aspx
• or mail to grievancecell@mountzion.ac.in
• You can also post your complaint letter in the suggestion box available in the college campus.
• You can also contact the chairperson or any other members directly.
  Rest assured that your complaint will be kept CONFIDENTIAL.

Possible actions against if the respondent is faculty:

• Warning
• Written apology
• Bond of good behaviour
• Adverse remark in the Confidential Report
• Stopping of increments/promotion
• Suspension
• Dismissal
• Any other relevant mechanism

A student guilty of sexual harassment shall be liable for any of the following penalties:

• Warning or reprimand
• Suspension from college for a period of a week or a month
• Debarment from appearing for the examination for a period up to three years
• Any other punishment as defined by the government act.

Inquiry process:

• The inquiry shall be completed within a period of ninety days from the date of the complaint.
• Within 15 days of online receipt of complaint, the Internal Committee will start the enquiry and on completion of the inquiry,it shall provide
  a report of its findings to the employer within a period of ten days from the date of completion of the inquiry and such report be made available to the concerned parties.
• If the allegations against the respondent have been proved, it shall recommend punitive actions to be taken against the respondent to the employer.
• The employer shall act upon the recommendation within sixty days of its receipt by him.

Useful Reading Materials:

• https://www.iitp.ac.in/images/pdf/Handbook-on-sexual-harassment-of-women-at-workplace.pdf


• https://www.iitp.ac.in/images/pdf/sexual-harrassment-of-women-act-and-rules-2013_1.pdf


• https://www.iitp.ac.in/images/pdf/doptom.pdf