Internal Complaint Committee
Constitution of the Committee
The UGC has notified the University Grants Commission (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women employees and Students in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations 2015.
As per the Rule 4 of these Regulations, the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of NLU Delhi is as under:
A Presiding Officer: Woman Faculty Member, not below the rank of Professor
Prof. (Dr.) Sushila – Presiding Officer
Phone: 9868449370
Email: [email protected]
Two Faculty Members who are committed to the cause of women or have experience in social work or have legal knowledge
Phone: 9717988818
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Nidhi Gupta (Associate Professor Law) – Member
Phone: 9610116169
Email: [email protected]
Two Non-Teaching Employees, who are committed to the cause of women or have experience in social work or have legal knowledge
Ms. Nishtha Sharma(Research Programme Coordinator, CIIPC) – Member
Phone: 9717939663
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Samar Iqbal Bakhshi – Dy. Librarian – Member
Phone: 9310806574
Email: [email protected]
Three Students: (only if the enquiry involves students) Undergraduate - 1 Postgraduate - 1 Ph.D. - 1 (All these students should be elected through transparent democratic procedure.)
Phone: +91-9584541789
Email: [email protected]
LL.M. (PG) Student – Mr. Pranay Bhardwaj – Member
Phone: +91-9910234549
Email: [email protected]
Research Scholar (Ph.D.) – Ms. Harsha Agrawal – Member
Phone: +91-07042743125
Email: [email protected]
One Member from NGO or Association, committed to the cause of women or a person familiar with the issues relating to sexual harassment.
Online Complaints:
Complaints regarding sexual harassment against women can be made either in paper form or by online: [email protected]
Mechanism
Timelines as per the Act
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 completion of the inquiry
Implementation of Recommendations – Within 60 days
Appeal – Within 90 days of the recommendations
List of Programme Organised by the Year 2019-2023
National and International Conferences/Seminars
- One –day Seminar on “Gender sensitization” under the Aegis of IQAC NLUD
Date: November 26, 2019 - Report of the Webinar on Understanding Gender Mainstreaming
Date: July 31, 2021 - Three-day Training Programme on Preventing & Addressing Violence Against Women
Date: April 3 to 5, 2023
Important Links
- NLUD Policy on the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
- Training Sessions on Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment for all non-teaching Employees.
- Rules Governing the Functioning of the Internal Complaints Committee.
- University Grants Commission (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2015
- Protection of Women from Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act
- IMPORTANT NOTICE
- MINUTES OF ICC
Redressal
Stage 1
Receipt of the complaint
- Receive the receipt of complaints
- Meet and talk to the complainant to discuss options of informal/formal resolution
- Start informal/formal mechanism as chosen by complainant
- Inform the respondent and ask for the responses
Stage 2
Planning carefully
- Prepare the file
- Consideration: Interim measures and support for the complainant
Stage 3
Interviews
- Prepare an interview plan: complainant, respondent and witness
- Assess completeness of the information collected
Stage 4
Reasoning and Analysis
- Analyze the gathered information
- Create the timeline of events from information
- Compare similarities/differences of statements form interviews
Stage 5
Finding & Recommendations
- Conclude whether the complaint is upheld or not.
- Recommendation: Where the Complaints Committee is unable to uphold the complaint, it shall recommend no action.
- Where the Complaints Committee upholds the Complaint, it may recommend such action as stated within the relevant Policy or Service Rules, which may include a warning to terminate
Stage 6
Writing the report and submitting to the employer for further action
- The Complaints Committee will prepare a final report.
- Submit the file to the organization or District Officer for implementation of the recommendations and for safe keeping.