Internal Complaint Committee for Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace

Preamble

Sexual Harassmentis anyunwelcomesexually determined behaviour, direct or by implications (Definition by Hon. Supreme Court) as : Physical contact and advances, A demand or request for sexual favours, Sexually coloured remarks, Showing pornography, Any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature.

Sexual harassment need not involve physical contact. The first principle of sexual harassment is that it is against the consent of the person concerned. Any contact that creates a hostile work environment counts as sexual harassment.
With the enactment of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace [Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act 2013, (Sexual Harassment Act)] in April 2013, consistent with the Vishakha judgment. The Act aspires to ensure women’s right to workplace equality, free from sexual harassment through compliance with the above mentioned three elements.

Objectives

1. To prohibitany unwelcome behavior that constitutes workplace sexual harassment and provide a safe working environment for women at DMIHER DU
2. To preventworkplace sexual harassment through orientation, awareness and sensitization sessions; and
3. To redress the reported case of sexual harassment

Working Of ICC at DMIHER (DU):

• Members of ICC meet quarterly.
• Guidelines are distributed time to time to all the constituent colleges of DMIHER (DU) to remind for keeping the campus safe, free from sexual harassment with zero tolerance.
• Awareness programs are conducted as per annual calendar for students, teaching & non-teaching staff on gender bias, sexual harassment & women empowerment.
• Redressal of the sexual harassment complaint is done as per redressal mechanism of DMIHER(DU).
• Report is generated and submitted to DMIHER(DU) for further necessary action.

Complaint Mechanism for sexual harassment case :

WHO CAN COMPLAIN?

• Aggrieved woman
• Victim's relative
• Coworker
• Any person who has knowledge of about the incident with the written consent of theaggrieved.

WHAT SHOULD COMPLAINT CONTAIN?

• Description of incident (s)
• Date (s)
• Timings
• Respondent’s name
• Parties working relationship

REDRESSAL OF THE COMPLAINT:

On receiving such complaints, appropriate action is taken by the ICC to resolve the issue according to the service rules of the University.

Internal complaint committee Members

Sr. No.	Name of the Faculty	Designation, Department, College	Role in ICC	Contact Number	Email ID
1	Dr Nilima Thosar	Professor and Head, Dept. of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital (SPDC&H)	Convener	9284522620	icc@dmiher.edu.in
2	Ms Sadhnatai Saraf	NGO Representative, Wardha	Member	8830162069	sadhana.saraf@dmiher.edu.in
3	Mrs Archana Vaidya	NGO Representative, Nagpur	Member (Off Campus)	9371087272	aditicreations09@gmail.com
4	Dr Mohd. Irshad Qureshi	Principal, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College (RNPC) & Professor, Dept. of Neuro-Physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College (RNPC)	Member	9406010010	irshad.qureshi@dmiher.edu.in
5	Dr Deepak Khobragade	Dean (Academics), Datta Meghe College of Pharmacy (DMCOP) & Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutics, Datta Meghe College of Pharmacy (DMCOP)	Member	8106472117	deepak.pharmacy@dmiher.edu.in
6	Dr Swarupa Chakole	Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC)	Member	7583836565	swarupapsm@dmiher.edu.in
7	Dr Kamlesh Chaudhari	Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC)	Member	9320568673	kamlesh.obgy@dmiher.edu.in
8	Dr Sarita Ugemuge	Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Datta Meghe Medical College (DMMC), Nagpur	Member (Off Campus)	9822220020	saritau.microbiology@dmiher.edu.in
9	Dr. Pratibha Dawande	Professor and Head, Dept. of Pathology, Datta Meghe Medical College (DMMC), Nagpur	Member (Off Campus)	8019324493	pratibhadawande.ahs@dmiher.edu.in
10	Dr Renu Rathi	Professor and Head, Dept. of Kaumarbhritya, Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College, Hospital and Research Centre (MGACH&RC)	Member	9011058302	renu.rathi@dmiher.edu.in
11	Ms Archana Taksande	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Child Health Nursing, Shrimati Radhikabai Meghe Memorial College of Nursing (SRMMCON)	Member	8698471976	archanat.ped@dmiher.edu.in
12	Mrs Namrata Anjankar	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Clinical Embryology, School of Allied Health Sciences (SAHS)	Member	9860148055	namrata.ivf@dmiher.edu.in
13	Dr Shivani Shende	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology, School of Allied Health Sciences (SAHS), Nagpur	Member (Off Campus)	9766461979	drshivani.shende@gmail.com
14	Ms Supriya Narad	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Science and Technology, School of Allied Sciences (SAS)	Member	9960819053	supriya.narad@dmiher.edu.in
15	Mrs A S Sasipriya	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Basic Science and Humanities, Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FEAT)	Member	9921086405	sasipriya.feat@dmiher.edu.in
16	Ms Reshma Sheikh	Legal Consultant, DMIHER (DU)	Member	8668717463	legalcellwardha@dmiher.edu.in
17	Adv Shreya Bajpai	Advocate, Off campus DMIHER (DU), Wanadongri, Nagpur	Member (Off Campus)	9561366276	legalcellnyssngp@gmail.com
18	Mrs Rama Khadatkar	Assistant Nursing Superintendent (ANS), Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital (AVBRH)	Member	8669753369	rama.ans@dmiher.edu.in
19	Mrs Vidhya More	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Health Nursing, Shalinitai Meghe College of Nursing (SMCON)	Member	7709306397 7218805014	vidhya.sahs@dmiher.edu.in
20	Mr Vaibhav Hatwar	Tutor, Shalinitai Meghe College of Nursing (SMCON), Wanadongri, Nagpur	Member (Off Campus)	9325839272	vaibhav.hatwar@dmiher.edu.in
21	Dr Vinod Khawse	Medical Officer, Shalinitai Meghe Homeopathy Hospital, College and Research Centre (SMHHCRC), Nagpur	Member (Off Campus)	9422826585	drvinodkhawse@gmail.com
22	Mr Tanmay Shrawane	MBBS 2nd year (2023 batch), Datta Meghe Medical College (DMMC), Wanadongri, Nagpur	Student Member (Off Campus)	9309026667	Sc2023mc00304@dmiher.edu.in
23	Mr Rishabh Vaidya	BDS 3rd Year (2022 batch), Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital (SPDC&H)	Student Member	7987027084	sc2022sp00184@dmimsu.edu.in
24	Ms Aachal Bhadke	BPT 3rd Year (2022 batch), Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College (RNPC)	Student Member	7820946913	sc2022rn00048@dmiher.edu.in
25	Ms Dhanashree Watane	BSc Nursing 3rd Year (2022 Batch), Shrimati Radhikabai Meghe Memorial College of Nursing (SRMMCON)	Student Member	8999758957	sc2022sr00144@dmimsu.edu.in
26	Dr Mithilesh Dhamande	Associate Professor, Dept. of Prosthodontics, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital (SPDC&H)	Member Secretary	9890590584	mithilesh.prostho@dmiher.edu.in

FOR ANY INCIDENT/ COMPLAINT, PLEASE CONTACT :

TOLL FREE NUMBER: 18005476801
Women Helpline Number: 181
Emergency Response Support System Number: 112
E-mail: icc@dmiher.edu.in
Call/ Mail: ICC member of your Institute Sexual Harassment portal available on www.dmiher.edu.in