Prevent sexual discrimination and harassment, by promoting gender amity among students and employees.
MANGALAM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Internal Complaints Committee
Safe, respectful and conducive academic and working environment
ABOUT ICC
About ICC
Mangalam College of Engineering is committed to provide safe academic and working environment to all students and its employees. This committee has been constituted under the policy Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual harassment for employees and students in the institution.
ICC is formed by senior faculty members of the institute. ICC meets on a need basis to address any complaints from students, teaching and nonteaching members and takes necessary action.
The college is committed to providing a safe and conducive work and academic environment to students and its employees and is extremely sensitive to matters pertaining to any kind of sexual harassment and gender sensitivity.
OBJECTIVES
Objectives
Deal with cases of sexual harassment against staff and students, in a time bound manner, aiming at ensuring support services to the victimized and termination of the harassment.
Recommend appropriate punitive action against the guilty party to the higher authorities.
The Committee shall meet as often as may be needed and appropriate.
COMMITTEE FUNCTION
Roles & Responsibilities
- Creates awareness about the internal compliance committee cell among the Institute academic and administrative units.
- Promotes effective communication and collaboration among those responsible for compliance.
- Ensures that the complainant and witnesses are not victimized or discriminated because of their complaint.
- Encourages an open-dialogue with the complainant from the committee members.
- Monitors emerging compliance trends and circulate the information as needed.
- Serves as are source in developing or improving compliance related processes.
Frequency of the Meeting
The Internal Grievance Cell shall meet at least twice in each semester and as and when required, based on the need or receipt of grievances.
COMMITTEE
The Committee Members
| Sl. No. | Role | Department / Representation | Name of Member |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presiding Officer | AI & ML | Prof. Nimmymol Manuel |
| 2 | Member | ME / Vice Principal (Student Affairs) | Dr. Arun Jose |
| 3 | Member | CE | Mr. Sreerench Raghavu |
| 4 | Member | CSE | Ms. Neethu Maria John |
| 5 | Member | BSH | Prof. Lekshmi S |
| 6 | Member | EEE | Ms. Aswathy Mariam Mohan |
| 7 | Member | CH | Dr. Anju Sunny |
| 8 | Member | MCA | Prof. Divya S B |
| 9 | Member | MBA | Dr. Shiny Abraham |
| 10 | Member | NGO | Adv. Baiju Noel Rosario |
| 11 | Member | Non-teaching / Librarian | Ms. Soumya C S |
| 12 | Member | Superintendent / Office | Mr. Anilkumar J |
| 13 | Member | Student (Chairman, Union) | Mr. Martin K Sebastian S8 CSE |
| 14 | Member | Student (Vice Chairperson) | Ms. Leyal Susan Mathew Student - S8 CSE |
| 15 | Member | Lady Representative / Union | Ms. Negha S Vinod Student - S8 AIML |
COMPLAINT PROCESS
Mechanism on Harassment
01
The way of registering complaints should be sensitive, safe, and accessible.
02
Complaints of sexual harassment/any other can be lodged by either of the three means:
- As a Written complaint by the victim or a third party
- By filling out the Google form
- By forwarding the complaint to the email Id: icc@mangalam.in
Complaint Handling Process
All complaints made to any committee member must be received and recorded by the member, who shall then inform the co-ordinator about the complaint, who in turn shall call for a meeting of the committee.
The ICC on sexual Harassment must determine whether a prima facie case of harassment is made within three days of receiving a complaint. After carefully considering the complaint and hearing the complaint and the defendant and/or any other relevant person, it shall determine whether an enquiry by the committee is to be instituted or not.
If the committee deems it necessary to hear the defendant at the preliminary stage, it shall start the enquiry process.
If the committee against harassment decides not to conduct an enquiry into a complaint, it shall record the reasons for the same in the minutes of the committee meeting. The committee shall also make the same available to the complainant in writing.
Employee
If the committee finds an employee of the Institute involved in harassment of the complaint, then it can recommend immediate disciplinary action in the form of dismissal or any other relevant method.
Student
If the committee finds a student of the Institute is involved in harassment of the complaint, it can recommend disciplinary action in the form of suspension for a specific period of time or expulsion from the institution.