Anti Ragging and Sexual Harassment

§  As per "The sexual harassment of women workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redresal) Act 2013 and SPPU Circular No. 165/2016"

Internal Complaint Committee has been established.

Contact Us for for Anti-Harassment and Anti - Ragging.

Minutes of Meeting

College Level Committee.

          Members of the Internal Committee at Savitribai Phule Pune University:

Contact for complaint: -

1. 1. •        Dr. Vasant G. Wagh                                                Principal               0253-2576692
      •    Ms. Deokar Sarita.C                                               Chairman              99226242233
      •        Sarkarwada Police Station Gangapur Road                                          0253-2305214

  §  Policy Statement: -

§  Discriminatory harassment of any person or group of persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status is prohibited. Any employee, student, student organization, or person privileged to work or to study at the K. V. N. NAIK Arts, Commerce and Science College, Nashik - 02 who violates this policy will be subject to disciplinary action: for employees, up to and including termination; and for others, up to and including permanent exclusion from the Institute.

§  This policy applies to every member of the Institute community. Faculty, students, and staff at all levels are responsible for maintaining an appropriate environment for study and work. This includes conducting themselves in a professional manner. Toward this end, the K. V. N. NAIK Arts, Commerce and Science College, Nashik - 02 supports the principle that harassment represents a failure in professional and ethical behavior that will not be condoned.

§  This policy and procedure is intended to facilitate an atmosphere in which, faculty staff, and students have the right to raise the issue of discriminatory harassment without fear of retaliation and to ensure that violations are fully remedied. No member of the K. V. N. NAIK Arts, Commerce and Science College, Nashik - 02 Community will be retaliated against for making a good faith report of alleged harassment or for participating in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing.

§  K. V. N. NAIK Arts, Commerce and Science College, Nashik - 02 is committed to providing its staff, faculty, and students the opportunity to pursue excellence in their academic and professional endeavors. This opportunity can exist only when each member of our community is assured an atmosphere of mutual respect. The free and open exchange of ideas is fundamental to the Institute's purpose. It is not the Institute's intent in promulgating this policy to inhibit free speech or the free communication of ideas by members of the academic community.

§  Policy Terms: -

§ Discriminatory harassment - unwelcome verbal, non-verbal, or physical conduct directed against any person or group, based upon race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status that has the purpose or effect of creating an objectively hostile working or academic environment. A hostile environment is created when harassment is so severe, pervasive, or persistent as to unreasonably interfere with or limit an individual's employment or educational opportunities. Harassment must be distinguished from behavior which, even though unpleasant or disconcerting, is appropriate to the carrying out of certain instructional, advisory, or supervisory responsibilities.

Sexual harassment - Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, when:- 

Submission to such conduct is made either implicitly or explicitly as a term or condition of an individual's employment   or status in a course, program, or activity;

Submission or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as a basis for condition of an individual's employment  or status in a course, program, or activity;

  Such conduct has the purpose or effect:-

§  of unreasonably interfering with the individual's work or education performance;

§  of creating an objectively intimidating, hostile, or offensive working and/or learning environment; or

§  of unreasonably interfering with or limiting one's ability to participate in or benefit from an educational program or activity.

§  Both men and women, as well as, persons of the same gender may be either the initiators or victims of sexual harassment.

 §  Procedures: -

§  Complaints of Sexual Misconduct

§  Complaints of Sexual Misconduct (which includes, but is not limited to, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and stalking) are addressed pursuant to the policies and procedures of the Board of Regents Sexual Misconduct Policy. Additional procedures for complaints of sexual misconduct by students are contained in the Student Sexual Misconduct Policy.

Complaints of Discriminatory Harassment

§  Any member of the K. V. N. NAIK Arts, Commerce and Science College, Nashik - 02 who believes that he or she has been the victim of discriminatory harassment other than sexual misconduct (the Complainant) should promptly report the matter to the appropriate institute officials within the offices designated to handle such complaints. The complaint should be brought within Three Monthsof the most recent alleged harassing act.

§  For incidents involving faculty and staff, the Office of Human Resources - Performance and Talent Management team should be contacted. The Dean of Students Office should be contacted for incidents involving students or student claims.

§  The initial discussion between the Complainant and the Appropriate Institute Official will be handled with sensitivity and discretion. The Appropriate Institute Official will inquire into all reports of alleged sexual harassment brought to his or her attention.

§  During the initial meeting with the Appropriate Institute Official, a written summary of the complaint will be made and should be signed by the Complainant.

§  The Appropriate Institute Official will inform the alleged offender ("Respondent") of the allegation and of the identity of the Complainant, will provide him or her with a written summary of the Complaint and will proceed as set forth in the following section.