Women Cell / Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee

The Women Cell & Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee has been constituted in the Kalinga University in accordance to the guidelines issued by the UGC, NAAC and the Supreme Court to consider complaints related to any sexual discrimination/harassment of girl/women in the University. Following are the members of the Committee.

S.No.	Name	Position	Designation
1	Dr. Asha Ambaikar	DSW	Head of the Committee
2	Mr. A. Vijayanand	Chief Proctor	Member
3	Dr. Namrata Shrivastava	Faculty	Member
4	Ms. Sarvaree Bano	Faculty	Member
5	Ms. Lincy Roy	Non Teaching	Member
6	Ms. Ankita Nihlani	Non Teaching	Member
7	Ms. Sanghamitra Lampusa (MA Eng. 2nd Year)	Student Representative	Member
8	Ms. Shriya Mishra (LLB 4th Semester)	Student Representative	Member
9	Mr. Naresh Sharma	Lawyer	Member

Functions and Responsibilities of the Women Cell & Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee

• Promote measures aimed at achieving gender equality, removal of gender bias or discrimination, sexual harassment and other acts of gender based violence;
• Organize awareness programmes and campaigns for the benefit of all members of the University on sexual harassment and gender based discrimination;
• Fulfil the directives of and guidelines issued by the Supreme Court to create an academic and work environment that is free of sexual harassment or gender-based discrimination;
• Receive and redress complaints received from any member of the University (including students, research scholars, staff, hostel residents and outsiders on University premises) alleging sexual harassment by another member(s) of the University;
• Take suo-moto cognizance of any act of sexual harassment or gender-based discrimination on the University campus and/or facilities and to take further action in this regard;
• Conduct formal inquiry and investigate and take decisions upon each complaint and recommend appropriate punishment or action to be taken, by the appropriate authority, in each instance;
• Engage the services of a professional or other expert in the course of performing its functions;
• Ensure that all information pertaining either to complaints registered and the proceedings and findings of any inquiries and/or investigations are kept strictly confidential.