ICC Policy
The University Grants Commission (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal of
Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students in Higher Educational
Institutions) Regulations, 2015 was issued by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development (University Grant Commission) on May 2, 2016.
The Regulation of 2015 was established, which shall apply to all higher educational
institutions in India. The Regulation outlines higher educational institutions’ duties in
terms of preventing sexual harassment in the workplace.
As the UGC Regulations are statutory in character, the regulations apply to all
universities and institutions across the nation. The institutions can use a variety of
measures to ensure that students are aware of the redress mechanism as well as the
appropriate people to contact and report problems.
Reporting Occurrences
Reporting of sexual harassment can be done in a variety of ways such as
posting notices on bulletin boards, establishing complaint boxes in easily accessible
areas across the campus, posting anti-sexual harassment rules on the college website,
and emailing students and workers.
Legal Actions
- Reprimands or warnings
- Mandatory training and counselling
- Transfers or demotions
- Reductions in salary
- Suspensions or terminations