Internal Complaint Committee

The Institute has constituted an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) which is meeting regularly and holding gender sensitization workshops and training on Sexual Harassment Act. The Committee consists of members from the Institute and two NGO representatives as follows :

Sr.	Name	Designation	Organisation
1	Dr. Pallavi Ingale	Presiding Officer Contact Details: Landline: 020 25701000/ extn: 306  Email ID: cgs@vamnicom.gov.in, drpallavingale@gmail.com	Head, Gender Studies, VAMNICOM
2	Dr. Ananya Rahul Bibave	External Expert Mobile No. 94204 95288; Email Id: ananyabibave.modernlaw@gmail.com	Vice Principal, Modern Law College, Pune
3	Mrs. Lata Sonawane	Member  Mobile No. 90496 84025; Email Id: lata_fem@yahoo.com	NGO Representative
4	Shri. R. K. Menon	Member Landline: 020 25701000/ extn: 211 Email Id: cmdp@vamnicom.gov.in	Professor, VAMNICOM
5	Dr. A. K. Asthana	Member Landline: 020 25701000/ extn:  215 Email Id: registrar@vamnicom.gov.in	Registrar, VAMNICOM
6	Smt. K.M. Sonawane	Member Landline: 020 25701000/ extn: 203  Email Id: sonawane4@gmail.com	P.A. to Director, VAMNICOM
7	Smt. Usha Kulkarni	Member Landline: 020 25701000/ extn: 227 Email Id: usha.kulkarni@ncct.ac.in	LDC
8	Smt. V. V. Kulkarni	Member Landline: 020 25701000/ extn: 311  Email Id: kulkarnivrushali2016@gmail.com	UDC

Meeting of Committee Memebers of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)- 2023-24:

Meeting of Committee Memebers of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has been held on 29th February, 2024 at VAMNICOM under Presiding Officer, Dr. Pallavi Ingale, HoC-CGS and Associate Professor. All the committee memebrs were present in the meeting. It is to be noted that, no complaints regarding sexual harrassment have been recieved during the year 2023-24. 

 

Institute Policy on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013:

1. Sexual Harassment defined – unwelcome sexually determined behaviour, whether directly or by implication, such as :

• Physical contact and advances
• Demand or request for sexual favours.
• Sexually coloured remarks.
• Showing pornography.
• Any other welcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature. ( as defined by Sexual Harassment Act)

2. Unbecoming of a Government Servant – Any act of sexual harassment of women employees attracts the provisions of Rule 3(1)(iii) of Conduct Rules as an act unbecoming of a Government servant and amounts to misconduct.(as defined by Swamy – CCS Conduct rules).

3. Criminal Proceedings – If such an act of sexual harassment amounts to any specified offence under the Indian Penal Code or under any other law, complaint should be made to the appropriate authority, in this case the Internal Complaints Committee of N.I. for taking criminal action for such misconduct.(as defined by Swamy – CCS Conduct rules).

4. Complaint Mechanism – The Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune has an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) as constituted by the Sexual Harassment Act.  Information board about the composition of the Complaints Committee is displayed in various locations of the Institute.  The National Institute will have “ZERO Tolerance” to Sexual Harassment of Working Women.

5. The ICC will monitor to (a) ensure time bound treatment of the complaints. (b) it will ensure that victims or witness will not be victimized or discriminated against while dealing with such cases. (c) The report of the Complaints Committee shall be treated as an enquiry report. – Rule 3-C, GIDs (25) and (25 –A to 25 – D)

The jurisdiction of the policy on Sexual Harassment will be all employees of the National Institute, including faculty, staff and contract workers. This policy will be applicable to all employees who are on the pay of the Institute and are working in the premises of the N.I.