Gender Sensitization Cell

Gender Sensitization Cell has been instructed to spread the message of Gender Equality in order to eliminate gender bias and gender insensitivity through Seminars, Poster Display, organizing exhibitions, etc.

The Cell has also been mainly entrusted with taking up cases of harassment and atrocities on female teachers, employees and girl students, enquire and take appropriate action against the culprits.

The institution is well prepared to handle and respond to gender sensitive issues and provide an environment where men and women can work together with a sense of personal security and dignity. For this purpose, the institute has setup gender sensitization cell in Jan 2018. The cell engrosses the awareness about gender issues and working towards and creating an enabling environment of gender justice.

Constitution of Gender Sensitization Cell

Main objective of Gender Sensitization cell is:

• To make the young boys and girls gender sensitive and create positive values that supports the girls and their rights.
• To provide overall guidance to the peer group in integrating/mainstreaming gender in all activities of the Institution in the form of focused group discussions, debates, poster making competitions etc.
• To provide an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to understand the social and cultural constructions of gender that shapes the experiences of women and men in society.
• To generate the awareness in regard to equality in law, social system and democratic activities.

Faculty member deputed from each department designated as nodal teachers in this cell will identify student Gender Champions from their department.

Role and Responsibilities:

• To examine all grievance letters received from the women staff / students regarding the sexual harassment.
• To examine and investigate on each complaint received from the women staff / students by collecting the required information / data from connected people.

Mechanism: