Introduction
The Internal Complaints Committe at Bapujee College is established to ensure a safe, gender-sensitive, and respectful environment for all students and staff, adhering to UGC guidelines and the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013.

Objectives of the ICC
• To prevent sexual harassment in the college by promoting awareness and sensitivity among students, faculty, and staff.
• To ensure a safe and dignified workplace and learning space that respects the rights of all, regardless of gender.
• To provide a fair, confidential, and accessible mechanism for redressal of complaints related to sexual harassment.
• To uphold the principles of gender equality and justice through impartial inquiry and timely resolution of grievances.
• To organize awareness and sensitization programmes on issues related to gender, sexual harassment, and women’s rights.

Roles and Responsibilities
• Receiving Complaints: Offering a confidential platform to report incidents of sexual harassment and provide mechanisms of dispute redressal and dialogue to anticipate and address issues through just and fair conciliation without undermining complainant’s rights, and minimize the need for purely punitive approaches that lead to further resentment, alienation or violence.
• Investigation: Conducting fair, impartial, and prompt inquiries into complaints.
• Gender Sensitization: Organizing workshops, seminars, and awareness programs for students and staff.
• Ensuring Safety: Promoting a secure, gender-neutral environment and protecting victims from retaliation.

Mechanism for Filing Complaints:
• Written complaints must be submitted to the ICC within three months of the incident and in case of a series of incidents within a period of three months from the date of the last incident.
• If such complaint cannot be made in writing, the Presiding Officer or any Member of the Internal Committee shall render all reasonable assistance to the person for making the complaint in writing.
• Friends, relatives, Colleagues, Co-students, Psychologist, or any other associate of the victim may file the complaint in situations where the aggrieved person is unable to make a complaint on account of physical or mental in capacity or death

Term: The term of office of the members of the ICC shall be for a period of three years.