The Committee for Gender Sensitization and Prevention against Sexual Harassment at Workplace came into being in Durgapur Government College a decade ago, on November, 2006, in compliance to the guidelines on sexual harassment prevention in the workplace, issued by the Honourable Supreme Court of India in 1997. Its primary objective was sensitization and creation of awareness about gender justice among the academic and non-academic community in this educational institution. From the day of its inception, the cell was very active in its stated purpose. The members emphasised upon conducting regular campaigns and workshops among students to make them aware of the evils of gender discrimination and the ways to alleviate them so as to create a balanced and equitable working environment for all. Along with this, the cell had often organized seminars, and interactive sessions with eminent speakers and activists in the past. While such programmes saw a large number of attendees both from the teaching and student community, sometimes students became active participants when they made posters for competition or for exhibition, or worked as student volunteers. The members of the said cell had also propagated their ideas through the Notice Board of the said cell.
The Internal Complaints Committee was subsequently constituted in accordance with UGC (Prevention, prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment of women employees and students in higher educational Institutions (Regulations 2015)) and subsequent UGC notifications and latest guidelines of 2022
Composition of the Internal Complaints Committee
(Ref: College Notice No. 239 dated 29-09-2023)
1. Dr. Nandini Jana (Associate Professor of History)- Presiding Officer`:
Email: njana@durgapurgovtcollege.ac.in
2. Dr. Shalmoli Palit (Assistant Professor of Philosophy)-Member;
Email: shalmolipalit@durgapurgovtcollege.ac.in
3. Dr. Sumana Dutta (Assistant Professor of Zoology)-Member
Email: sumanadutta@durgapurgovtcollege.ac.in
4. Smt. Mithu Ghosh (Staff)-Member;
Email: mithughosh@durgapurgovtcollege.ac.in
5. Smt. Ananya Chatterjee (Staff)-Member;
Email: ananya@durgapurgovtcollege.ac.in
6. Dr. Anita Pal (NGO ((Purbachal Ananda Foundation) Representative) -Member
Resolved to conduct programme for building awareness among the students and staff on Prevention (Prohibition & Redressal) of Sexual Harassement of Women at Workplace (PoSH) Act, 2013, on 23-02-2024.
No cases were reported to the committee
ICC organized Programme for building awareness among the students and staff on Prevention (Prohibition & Redressal) of Sexual Harassement of Women at Workplace (PoSH) Act, 2013, on 23-02-2024.
ICC Meeting Date: 26-06-2023 ;
The Presiding Officer and members reported that no letter of complaints has been received so far and discussed about the future work plans with the Principal. From this meeting, the decision of organising a regular awareness amongst students came up. The meeting ended with a note of appreciation from the Principal to the committee for its smooth functioning.
ICC Meeting Date: 18-01-2023 ; Resolved the following:
Gender Sensitization and Awareness week from 9th – 15th February, 2023
Seminar on “Women and their Struggle” to be organised within March, 2023
No cases were reported to the committee
ICC organized Gender Sensitization and Awareness week from 9th – 15th February, 2023
ICC organized State Level Seminar on “Women and Partition” on March 25, 2023
The Presiding officer welcomed all the members and called for suggestions from all the members for suitable dates and resource persons for organizing two consecutive webinars in February, 2022. Members suggested that after considering all other academic activities, they could be held within the first two weeks of February, 2022. The proposed resource persons were Dr. Sharbani Banerjee Mukherjee, Associate Professor at the Postgraduate Department. of English at T.D.B. College, Raniganj and Dr. Tanusree Paul, Assistant Professor at the Centre for Women’s Studies, Visva-Bharati University. The date and time were decided to be fixed after communication with the invited speakers.
Date and resource person for the webinar was decided in June 2022 and the responsibility distribution for the webinar was resolved
No cases were reported to the Committee
ICC organized One Day National Webinar on “Psycho-Social and Gender Issues affecting the Mental Health of Young Adults” on 24-06-2022
Resource Person: Dr. Rima Mukherji, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Woodlands Hospital Founder Director & Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Crystal Minds.
ICC celebrated International Women’s Day on March 08, 2022 with Poster Competition and Wall Magazine
ICC organized Gender Sensitization Week from 22-02-2022 to 28-02-2022
Dr. Snigdha Chandra (Presiding Officer), Dr. Shalmoli Palit and Dr. Nabamita Barman (Members) Conducted Campaign for all departments during the week
ICC organized One Day State Level Webinar on “Towards a Gender Just Society: Challenges and Opportunities” on 13-02-2022; Resource Person: Dr. Tanusree Paul, Assistant Professor, Centre for Women’s Studies, Visva- Bharati University
ICC organized One Day State Level Webinar on “Understanding Equality through the lens of Gender” on 09-02-2022
Resource Person: Dr. Sharbani Banerjee Mukherjee, Associate Professor, Postgraduate Department of English, T.D.B. College, Raniganj
ICC organized one day National Webinar on “Understanding Gender” on 27-06-2021
Resource Person: Dr. Sanghamitra Dhar, State Technical Coordinator (Manipur), Gender-Responsive Budgeting UN Women.
ICC Celebrated International Women’s Day on 08-03-2021
