Internal Complaint Committee

The Internal Complaints Committee has been reconstituted for the prevention of sexual harassment of women the at workplace w.e.f 1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025. The committee will also be responsible for "Gender Sensitization".

The following are the members of the Committee:

S.No.

Name

Designation

Email

1.

Dr. (Mrs.) Meenakshi Rana

Professor, DOM

Chairperson

mrana@thapar.edu

icc@thapar.edu

2.

Dr. Gagandeep Bhardwaj

Associate Professor-MED

Member

gagandeep.med@thapar.edu

3.

Dr. (Mrs.) Sonia Garg

Associate Professor-LMTSM

Member

sonia.garg@thapar.edu

4.

Dr. (Mrs.) Ruchika

Assistant Professor, EIED

Member

ruchika.mehta@thapar.edu

5.

Ms. Ruchi Gupta

Assistant Registrar,

Member

ruchi@thapar.edu

8288008146

6. 

Mr. Sanjeev Verma

Assistant Registrar, Meetings

Member

meetings@thapar.edu

7.

Ms. Aparna Jain

Advocate & Founding Partner, Knowledgentia Consultant 

 

  External Member

 

8. 

3 Students (At least 2 female students to be nominated by Chairman, ICC) Member(s)

 

 

Note:

  1. Derabassi Campus representative will only be required if the complaint pertains to Derabasi Campus.
  2. Student representatives will only be nominated and form a part of the committee if it is a student related complaint.

 

Any complaint related to this matter may be sent to icc@thapar.edu

 

Internal Complaint Committee (ICC):

In pursuance of UGC (Prevention, prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment of women employees and students in higher educational institutions) Regulations, 2015 read with Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) is constituted as under to deal with the complaints relating to sexual harassment at the workplace. The ICC’s twin functions are:

  • To hear and address complaints regarding sexual harassment at TIET, Patiala, and
  • To spread awareness about gender-related issues and functioning of the ICC.

Who can approach ICC for help?

Any female employee (faculty, students or staff either adhoc or permanent or contractual or apprentice/probationer/intern) of TIET, Patiala can file a written complaint in the office of Chairperson ICC.

Process for Complaint & Inquiry:

  • An inquiry is conducted by ICC
  • The inquiry shall be completed within a period of 90 days from the date of the complaint.
  • On completion of the inquiry, the ICC shall provide a report of its findings to the Director, TIET within a period of 10 days from the date of completion of the inquiry.

 

Circulars:-

  1. Circular: ICC (Internal Complaint Committee) (Click Here)
  2. Circular: LCC (Local Complaint Committee) (Click Here)
  3. Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act and Rule 2013 (Click Here)
  4. Handbook on Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Click Here)
  5. TIET Policy (Click Here)