Women Grievance Redressal Cell
Committees
The Women Grievance Redressal cell was formed at VACOE for gender equality & gender justice in all its intervention & practices. Woman Grievance Redressal Cell was established under the Act No. 20 of 1990 of Govt. of India under the surveillance of principal, VACOE. The Cell is responsible for looking into any complaints filed by students & staff about Woman Grievances at the college. The functions of the cell are to purely safeguard the rights of female students, faculty and staff members of women and also to provide a platform for listening to complaints. The Cell also tries to incorporate hygiene habits and ensure a healthy atmosphere in and around the college. It tries to equip them with the knowledge of their legal rights and Redressal of their grievances. To facilitate speedy delivery of justice, meetings are organized regularly. The counseling cell processes oral and written complaints. Time to time the cell conducts seminars and lectures by specialists and eminent personalities to stop violence against women, sexual harassment at work and about health, hygiene etc.
Objectives of this cell:
- To resolve issues pertaining to girls or women sexual harassment.
- To Womens Grievance Redressal Cell has been formed to resolve issues.
- To equip the female students, faculty and staff members with knowledge of their legal rights.
- To safeguard the rights of female students, faculty and staff members.
- To provide a platform for listening to complaints and redressal of grievances.
- To incorporate hygiene habits and ensure a healthy atmosphere in and around the college.
- To ensure personality along with academic development of students
Committee
Mr. S.T. Dundur
Chairman
Mrs. V. S. Dhongde
Member
Mrs. R. D. Sakharwade
Member
Mrs. S. C. Puranik
Member
Ms. K. S. Chaudhary
Member, Faculty
Mrs. S. P. Shaikh
Member, Faculty
Adv. S. D. Sharma
Legal Member
Mrs. S. A. Jadhav
Member Non Teaching
Ms. A. A. Wagh
Member Student
Ms. A.R. Sabale
Member Student
Mr. B. P. Raut
Member Student
Complaint and Redressal mechanism:
Encouragement of the students to express their grievance /problems freely and frankly without any fear of being victimized.
- Suggestion or complaint box is installed in which the students, who want to remain anonymous, put in writing their grievances and their suggestions.
- After knowing grievance of students, member discusses it with the chairman and then an appropriate solution is found out. If not solved at this level then grievance is taken up to the Principal and legal advisor.
- The complainant shall be summoned to hear complaints (if necessary).
- After hearing of complaints, the committee shall take appropriate decision.