POSH Policy

I.T.S. College of Health & Wellness Sciences (ITSCHWS) is committed to maintaining an environment free from discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and sexual misconduct. The institution publicly enforces a Zero-Tolerance Policy towards any form of sexual harassment involving students, teaching faculty, non-teaching staff, interns, or visitors across the campus.

The policy applies to all acts of sexual harassment occurring within the primary campus, extended premises, transport facilities provided by the college, clinical training sites, field trips, internships, sports meet, and official academic/cultural events.

Sexual harassment includes any unwelcome physical, verbal, or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature, demands/requests for sexual favours, sexually coloured remarks, physical contact, showing pornography, or creating an intimidating/hostile learning and working environment.

Complaints are inquired into by the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), constituted in compliance with Regulation 4 of the UGC Regulations 2015. The constitution of the committee, the step-wise process, interim redressal, action against frivolous complaints and consequences of non-compliance are published on the ICC page.

• Written complaint to the ICC within 3 months of the incident (extendable by another 3 months).
• Copy of the complaint to the respondent within 7 working days; reply within 10 working days.
• Conciliation, on request of the aggrieved person, without any monetary settlement.
• Inquiry completed within 90 days; report submitted within 10 days of completion.
• Executive Authority acts on the recommendations within 30 days; appeal within 30 days.

Complaint form: ICC Complaint Form

• Employee offender: action under service rules, including warning, withholding increments, suspension, or termination.
• Student offender: disciplinary measures including withholding privileges, suspension, rustication, or expulsion.
• Protection against victimization: complete confidentiality of the complainant, respondent, and witnesses is maintained.

• Regular gender-sensitization workshops, orientation sessions and awareness drives.
• Adequate lighting in corridors and common areas, female security personnel and counselling services.
• Display of ICC contact details and emergency helpline numbers on notice boards and the college website.