Sri Vishwaradhya Vidya Vardhaka Samsthe®
SRI VISHWARADHYA INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES,
ABBETUMKUR-585202. YADGIR DIST., Karnataka, India
SVIPS: Anti-Discrimination Cell (ADC)
ABOUT GSC:
The cell eliminates the discrimination against or harassment of any individual in all forms by prohibiting it and by providing preventive and protective measure to facilitate its eradication and punishment for those who indulge in any form of discrimination or harassment.
WHAT CONSTITUTES DISCRIMINATION:
Discrimination constitutes the following:
- A misconduct by any student or group of students whether by words spoken or written or by any action done for teasing, treating or handling with rudeness towards other student.
- Indulging the rowdy or in-disciplined activities by any student or students which causes or likely to cause annoyance, hardship, physical or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension to other students.
- Asking any student to do any act which such student will not in the ordinary course do and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame, or torment or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psychology.
- Any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or a fresher.
- Exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of students.
- Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or any other student by students.
- Any act of physical abuse including all variants of it: sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, forcing obscene and lewd acts, gestures, causing bodily harm or any other danger to health or person.
- Any act or abuse by spoken words, emails, post, public insults which would also include deriving perverted pleasure, vicarious or sadistic thrill from actively or passively participating in the discomfiture to fresher or any other student.
- Any act that affects the mental health and self-confidence of a fresher or any student.
AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF ADC:
- This cell will look after the related matters (if any) of depriving a student / staff or group of students on the basis of caste, creed, language, ethnicity, gender, different ability.
- This cell always tries to uphold the dignity of the institution by addressing the concerns (if any) brought into the notice related to equality in offering or receiving education inside the campus. List Item #1
- This cell ensures conducive environment for academic growth of the people belonging to the university.
- This cell protects the rights of individuals without any prejudice to their appearance or lifestyle in the process of learning inside the campus.
- The Cell shall eliminate discrimination against or harassment of any individual in all forms by prohibiting it and by providing preventive and protective measures to facilitate its eradication and punishments for those who indulge in any form of discrimination or harassment.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITY OF ADC:
- The members can take the help of the member students as and when required and can also involve them in different activities relating to Anti-Discrimination Committee.
- Keep an alert eye to avoid any of Discrimination incidences.
- Walk around the campus to ensure that there is no such activity taking place.
- Keep reminding students about the severe actions which could be taken against them if they are found involved or indulged in Discrimination.
- Make students aware of their respective Institution about the rules and regulations of Anti- Discrimination.
- Informing students about the affidavit and encourage students to fill and submit it in time.
- Taking ownership in making the environment of the campus absolutely free from Discrimination. 8. Actively participation in monthly meeting of Anti-Discrimination Committee or as per the scheduled informed to them from time to time.
- Identify and keep in close observation of the sensitive places of the institute where such incidents can take place.
- For each Discrimination incident, the member person is supposed to prepare and submit a complete report including their remarks about the incident for further action to the Head of Anti-Discrimination Committee
- If any such incident is reported to member or member himself/herself comes across such incidents, he/she has to immediately try to get connected telephonically/face to face to the group of students found/reported to indulge in Discrimination.
- The member person will immediately investigate about such incident and will take in written from the doer and the culprit.
- The member person will also try to collect the information Oral and Written from the witnesses and will put remarks of the witness in the report.
- Simultaneously, the member person will immediately bring to the notice of Head of Anti-Discrimination Committee about such happening as first information and later on will submit an exhaustive report to the Heads for further process and action.
- Since the gravity of the incident will be decided by the report which will get reflected into the decision of the degree of punishment for the defaulter, it is expected from the each member person that they make/develop the report with utmost sincerity and care.
- Each such report submitted to the Head of Anti-Discrimination Committee will be further investigated by their own resources in order to reach to a right judgment & appropriate decision.
- The member faculty of each stream of Anti- Discrimination Committee will be in close touch with the heads regarding the report they have submitted to the Head. His/her responsibility will not be over just by submitting the report; rather they may also be expected to be a part of decision. Thus, they are supposed to be in touch with the Head till the final verdict upon the case submitted has come out.
COMPOSITION OF ADC:
| Sl. No. | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Abdul Nasir Kurnool | Chairman |
| 2 | Mr. Manjunatha G | Co-Ordinator |
| 3 | Mr. Siddu KM | Member |
| 4 | Dr. Smt. Savita D | Member |
| 5 | Smt. Vinuta B | Member |
| 6 | Vishwaradhya | Member |
| 7 | Radhika | Member |
| 8 | Sadaf Naaz | Member |
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