POSH

PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT CELL (POSH)

POSH Cell of Adithya Institute of Technology is committed to sensitizing the campus community on gender issues, addressing complaints from staff and students, Prevent discrimination and sexual harassment against women, by promoting gender amity among students and employees and deal with cases of discrimination and sexual harassment against women, in a time bound manner.

The Higher education department came out with detailed guidelines to prevent and redress harassment in institutions. “The main objective is to create safe campuses for students, staff and faculty to function without fear, threat and anxiety” and the institution has the duty to ensure that students and staff are treated with dignity and respect, free from abuse or harassment. The guidelines also stipulate the procedure to file a complaint and a formation of committee to look into the allegations, moreover conducting sensitization and awareness campaigns regarding the codes of conduct among all the people in educational institutions.