INTERNAL COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE
In pursuance of the instructions from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Sexual harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013 was enacted at CWPRS to provide protection against sexual harassment of women at workplace and for the prevention and the redressal of complaints of sexual harassment and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. The section 4 of the Act provides that every employer of a workplace shall, by an order in writing, constitute a Committee to be known as the "Internal Complaints Committee". Accordingly, the ICC of CWPRS was constituted comprising of the following members:
Internal Complaints Committee of CWPRS
| Sl.No. |
Name & Designation |
Role in ICC |
Division Telephone Number |
Mobile Number |
Email Id |
| 1. |
Smt. Lata Gupta, Scientist ‘D’ |
Chairman |
020-24103485 |
9421053308 |
gupta[dot]lata[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in |
| 2. |
Smt. S.R. Patnaik, Scientist ‘C’ |
Member |
020-24103329 |
9850971830 |
sangeeta[dot]patnaik[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in |
| 3. |
Shri R.R.Bhate, Scientist ‘C’ |
Member |
020-24103220 |
9960900137 |
bhate[dot]rr[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in |
| 4. |
Kum. Suneeta Jatwa, Scientist ‘C’ |
Member |
020-24103216 |
9423529935 |
jatwa[dot]s[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in |
| 5. |
Smt. Shivani Sahu, Scientist ‘C’ |
Member |
020-24103272 |
8888348206 |
sahushivani12[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in |
| 6. |
Shri G.A.Panvalkar, Scientist ‘C’ |
Member |
020-24103304 |
9960608568 |
ga[dot]panvalkar[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in |
| 7. |
Smt. Anuja Rajagopalan, Scientist ‘C’ |
Member |
020-24103409 |
9421001204 |
anuja[dot]r[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in |
| 8. |
Smt. Jhuma Rano, ARO |
Member |
020-24103292 |
9890896259 |
rano[dot]jhuma[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in |
| 9. |
Smt. Anamika Saha, ARO |
Member Secretary |
020-24103219 |
8421592902 |
anamika[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in |
| 10. |
Ms. Preeti Karmarkar, Nari Samata Manch, Pune |
External Member |
9422646266 |
preetikarmarkar[at]gmail[dot]com |
Procedure for Complaint
Complaint regarding Sexual Harassment against women can be made either in paper form or by sending e-mail to gupta[dot]lata[at]cwprs[dot]gov[dot]in. The Act stipulates that aggrieved woman can make written complaint of sexual harassment at workplace to the ICC, within a period of three months from the date of incident and in case of a series of incidents, within a period of three months from the date of last incident. As per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013, in case the aggrieved woman is unable to make a complaint on account of her physical incapacity, a complaint may be filed inter alia by her relative or friend or her co-worker or an officer of the National Commission for Woman or State Women's Commission or any person who has knowledge of the incident, with the written consent of the aggrieved woman.
Ministry of Women & Child Development launched an online complaint management system titled Sexual Harassment electronic -Box (She-Box) on 24 July, 2017 for registering complaints related to Sexual Harassment at workplace[Online Complaint Management System (http://www.shebox.nic.in/). The She-Box is an initiative to provide a platform to the women working or visiting any office of Central Government (Central Ministries, Departments, Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous Bodies and Institutions etc.) to file complaints related to Sexual Harassment at workplace under the Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
Once a complaint is submitted to She-Box, it will be directly sent to the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of the concerned Ministry/ Department/ PSU/ Autonomous Body etc. having jurisdiction to inquire into the complaint. The She-Box also provides an opportunity to both the complainant and nodal administrative authority to monitor the progress of inquiry conducted by the ICCs.
