Ravenshaw authorities to form gender-specific panel

The committee 'Gender Sensitisation against Sexual Harassment' will start functioning in the first week of January when the varsity opens after winter vacation, University Vice-Chancellor Prof B C Tripathy said.

The committee will have powers to punish the guilty and ensure that the students and teachers are properly sensitised towards the gender-specific problems by way of conducting seminars, symposiums and group discussions in which subject experts from outside shall be roped in.

"The panel would be headed by a woman of repute as Chairperson and will have two teachers (one male and one female) and two students (one boy and one girl) as its members," the VC said, adding the committee would have sweeping powers to punish the accused found guilty in eve teasing or any form of sexual harassment.

Prof Tripathy further indicated that the victims, both boys and girls and even male and female teachers can bring any form of complaints of sexual harassment to the notice of the Committee for justice. (MORE)