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Regulations pertaining to Student’s Grievance Redressal, Promotion of Equity, Anti-Ragging Measures, and
Prevention of Sexual Harassment etc.:

(g) “Executive Authority” means the chief executive authority of the HEI, by whatever
name called, in which the general administration of the HEI is vested. For public funded
institutions the Executive Authority means the Disciplinary Authority as indicated in
Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 or its equivalent
rules;
(h) “Higher Educational Institution” (HEI) means a university within the meaning of clause

(j) of section 2, a college within the meaning of clause(b) of sub-section (1) of section 12A
and an institution deemed to be a University under section 3 of the University Grants
Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956);

(i) “Internal Complaints Committee” (ICC) means Internal Complaints Committee to be
constituted by an HEI under sub regulation (1) of regulation 4 of these regulations. Any
existing body already functioning with the same objective (like the Gender Sensitization
Committee Against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH)) should be reconstituted as the ICC;
Provided that in the latter case the HEI shall ensure that the constitution of such a Body
is as required for ICC under these regulations. Provided further that such a Body shall
be bound by the provisions of these regulations;
(j) “protected activity” includes reasonable opposition to a practice believed to violate
sexual harassment laws on behalf of oneself or others such as participation in sexual
harassment proceedings, cooperating with an internal investigation or alleged sexual
harassment practices or acting as a witness in an investigation by an outside agency or
in litigation;
(k) “sexual harassment” means-
(i) “An unwanted conduct with sexual undertones if it occurs or which is persistent
and which demeans, humiliates or creates a hostile and intimidating environment
or is calculated to induce submission by actual or threatened adverse consequences
and includes any one or more or all of the following unwelcome acts or behaviour
(whether directly or by implication), namely;-
(a) any unwelcome physical, verbal or non verbal conduct of sexual nature;
(b) demand or request for sexual favours;
(c) making sexually coloured remarks
(d) physical contact and advances; or
(e) showing pornography”
(ii) any one (or more than one or all) of the following circumstances, if it occurs or
is present in relation or connected with any behaviour that has explicit or implicit
sexual undertones-

(a) implied or explicit promise of preferential treatment as quid pro quo for
sexual favours;
(b) implied or explicit threat of detrimental treatment in the conduct of work;
(c) implied or explicit threat about the present or future status of the person
concerned;
(d) creating an intimidating offensive or hostile learning environment;
(e) humiliating treatment likely to affect the health, safety dignity or physical
integrity of the person concerned:
(1) “student” means a person duly admitted and pursuing a programme of
study either through regular mode or distance mode, including short-term
training programmes in a HEI;

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