To work without harassment is every individual's fundamental right. IISER Pune therefore believes in and practices a “ZERO TOLERANCE” and “GENDER EQUALITY” policy. Gender equality is achieved when women and men enjoy the same rights and opportunities across all sectors of society, including economic participation and decision-making, and when the different behaviors, aspirations and needs of women and men are equally valued and favored.

The INTERNAL COMMITTEE of IISER Pune [a statutory body constituted as per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013] has been constituted in compliance with directives of the Supreme Court of India. Its objectives are to:

• Uphold the dignity of women
• To facilitate a gender-sensitive and congenial working environment free of gender-specific discrimination or sexual harassment
• Ensure that victims and witnesses are not victimised or discriminated against because of lodging such complaints
• Take proactive measures to educate the IISER Pune community about gender-sensitivity

Internal Committee

• Srabanti Chaudhury
  Professor
  Presiding Officer
• Anirban Hazra
  Associate Professor
  Member
• Leelavati Narlikar
  Associate Professor
  Member

• Rama Sarode
  Advocate, NGO, Pune
  External Member

  Shanti Kalipatnapu
  Sr. Principal Technical Officer
  Member

• Shabana Khan
  Professor
  Member

  Suhas Ettammal
  Associate Professor
  Member

  Priyadarshini Tamhane
  Office Assistant (Multi-Skill)
  Non-Member Secretary
• Amrita Roy
  Student Representative