West Bengal University of Health Sciences reconstitutes internal complaints committee

Kolkata:  Through a recent notification,the West Bengal University of Health Sciences has notified the reconstitution of the internal complaints committee of the university.

The restructuring of the previous internal complaints committee was done following the expiration of the tenure of holding office on 8.02.2021.  It is to be noted that the tenure of internal complaints committee at a workplace is decided as per the provisions laid in Chapter-II, Section-4, Sub section-3 of 'The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace [Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal] Act, 2013, which states that, "the presiding officer and every member of the internal complaints committee shall hold office for such period, not exceeding three years, from the date of their nomination."

 As per the notification released on15-03-2021, the newly reconstituted committee will have  5 members.  Prof. (Dr.) Srabani Biswas, Deputy COE, WBUHS has been appointed as the presiding officer of the said committee. According to the  'The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace [Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal] Act, 2013, the presiding officer should be a woman employed at a senior level at the workplace amongst the employees.

The newly appointed  committee  members will be 

• Prof. (Dr.) Plaban Mukherjee, Dean (Faculty of Modern Medicine)WBUHS,
• Dr. Amit Kumar Ghosh, OSD (Reg. Section), WBUHS
• Smt. Rupasri Sarkar, Law Officer, WBUHS,
• Smt. Sunita Kar, Joint Secretary, Behala Keertika, Kolkata