Code of Conduct for Faculty
1. Communicate clearly with the students in writing the instructions for each assignment.
2. Be updated in the knowledge of subject and the current affairs.
3. Prepare thoroughly the lecture to be delivered in advance.
4. Conduct Theory and practical’s as per the time table.
5. Use modern tools of teaching to make the lectures more interesting (Audio/ Visual Aids).
6. Attendance of the students should be recorded regularly.
7. Complete the syllabus in the stipulated time.
8. Conduct and evaluate all the examinations as per the scheduled time table.
9. Be polite to the students listen to their academic needs and should make efforts to solve them.
10. Be in contact with the parents / guardians of the students.
11. Take prior approval of leave from respective authority and make the alternative arrangements for the Theory and practical.
12. Follow the rules, regulations of the institution from time to time.
13. Use of mobile phone during class hours in strictly prohibited.
14. Identity card , must be carried by the faculty at all the times while on the campus.

Code of Conduct for Students
1. The identity card with photograph affixed, must be carried by the student at all the times while on the campus and must be produced on demand.
2. Student must attend the Theory and Practical classes regularly as per the time table.
3. Student should have minimum 75% attendance in theory and practical.
4. Students’ conduct will be monitored.
5. Absenteeism from the classes without information will be considered a breach of discipline.
6. Student must appear for all the tests and examinations and show satisfactory progress.
7. Students are advised to read all the notices displayed on the notice boards.
8. The conduct of the student in the premises of the institution as well as in their classes should cause no disturbance to fellow students or other classes.
9. Student must not loiter in the premises.
10. No society or association must be formed in the institution and no person should be invited to address a meeting without Principal’s permission.
11. No trips should be arranged without prior consent of the Principal.
12. Students are expected to take proper care of the institution’s property. Any damage done to the property of the institution by disfiguring the walls, doors, fittings or breaking the furniture, etc. is a breach of discipline.
13. Every student will maintain strict discipline within the class-rooms, library, laboratory, and College campus.
14. Supplying false information to the College or forging, altering or misusing any College document or record is punishable.
15. Storing, possessing or using real or replica firearms or other weapons, explosives (including fireworks), ammunition, or narcotics or otherwise dangerous materials on the college premises is strictly prohibited and punishable as per state Government.
16. Encouraging, aiding, or conspiring against the institution is prohibited.
17. Violating the rules imposed on this code is punishable.
18. Use of mobile phone during class hours is strictly prohibited.
19. Students are expected to be dressed modestly and decently

As per the guidelines of UGC and the Supreme Court, Anti Sexual Harassment Cell has been established by Annai Violet Arts & Science College to provide an healthy and congenial atmosphere to the staff and students of the College. The cell was constituted to meet the four basic objectives:

• To develop the guidelines and norms for a policy against sexual harassment.
• To develop principles and procedures for combating sexual harassment.
• To work out details for the implementation of the policy.
• To prepare a detailed plan of action, both short and long term.

What Constitutes Sexual Harassment

• Sexual pranks, or repeated sexual teasing, jokes, or innuendo, in person or via e-mail.
• Verbal abuse in a sexual nature.
• Touching or grabbing in a sexual nature.
• Repeatedly standing too close  or brushing up against a person.
• Repeatedly asking a person to socialize during off-duty hours when the person has said no or has indicated he or she is not interested.
• Giving gifts or leaving objects that are sexually suggestive.
• Repeatedly making sexually suggestive gestures.
• Making or posting sexually demeaning or offensive pictures, cartoons or other materials in the workplace/social media.
• Off-duty, unwelcome conducts of a sexual nature that affects the work environment. A victim of sexual harassment can be a man or a woman. The victim can be of the same sex as the harasser. The harasser can be a supervisor, co-worker, other Department employee, or a non-employee who has a business relationship with the Department.

A committee consisting of the following members has been constituted as per Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE CELL SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Organize awareness programmes and campaigns for the benefit of all members of the College on sexual harassment and gender based discrimination.
• Conduct formal inquiry and investigate and take decisions upon each complaint and recommend appropriate punishment or action to be taken, by the appropriate authority, in each instance.
• Receive and redress complaints received from any member of the College (including students, research scholars, staff, hostel residents and outsiders on College premises) alleging sexual harassment by another member(s) of the College.
• Ensure that all information pertaining either to complaints registered and the proceedings and findings of any inquiries and/or investigations are kept strictly confidential.

REMEDIAL STEPS:

• To ensure that the mechanism for registering complaints is safe, accessible and sensitive.
• To take cognizance of complaints about sexual harassment, conduct enquiries, provide assistance and redressal to the victims, recommend penalties and take action against the harasser, if necessary.
• To advise the competent authority to issue warnings or take the help of the law to stop the harasser, if the complainant consents.
• To seek medical, police and legal intervention with the consent of the complainant.
• To make arrangements for appropriate psychological, emotional and physical support (in form of counseling, security and other assistance) to the victim if so desires.

PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE COMMITTEE:

• The Committee shall meet as and when any complaint is received by it. Complaint may be received by any member of the committee.
• Minutes of all proceedings of the Committee shall be prepared and duly signed by the members of the Committee.
• The Committee shall record its findings in writing supported with reasons and shall forward the same with its recommendations, to the Principal/Management, within a period of time. In case the Committee finds that the facts disclose the commission of a criminal offence by the accused person, this shall be specifically mentioned in the Committee’s report.
• If, in the course of the proceedings before it, the Committee is satisfied that a prima facie case of sexual harassment is made out against the accused employee(s)/student and that there is any chance of the recurrence of any such action, or that it is required to do so in the interests of justice, it may, on the request of the complainant or otherwise, disciplinary action could be initiated in the form of:
  • Warning
  • Written apology
  • Bond of good behavior
  • Adverse remarks in the confidential report
  • Debarring from supervisory duties
  • Denial of membership of statutory bodies
  • Denial of re-employment/re – admission
  • Stopping of increments / promotion/denying admission ticket
  • Reverting, demotion
  • Suspension
  • Dismissal
• If  the Committee is satisfied that the complainant has knowingly brought false charges of sexual harassment against any person, it shall report the same in writing to the Principal/Management, with reasons and with recommendations of the action to be taken against such person.

Committee For SC/ST/OBC & Minority cell