Date: 18-12-2023
With the heavenly blessings of Reverend Sant Baba Malkit Singh Ji and Reverend Baba Dlawar Singh Ji ‘Brahm Ji’, and with the benign endorsement of Baba Janak Singh Ji, and Honorable Chancellor Sant Manmohan Singh Ji, and under the valuable guidance of Honorable Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Dharmjit Singh Parmar, an online Awareness program against Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and redressal) Act,2013 was conducted on 18/12/2023 at 11:00 am in room no 211, Block 3, SBBSU, Khiala, Jalandhar. The speaker of the event was Mrs. Nirmal Pandhi Principal SBHSGC (Nikka Ghuman, Gurdaspur). The faculty and students joined this awareness program through online and offline mode. The awareness program initiated with the welcome speech of the secretary of the Internal Complaint Committee SBBSU i.e. Dr. Mrs. Gurpreet Kaur. She introduced the value of awareness of women rights at the work place. Then the chairperson Dr. Sarla Nirankari was invited to introduce the speaker of the day. The magnanimous achievements of the speaker Mrs. Nirmal Pandhi are well known in the area of Dinanagar as she served about 35 years as Principal in renowned college. She imparted basic knowledge about the article 14, 15, 16 and she illuminated the audience with Vishakha Judgement by the Supreme Court. She also discussed the preventive measures to be taken at various workplaces like schools, colleges, offices and public areas. The latest verdicts of the Apex Court about women rights against sexual harassment has been widely discussed. Additionally, the prohibition and redressal mechanism were discussed among the audience for fostering women empowerment at workplace. Interaction session was quite conducive as several queries were addressed satisfactorily. The speaker was cordially thanked by the chairperson for her valuable lecture. The vote of thanks was extended by the secretary of ICC and she hope that such type of activities would be conducted in future for encouraging women at work.