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Internal Committee

Centre has a Internal Committee consisting of the following to redress the grievances of sexual harassment at work place. The Cell will also serve as Women Cell

Aggrieved person(s) may reach out to the internal committee by writing to ic@tifrbng.res.in, or by writing to any of the IC members listed below.

Composition of the Committee

NameAffiliationCommitteeEmail
Dr Shruthi ViswanathAssociate Professor, NCBS BangaloreChairpersonshruthiv@ncbs.res.in
Smt Ashwini ObuleshExecutive Director, Dhwani Legal Trust and Advocate, High Court of KarnatakaExternal Memberashwini.o@nls.ac.in
Dr Deepthi Trivedi VyasScientific Officer E, NCBS BangaloreMemberdtrivedi@ncbs.res.in
Smt Mahalakshmi S KSenior Clerk A, TIFR CAM BangaloreMembermlakshmi@tifrbng.res.in
Dr Sreekar VadlamaniAssociate Professor, TIFR CAM BangaloreMembersreekar@tifrbng.res.in
Ms Pranchal BajajResearch Scholar, TIFR CAM BangaloreMemberpranchal24@tifrbng.res.in
Mr Devansh SonigraResearch Scholar, TIFR CAM BangaloreMemberdevansh23@tifrbng.res.in

Notifications

DateNotification Description
November 3, 2020Internal complaint committee Formation
December 14, 2020ICC Updates 
August 18, 2021ICC Members updated
February 25, 2022ICC Members updated
February 18, 2025ICC Members Updated

February 19, 2026

ICC Members updated

April 28, 2026

ICC Reconstitution

September 29, 2026

ICC Reconstitution

Annual Gender Sensitization Action Plan

  1. Conduct yearly Prevention of Sexual Harrassment (PoSH) training sessions to the incoming graduate students during the orientation programme.
  2. Conduct periodic PoSH training sessions to sensitize new employees (faculty/postdoc/staff/contract workers) joining TIFR-CAM.
  3. Engage in periodic discussions in faculty meetings (and other relevant forums) regarding steps that can be taken to improve the representation of women at all levels in TIFR-CAM.
  4. Organize special workshops and outreach events targeted at women (and members of other underrepresented groups in Mathematics) at the undergraduate level to encourage them to pursue a career in Mathematics.
  5. Commemorate International Day of Women & Girls in Science on 11th February with lectures by experts on gender issues in science.
  6. Commemorate International Women's Day on 8th March with pan-TIFR events such as lectures, screening of films concerning gender discrimination and/or lives of women scientists, and panel discussions on ways to improve the workplace environment in TIFR.