The Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) in association with the Women’s Cell of Vidya Vikas Mandal’s Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics, Margao, Goa organized a live webinar on the topic ‘Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013’ for the newly appointed staff during the academic year 2021-2022 and students of FY BCom/BCA/BBA(FS)/B.Voc and M.Com Part I students on 11th December, 2021 from 10:00 am till 11:15 am. The speaker for the session was Adv. Siddhi Mayur Parodkar. The webinar was screened live through Microsoft Teams and YouTube Channel of the College.
The webinar was hosted by Ms. Gautami Karmalkar, student of TYBBA(FS) A. Incipiently the participants were made familiar with the members of the Women’s cell and the ICC. Asst. Prof. Trisha Vadil introduced the speaker Adv. Siddhi Mayur Parodkar, practicing Advocate at High Court of Bombay at Goa. The speaker subsequently started with her session. The Resource Person addressed the students about several circumstances that lead to abuse, women’s rights, associated regulations, and officials to report in case of any unfortunate event. She also mentioned the ramifications for the complaint in certain situations, especially if they are not documented. She presented a number of case studies to help the students comprehend the information better.
Dr. Sheetal D. Arondekar, Asst. Prof. in Commerce, Convenor of Women’s Cell and Presiding Officer of ICC, introduced the participants about the Anti-Ragging and Grievance Committee. Ms. Senalda Lopes, student of TY B.Com C proposed the Vote of Thanks. 68 participants attended the webinar through the online screening platforms. The participants gave a positive feedback about the webinar.
