SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES: DELHI TOPS

NEW DELHI Seventy five cases of sexual harassment cases in higher educational institutes have been reported from across the country between April 2014 and March this year, 27 of which are from Delhi alone, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday by HRD Minister Smriti Irani. Delhi is followed by Uttar Pradesh (23), Haryana (7), Odisha (6), Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Tripura (2 each) and Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Karnataka and Assam (1 each). Two cases have also been received from NIT, one from IGNOU and NEUPA.

“UGC has also reported that complaints have been received against the heads or members of faculties of Punjab University, Jadavpur University, TERI and St Stephens College, Delhi,“ she said. Cases have also been reported against faculty members of Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, and Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat. IANS