Cusat to plug shortcomings in code of conduct for staff, students
The Hindu
KMSME to have female faculty member as course coordinator
The Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) will start implementing the recommendations of its Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) that probed the recent alleged stalking and mental harassment of a female student by a faculty member.
The university authorities had censured the teacher and shifted him back from the Kunjali Marakkar School of Marine Engineering (KMSME) to the School of Engineering, his parent department, based on the recommendation made by the committee. The lack of a female faculty coordinator at the KMSME was pointed out by the ICC in its report.
“As the number of girl students is increasing every year, female faculty members of KMSME may also be given additional charge as course coordinators in every batch. There needs to be an institutional mechanism, which acts as a safe haven for students, who face any kind of harassment, to disclose the same and seek assistance including psychological counselling as and when required,” it said.