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7.1.1 Measures initiated by the Institution for the promotion of gender equity during the last five
years.
Additional information on facilities provided for women
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Summary 2
Measures initiated by PIET 4
Institute activities 7
Facilities for girls 12
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Summary
PIET has initiated different measures for the promotion of gender equity. Different type of gender equity promotion programs are also organized in the institute and various facilities are also provided to the girl students and female staff.
Measures initiated by PIET
Block Chain training program for girls: A special training session on co-curricular aspects
has been arranged only for the girl students in which nearly 100 students from 1st and 2nd year
participated. This program was held on 12th to 14th Sep. 2019 in PIET campus. Technical
knowledge was provided on various technologies like Big Data, Ubuntu server installation,
Virtual Box, POP OS installation, Docker, MySQL, MongDB, Cassandra. Experts gave the
information of open source project Google Summer of Code (GSOC) and explained about
Smart India Hackathon (SIH) that is a platform for engaging with companies and industries
by submitting solutions for their problem statements at national level. One of the team trained
under this initiative, participated in the SIH20 and got shortlisted at national level.
Udyan Shalini fellowships: PIET in association with a public charitable trust Udyan Care
Foundation facilitates the girl students with weak socio-economic background to apply for
the Udyan Shalini fellowships. The Udyan Care Foundation provides an assistance of Rs.
20000 to full tuition fee as per the case and rest whole fee is borne by the institute. Nearly ten
girl students have been benefitted by this scheme during last five years.
Only girl children scholarship: 20 % tuition fee waver is provided by the institute to such
girl students.
ICC: For gender justice in all its intervention and practices an ICC has been established as
per UGC guidelines. The ICC is responsible for looking into any complaints filed by students
and staff about woman grievances in the institute.
Few Activities Conducted by the institute
Women Day celebration: PIET celebrates the women’s day since last six years. One acid
attack victim Ms. Ritu Saini from Sheroes (an NGO) was invited in the institute on women’s
day in 2018 to motivate the girl students. The women’s day, in 2019, was celebrated at the
district level in an event known as Panipat Pinkathon in which nearly 600 girls and staff
participated from PIET.
Self-defence training program for girl students organised by NSS: This program was
organized by NSS team on 26th Aug, 2019. In which 30 girls participated. The training was
provided by Ms. Anny from Self-defence Training Academy, Panipat.
Seminar on Durga Shakti mobile application for girl’s safety: A unique mobile
application from Haryana Police for women safety (Durga Shakti) provides a platform for
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woman to seek immediate help from police in times of distress. The application is available
on both Google and Apple play store and can be downloaded for free. A seminar was
organized by the BBA department to give the knowledge of this app for girls’ safety on 20th
Aug. 2019.
Facilities provided by PIET to girl students
Girls Common Room: The institute maintains separate rooms for the rest and recreation
among girl students.
Sanitary Napkin Vending Machine: PIET provides this facility to girl students. The
machine can be easily operated just by dropping a coin into it.
Women Safety and security: The Institute has appointed security staff near the main gate of
the institute, near canteen and near girl’s hostel, thus providing with 24 hours security. The
institute has well-functioning CCTV installed in office, library, hostels and at all the floors of
the buildings.
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Measures initiated by PIET
Block Chain Training program for girls: A special training session on co-curricular aspects has been
arranged only for the girl students in which nearly 100 students from 1st and 2nd year participated. This
program was held on 12th to 14th Sep. 2019 in PIET campus. Technical knowledge was provided on
various technologies like Big Data, Ubuntu server installation, Virtual Box, POP OS installation, Docker,
MySQL, MongDB, Cassandra. Experts gave the information of open source project Google Summer of
Code (GSOC) and explained about Smart India Hackathon (SIH) that is a platform for engaging with
companies and industries by submitting solutions for their problem statements at national level. One of
the team trained under this initiative, participated in the SIH20 and got shortlisted at national level.
Udyan Shalini fellowships Girls Scholarship: PIET in association with a public charitable trust - Udyan
care facilities the girl students with weak socio-economic background to apply for the Udyan Shalini
fellowships. Nearly ten girl students have been benefitted by this scheme during last five years.
1. Name of the Scholarship: Udayan Shalini Girl’s Scholarship
2. List of students from Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology who were benefitted by the
scholarship during last five academic years.
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Formation of ICC:
For gender equality and gender justice in all its intervention and practices a ICC is established as per UGC
guidelines. The ICC is responsible for looking into any complaints filed by students & staff about woman
grievances in the institute.
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According to the Hon. Supreme Court of India, definition of sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexually
determined behaviour is such as:
Physical contact and advances
Demand or request for sexual favours
Sexually coloured remarks
Any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature
Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) constitution
S No. Name Email id Department
1 Ms. Swati Gupta (Chairperson) [email protected] ECE
2 Dr. S. C. Gupta [email protected] CSE
3 Dr. Rachna Khurana [email protected] ASH
4 Dr. Himanshu Jain [email protected] MBA
5 Ms. Shachie [email protected] BBA
6 Ms. Nishtha UG student Member B. Tech.
7 Ms. Jasjeet UG student Member BBA
8 Ms. Dhairya PG Student Member MCA
The Committee shall investigate reported cases of commission of acts of sexual harassment of women, if any and
submit its report to the Director recommending action to be taken against the accused. The Committee shall meet
minimum once in a quarter.
Process of Making Complaints:
An aggrieved person is required to submit a written complaint to the ICC within three months from the date of
incident. ICC can permit late submissions also if there is obvious reason for delay. Friends, relatives, colleagues,
co-students or any other associate of the victim may also file the complaint. Complaints handling and redressel
mechanism is as per the guidelines provided in the UGC regulations 2015.
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Institute Activities
Women Day Celebration: PIET celebrates the women’s day since last six years. One acid attack victim Ms.
Ritu Saini from Sheroes (an NGO) was invited in the institute on women’s day in 2018 to motivate the girl
students. The women’s day, in 2019, was celebrated at the district level in an event known as Panipat
Pinkathon in which nearly 600 girls and staff participated from PIET.
Year Title of Programme Date Number of participants
2018-19 “Komal hai Kamzor nahi”
-Declamation Contest
-Notice board Decoration competition
7-3-19 25
2017-18 "Equality for Women is Progress for All"
-slogan writing competition
8-3-18 32
2016-17 "World Free of Violence against Women".
-Debate
-Poster making competition
8-3-17 28
2015-16 "Women in Decision-making".
-Poem recitation event
8-3-16 30
2014-15 "Women and Human Rights".
-Slogan writing
-Notice board decoration
6-3-15 25
Glimpses of some of the past events:
(1) Women’s Day Video in YouTube 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUbym3tGKrQ
(2) Women’s Day Celebration 2016
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(3) Women’s Day Celebration 2017
(4) Women’s Day Celebration 2019
(5) Women’s Day Celebration 2020
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Some Other Related News Releases
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Self Defense training program for girl students organised by NSS: This program was organized by
NSS team on 26th Aug, 2019. In which 30 girls participated. The training was provided by Ms. Anny
came from Self-defence Training Academy, Panipat.
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Seminar on girl’s education and sanitation by PIET girl students as extension activity: A student
group under NSS comprising of seven girl students conducted a seminar on girl’s education and sanitation
in Jan 2019 at Govt Girl Sr. Sec. School, Pattikalyana. Ms. Bhumika, Ms. Varnika and Ms. Simran of
BBA were the coordinators.
Seminar on Durga Shakti mobile application for girl’s safety: A unique mobile application from
Haryana Police for women safety (Durga Shakti) provides a platform for woman to seek immediate help
from police in times of distress. The application is available on both Google and Apple play store and can
be downloaded for free. A seminar was organized by the BBA department to give the knowledge of this
app for girl’s safety on 20th Aug 2019.
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Facilities for Girls
Girls Common Room: The institute maintains separate rooms for the rest and recreation among girl
students. The common room is provided with indoor games, chair, tables and reading materials to suit
various needs.
Sanitary Napkin Vending Machine: PIET provides this facility to girls students. The machine can be
easily operated just by dropping a coin into it.
Women Safety and security: The Institute has appointed security staff near the main gate of the institute,
near canteen and near girl’s hostel, thus providing with 24 hours security. The institute has well-
functioning CCTV installed in office, library, hostels and at all the floors of the buildings.
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