A one day awareness programme on Sexual Harassment of Women in Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act. 2013 was conducted at NESAC on 9th December 2021 to commemorate the 8th anniversary of notification of the Act. Dr. S.P. Aggarwal, Director, NESAC made the inaugural speech stating the importance of the said Act and Dr. Umeshwari Dkhar, from Shillong Law College gave an invited talk on Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act. The programme was attended (offline as well as online) by all the employees and staff of NESAC including temporary and outsourced staff and personnel of the CISF Unit. There were close interaction sessions with the subject experts in local language (Khasi) and English, separately for men and women, for better understanding of the provisions contained in the said Act. for safeguarding women in workplace. Dr. Pebam Rocky, Scientist/Engineer ‘SE’ and member, Internal Complaint Committee (ICC), made a brief remark about the activities of the ICC, and findings of the survey report on awareness level of the Act among the staff of NESAC. Shri. Subakordor Syiemlieh, Administrative Officer i/c proposed the vote of thanks and concluded the program.
