With regard to the Supreme Court Judgment and guidelines issued in 2013 to provide for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment and abuse, more particularly against sexual harassment at work places, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued circulars on 12/07/2016 regarding Prevention, prohibition and redressed of sexual harassment of women employees and students in higher educational institutions. (published in the Gazette of India dated 2nd, May, 2016), to all the universities, advising them to establish a permanent cell and a committee and to develop guidelines to combat sexual harassment, violence against women and ragging at the universities and colleges. It has further advised the universities to be proactive by developing a conducive atmosphere on the campus, where the status of woman is respected and they are treated with. Keeping the above guidelines in view Institute has constituted a Committee against Sexual Harassment since 2016.

The Committee consists of members of the faculty, administration, service staff and students’ representatives. The members of the committee for the current academic year are:2020/2021

The objectives of the Committee are:

The Committee deals with issues relating to sexual harassment at the H. R. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur. It is applicable to all students, staff and faculty. A complaint of discrimination or sexual harassment may be lodged by the victim or a third party. A written complaint may be addressed to the Convener of the Committee. If the complaint is made to the Committee members, they may forward it to the Convener of the Committee Against Sexual Harassment

Here it should be noted that according to the Supreme Court guideline Sexual harassment can be defined as "unwelcome" sexually determined behaviour (whether directly or by implication) as