Eleven students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have filed a complaint against a professor, alleging sexual harassment, according to university sources. The complaint was submitted to the university’s Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) in May, following which an inquiry was initiated.
The ICC is the university’s designated body for examining complaints related to sexual harassment. The committee has started proceedings into the allegations and is looking into the complaints submitted by the students.
According to university sources, the allegations involve 11 students who have approached the ICC against the professor. The complaints were formally submitted in May, and the inquiry has been underway since then.
The development has brought attention to the mechanisms available within educational institutions to address allegations of sexual harassment. Under the established process, complaints are examined by the Internal Complaints Committee, which is responsible for conducting an inquiry and dealing with such allegations according to applicable rules.
The identity of the professor and the students involved has not been disclosed in the report. The allegations are currently under examination, and no conclusion regarding the claims has been reached at this stage.
Hindustan Times reported that the JNU administration was contacted for its response to the matter. However, the university administration had not responded to queries seeking its comments at the time of publication.
The case remains under investigation by the ICC, and further details are awaited.
The allegations come at a time when universities and educational institutions continue to face scrutiny over how complaints of sexual harassment are handled. Internal complaints committees play a key role in providing students and staff with a formal mechanism to report such allegations and seek an institutional inquiry.
As the JNU committee proceeds with its examination, the findings of the inquiry are expected to determine the next course of action. Until the process is completed, the allegations remain allegations and should not be treated as established facts.
Further information, including the university’s official response and details about the outcome of the ICC proceedings, is awaited.
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