‘Project POSH’ is an initiative of V. M. Salgaocar College of Law in association with the Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (GIPARD), to empower all educational institutions in Goa to comply with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (commonly called the POSH Act). The Department of Higher Education, Department of Education and SCERT officialised the project requiring the participation of the IC members at the training programmes.
Project POSH was launched in September 2022 way ahead of the Supreme Court judgment in Aureliano Fernandes v. State of Goa (May 12, 2024) that directed the governments at all levels to verify whether the committees under POSH Act were duly constituted. Under this project, total of 1334 members of the ICs from 54 Higher Educational Institutions, 109 Higher Secondary Schools and 395 High Schoos were trained in the law and procedure to deal with a complaint. Goa would be the first state in the country that empowered all its educational institutions to comply with POSH Act.
Project POSH concluded on 23rd September 2024. Dr. Seema Fernandes, Assistant Director, GIPARD in her valedictory address congratulated Principal Dr. Shaber Ali G, the coordinators Prof. MRK Prasad and Dr. Sandhya Ram and the entire Project POSH team of V. M. Salgaocar College of Law for completing the task successfully, stated a press release.
