Advocacy & Outreach
IGES strives to make ‘gender’ integral to various aspects of life in IIT Delhi - campus life, academic spaces, interactions in and beyond classrooms, Institute’s infrastructure, policies and operations, basic facilities and service units. Its primary objective is to weave in the understanding of gender and multiple marginalisations like caste, class, sexual orientation, disability, region etc. with the overarching aim to excel in technological creation, innovation, development and research.
As the official Gender Unit of the Institute, IGES works closely with departments, and administrations to ensure a prompt, sensitive, and inclusive response to gender-related issues. The office plays a key role in the implementation of the IITD POSH Policy, and regularly collaborates with the Internal Committee (IC) to advance campus safety and accountability. Regular Gender Sensitisation efforts through workshops, and short interactive sessions.
Regular Gender Sensitisation efforts through workshops, and short interactive sessions.
Conduct awareness training on Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace with all IIT Delhi members.
Strengthen efforts of Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) in bringing awareness around the issues of gender and sexual harassment at the workplace. Read more on the ICC and IIT Delhi policy on Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace
Develop relevant operating guidelines for the members of the Institute.
Create Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials to spread awareness around gender sensitisation on the campus.
Some of our achievements have been:
IGES has drafted three separate guidelines on Gender sensitisation and Sexual Harassment at the Workplace - Guidelines for Faculty members, Code of Conduct for Students members and Code of Conduct for Staff members. With the IIT Delhi management authorisation all the code of conduct will be made available to all members during renewal of contracts.
IGES has developed two separate E-modules on Gender Sensitisation and Sexual Harassment at the Workplace for student and faculty members. Interested to view our materials see (Link to Our Resources page) or write to us at iges@iitd.ac.in
IGES conducts regular workshops. If you haven't attended any or if you want to organise one for your team or department write to us at iges@iitd.ac.in
" Outreach is a critical aspect of IGES’s work. The office organises events like the Open House for JEE (Advanced) qualified women and persons with disabilities, which introduces them to the inclusive systems and opportunities available at IIT Delhi. IGES also creates Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials, runs visual campaigns across campus, and contributes to awareness-building through multilingual resources such as Hindi-translated POSH modules. "