jaipur the state womens commission has issued fresh guidelines for educational institutes making it mandatory for them to form a complaint committee for prevention of sexual harassment at work place with immediate effect the move came after the commission was alarmed over the rise in harassment cases in educational institutes the commission issued a statement and said it was mandatory for institutes having more than 50 girl students or 50 women employees to constitute a committee headed by a woman the committee should be formed in accordance with the vishaka guidelines set by supreme court these committees should vary from institute to institute depending upon the number of workers and students its members comprising officials teachers and girls students said lad kumari jain chairperson state women commission the committee is empowered to receive complaints and initiate enquiry it has to direct its findings to the commission for final report the committee members have to attach a copy of complaint findings and suggested action to the commission the state commission will evaluate the suggested action according to prevailing laws said jain the commission has felt the need to form such committees after they learnt that several cases of harassment go unnoticed in the absence of any platform soon after the banasthali fiasco the commission members inspected several private universities engineering management and medical colleges i was surprised to find that at many places there was no mechanism to solve the problems of girls said lad refusing to name of colleges inspected by them sources said two universities which are facing inquiry by the commission nims university and bhagwant university doesnt have a any platform for girls students to address their grievences the commission also asked the institutes to hold seminars making women aware on legal remedies they can exercise while at institute or at work place