POSH Act 2013 · Workplace Compliance

POSH compliance,
led by a psychologist

Every workplace with 10 or more employees needs a qualified external member on its Internal Committee. We fill that seat, set up your policy and committee, and train your people. Online, across India.

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Section 4(2)(c) compliant · Empanelled via Indradhanush Welfare Foundation
Section 4(2)(c)
Statutory external committee member, appointed for your Internal Committee
Online · Pan-India
Meetings, setup and training delivered remotely, anywhere in India
PhD · 18+ years
Psychologist-led, not a legal advocate reading from a script
4(2)(c)
The clause that makes an external member mandatory
18+
Years of psychology practice
Online
Delivered across India
PhD
Organisational Psychology
Trusted by
HLBS Tech Pvt Ltd

HLBS Tech Pvt Ltd
A Bhopal IT-hardware manufacturer serving 5,000+ clients across India, from government to banking.
The legal mandate

If you have 10 or more employees, this is the law.

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 requires every such workplace to run an Internal Committee. That committee is not valid unless it includes one external member from outside your organisation. Miss it, and your compliance does not stand.

1

Constitute a committee

A valid Internal Committee, with a presiding officer and members, at least half of them women.

2

Add an external member

Section 4(2)(c) requires one member from an NGO, or a person familiar with sexual harassment issues.

3

Train your people

Awareness sessions for employees and managers, so everyone knows their rights and the process.

4

File the annual report

An annual report under Section 21, every year, submitted to your district officer.

How Manas helps

Three ways we make you compliant.

Take one, or take all three. Most companies start with the external member, the part they cannot do in-house, and add setup and training as they need them.

Service 01

External committee member

We appoint Dr. Priya as the statutory external member on your Internal Committee. She attends every inquiry, keeps each case fair and lawful, and supports your annual report. Empanelled under Section 4(2)(c) via Indradhanush Welfare Foundation.

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Service 02

Policy and committee setup

We draft your POSH policy, help you constitute a valid Internal Committee, and prepare your display notices, complaint formats and registers. One clean foundation that holds up in an audit.

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Service 03

Employee awareness training

Live sessions for staff and managers on what harassment is, how to report it, and how to respond. Every session is documented with an attendance record for your annual report, and a participation certificate.

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The Manas difference

Most firms send a lawyer. We send a psychologist.

When someone finds the courage to report harassment, they are trusting a stranger with something painful. A psychologist holds that moment with care, and still runs a rigorous, lawful inquiry. That is the difference between a committee that ticks a box and one people actually trust.

Trained to listen

Eighteen years of holding difficult disclosures with steadiness and care, so complainants feel safe enough to speak.

Rigorous and lawful

A doctorate in organisational psychology, and a process built to stand up to scrutiny, not just to satisfy a form.

The right standing

Familiar with the cause of women and empanelled through a registered NGO, which is exactly what Section 4(2)(c) intends.

Your external member

Dr. Priya Dubey Sharma

Dr. Priya Dubey Sharma, Founder and Consulting Psychologist at Manas
Dr. Priya Dubey Sharma
Founder & Consulting Psychologist · Applied, Behavioural & Organizational Psychologist

Eighteen years of psychology practice across schools, universities, government programmes and corporates. She has led one of Central India’s largest adolescent mental health programmes for the Government of Madhya Pradesh and UNFPA, and today serves as the empanelled Professional Counsellor for State Bank of India, Bhopal Circle.

Her doctoral research studied psychological wellbeing in the banking and IT workplace, the very environments where POSH matters most. As President of Indradhanush Welfare Foundation, a registered NGO, she brings the standing that Section 4(2)(c) asks for.

PhD, Organisational Psychology · M.Phil, Health Psychology · 18+ years · Empanelled External Member, POSH Act Section 4(2)(c), via Indradhanush Welfare Foundation

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Questions, answered

POSH compliance, in plain terms

Does my company need a POSH external member?
Yes, if you have 10 or more employees at any workplace. The POSH Act requires an Internal Committee, and Section 4(2)(c) requires that committee to include one external member from outside your organisation. A committee without an external member is not valid, however many internal members it has.
Who can be a POSH external member?
The law asks for a person from a non-governmental organisation committed to the cause of women, or a person familiar with the issues of sexual harassment. Dr. Priya qualifies on both counts, as a psychologist with organisational expertise and as President of Indradhanush Welfare Foundation, a registered NGO.
Can the external member and the training be done online?
Yes. Committee meetings, inquiry participation, policy setup and employee training are all delivered online, so we work with companies anywhere in India. In-person sessions in Bhopal are available on request.
What is Section 4(2)(c) of the POSH Act?
It is the clause that requires one member of the Internal Committee to come from an NGO or association committed to the cause of women, or to be a person familiar with issues relating to sexual harassment. It exists to bring a neutral, outside perspective to every inquiry.
What does POSH compliance actually involve?
Four things. A validly constituted Internal Committee, a written POSH policy that is displayed and communicated, awareness training for employees and managers, and an annual report filed under Section 21. Manas can set up and support all four.
How soon can we become compliant?
Setup is usually complete within a couple of weeks. We draft your policy, help constitute the committee, appoint the external member, and schedule your first awareness session. You are audit ready from there.
Who sees a harassment complaint?
Only the Internal Committee, under the strict confidentiality the Act requires. As your external member, Dr. Priya is bound by the same confidentiality, and by professional psychological ethics.
Do you work with companies outside Bhopal?
Yes. Because the service is delivered online, we act as external member and run policy setup and training for companies across India, in any sector.
Get compliant

Make your workplace compliant, and safer.

Tell us your company size and where you are. We will tell you exactly what you need, and how quickly we can get you there. No obligation.

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