Life at SRIHM
Staff General Regulations
The guidelines laid down in this ‘Code of Conduct’ are to maintain the high standards of functioning and have a system of checks and balances to avoid deviations in behaviour.
All Rules and Policies are at the sole discretion of the Management and will be reviewed at the end of every Academic Year and revised if necessary.
TEACHING AND NON- TEACHING STAFF
The Staff will discharge their duties efficiently and diligently to match with the academic standards and performance norms laid down by the college management from time to time
He/She will update knowledge and skills to equip himself/herself professionally for the proper discharge of duties assigned to him/her.
He/She will conduct himself/herself with absolute dignity and decorum in his/her dealing with the Superiors, Colleagues and Students.
Staff will not remain absent from duties at any time without prior written permission from the Principal except in emergency.
He/She will not accept any honorary or other assignment given to him/her by any external agency without the prior written permission of the Management.
He/She will not attempt to bring any political or outside pressure on his/her superior authorities in respect of service matters.
He/She will not act in any manner that violates the norms or decency or morality in their conduct or behavior inside the College premises.
He/She will not by act or deed degrade, harass or insult any other Staff/Person for any reason whatsoever or act in a manner unbecoming of a teaching professional.
During duty hours Staff will not be found in other departments gossiping or entertaining themselves.
He/She in the service of College will strictly follow the orders of College Management.
All staff members who have been assigned uniforms, should wear them as per the uniform standards of the College.
No casual attire is to be worn by any Staff member to college except for days on which it may be stated. Jeans, T-shirts, sleeveless, low waist trousers, low necklines, shorts, transparent, close fitting clothing, open sandals would not be permitted.
Male staff members should keep their hair short; moustache and nails trimmed and should be shaved every day.
Lady staff members should keep their hair tied at all times on duty.
Staff should be fair, impartial and honest.
They will not divulge, communicate or disclose to any person or persons any confidential information in respect of the College or any other Colleges managed by the Trust, which they may come across during their employment with the College.
Incase of grievances of Non-teaching Staff/Attendants, they are required to contact the Administrative Officer.
BREACH OF CONDUCT: Shall constitute any or all of the following.
Wilful negligence of duties.
Propagation of a communal/sectarian outlook.
Discrimination of a Student/Fellow Staff on the basis of caste, creed, colour, language, place of origin, social and cultural background etc.
Remaining absent without approved leave of five consecutive days.
Use of offensive/abusive language and quarrelsome behaviour.
Use of liquor/ tobacco/narcotics on the College premises.
Embezzlement or misappropriation of college funds, theft of college property or any other fraud.
Destruction or misuse of college records or property.
Divulging confidential information related to the College or students.
Discouraging or obstructing members of the staff from lawful duties or indulging in any sort of activity that embarrasses College authorities.
Taking an active part in politics.
Any kind of unwelcome sexually motivated behaviour, whether direct or by implication.
The Code of conduct is intended to improve relationships, reduce the need for disciplinary action and the frequency of problems coming from it. Even though the College hopes that there will be voluntary compliance to the Code of Conduct by all the employees, it feels it necessary to have a mechanism in place to deal with deviations.
To ensure working conditions are cordial and the College operates successfully, everybody needs to work within certain rules.
The disciplinary process is initiated with a Counselling of the errant employee by the Head of the Department and the Principal. Subsequent to the counselling, in case of a repeated breach the Principal shall on the recommendation of the HOD/ Academic Coordinator initiate disciplinary action as stated below:
Verbal warning
Show Cause Notice
Warning Letter
Suspension (with loss of salary) or withholding of increments with cumulative effects.
Dismissal from Service.
TEACHING STAFF APPRAISAL SYSTEMS
The performance appraisals are discussed with the Staff at the end of the year. Staff increments will be Performance Based.
The Principal, Academic Coordinator and Head of the Department will form the Appraisal Committee.
The Faculty is given the self-appraisal form to be evaluated and submit the form back to the Principal.
The Principal along with the Head of the Department and the Academic coordinator appraises and discuss their feedback and evaluation of the Staff.
The feedback is discussed with the Staff and suggestions are made for overall improvement of the Staff.
The appraisal form is then signed by the Staff and is maintained in their Personnel file.
NON-TEACHING STAFF APPRAISAL SYSTEMS
The performance appraisals are discussed with the Staff at the end of the year. Staff increments will be Performance Based.
The Staff is given the self-appraisal form to be evaluated and submit the form back to the Principal.
The Principal appraises the feedback and evaluation along with the staff.
The feedback is discussed with the Staff member and suggestions are made for overall improvement of the Staff.
The appraisal form is then signed by the Staff and is maintained in their Personnel file.