The National Commission for Women (NCW) conducted a hearing in the TCS Nashik case under its chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar. During the hearing yesterday, the Commission raised serious concerns regarding systemic gaps in workplace safety and implementation of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH) Act at the Nashik unit.

Issues discussed during the hearing include the absence of accessible local HR infrastructure and grievance redressal mechanisms, lack of a dedicated Internal Committee for the Nashik office, absence of a proper mechanism for filing PoSH complaints, non-functional CCTV infrastructure, and the continuation of a joint Internal Committee for both Pune and Nashik units despite statutory requirements under the POSH Act. The Commission also questioned why no senior official had visited the Nashik centre to directly interact with employees despite the seriousness of the concerns raised during inquiry.

NCW Chairperson directed TCS to undertake immediate corrective measures to strengthen institutional safeguards and PoSH compliance mechanisms. The Commission directed all 127 TCS units with ten or more employees to constitute separate Internal Committees within four weeks, conduct comprehensive POSH training programmes, ensure submission of annual POSH reports to concerned authorities. It also asked TCS to ensure the physical presence of concerned officials during the next review meeting scheduled after four weeks.