The Department’s HSE policy may be summarized as follows:
- create and maintain a work place that is free of any hazards and environmental
impacts associated with laboratory activities - enable dissemination of all knowledge relevant to laboratory safety and waste
disposal through focussed training sessions, expert lectures, posters, signage, etc. - ensure adherence to the requisite safety and environmental (HSE) norms by all users
through regular monitoring - update the safety manual and associated HSE practices continuously
- appoint faculty co-ordinator(s) to oversee the HSE practices and ensure compliance
- discourage instances of non-compliance with suitable penalty
- publicize lessons from instances of accidental personnel exposure and environmental
releases - publicize compliance and innovative adoption of HSE practices by individual (or
group of) students and technical staff