HSE Policy

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