ANTI-RAGGING MEASURES
Ragging is strictly banned in the Institution premises. If anybody is found indulging in such like activities strict disciplinary action will be taken against the defaulters, irrespective of the extent. Ragging is banned by Supreme Court of India. Based on the Hon’ble Supreme Court directions, UGC has issued strict regulations and guidelines.All students are expected to adhere to the same. Defaulters will be dealt severely.Ragging of fresh students in academic institutions by senior students in rampant in Indian colleges. Ragging has taken many shapes including physical violence, sexual abuse and humiliation and milder form of pressurizing juniors to do Term Paper etc. several steps taken by authorities so far have not improved matters. Even deaths due to ragging continue to be reported.
University Grants Commission has set up a toll free Helpline for dealing with Ragging.Any victim of ragging can ring up the toll free number 18001805522 or send an email to: helpline@antiragging.net. The helpline will be open 24 hours. Immediate action will be taken within fifteen minutes by alerting appropriate authorities, be it the head of the educational institution, the district collector or the police. Monitoring the progress of follow up activities by all concerned is also included
WHAT IS CONSTITUTES RAGGING
- A misconduct by any student or students whether by words spoken or written or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating or ending with rudeness a fresher any other student.
- Indulging in rowdy or undisciplined activities by any student or students which causes or likely to cause annoyance hardship, physical or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in any fresher or any other student.
- Asking any student to do any act which such student will not in the ordinary course do and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame, or torment or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of such fresher or any other student
- Any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or a fresher
- Exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of students
- Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or any other student by students
- Any act of physical abuse including all variants of it: sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, forcing obscene and lewd acts, gestures, causing bodily harm or any other danger to health or person
- Any act or abuse by spoken words, emails, post, public insults which would also include deriving perverted pleasure, vicarious or sadistic thrill from actively or passively participating in the discomfiture to fresher or any other student
Any act that affects the mental health and self confidence of a fresher or any student.
ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION / CHAIR PERSON
On receipt of the recommendations of the Anti Ragging Squad or on receipt of any information concerning any reported incident of ragging, the Head of institution shall immediately determine if a case under the penal laws is made out and if so, either on his own or through a member of the Anti-Ragging Committee authorized by him in the behalf, proceed to file this shall proceed to file a First Information Report (FIR within twenty four hours of wipe of such information or recommendation, with the police and local authorities under the appropriate penal provisions relating to or more of the following namely
| I | Abetment to ragging |
| II | Criminal conspiracy to ragging |
| III | Criminal conspiracy to ragging |
| IV | Public nuisance created during ragging |
| V | Violation of decency and morals through ragging |
| VI | Injury to body, causing hurt or grievous hurt, |
| VII | Wrongful restraint, |
| VIII | Wrongful confinement |
| XI | Extortion |
| XII | Criminal trespass |
| XIII | Offences against property |
| XIV | Criminal intimidation |
| XV | Physical or psychological humiliation |
| XVI | unnatural offences |
| XVII | Attempts or threat to commit any or all of the above against the victim |
| XVIII | All other offences following from the definition of “Ragging” |
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION IN THE EVENT OF RAGGING
The institution to punish a student found guilty of ragging after following the procedure and in the manner prescribed herein as under:
The Anti-Ragging Committee of the Institution to take an appropriate decision, in regard to punishment or otherwise, depending on the facts of each incident of ragging and nature and gravity of the incident of ragging established in the recommendations of the Anti-Ragging committee teacher member or Squad.
The Anti-Ragging Committee may, depending on the nature and gravity of the guilt established by the Anti-Ragging committee teacher member or Squad, award, to those found guilty, or more of the following punishments, namely-
- Oral/Written Warning
- Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges
- Withholding / withdrawing scholarship/ fellowship and other benefits
- Debarring from appearing in any test/ examination or other evaluation process
- Withholding results
- Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc
- Suspension/ expulsion from the hostel.
- Cancellation of admission
- Rustication from the institution for period ranging from one to four year
- Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution for a specified period.