Anti-Ragging Squad || Womens Grievance cell || Commitee for SC/ST || Grievance Redressal Commitee ||

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What Constitutes Ragging?

Ragging constitutes one or more of any of the following acts:

  • Any conduct by any student or students whether by words spoken or written or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness a fresher or any other student.
  • Indulging in rowdy or undisciplined activities by any student or students which causes or is 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 other student with or without an intent to derive a sadistic pleasure or showing off power, authority or superiority by a student over any fresher.

Where Can I Get Help?

Action to be taken against students indulging and abetting ragging :

  • I do not want you to feel that you are alone and help less. We are all with you.
  • Your Parents are there to help. Please do not feel that you will burden your parents. Talk to them freely and openly. If you are being ragged; it is not your fault. They understand that.
  • We, at the Ragging Prevention Program are ready to help. You can call us any time.
  • Your College Administration is there to help. Please do not hesitate to ask for help. They will definitely help you. The local police and local administration is also there to help.
  • Any body can register a complaint of Ragging. It does not have to be only the victim. If you notice an incidence of Ragging you must inform the call centre. It is your duty to do so.
  • You can also register a complaint of Ragging - Anonymously. You must however avoid this option because without knowing details it becomes difficult for us to take any action. We can assure you of confidentiality.

Action & Punishment

Action to be taken against students indulging and abetting ragging :

  • The punishment to be meted out to the persons indulged in ragging has to be exemplary and justifiably harsh to act as a deterrent against recurrence of such incidents.
  • A First Information Report (FIR) may be file without exception by the institutional authorities with the local police authorities.
  • The Anti Ragging Committee of the institution shall take an appropriate decision, with regard to punishment or otherwise, depending on the facts of each incident of ragging and nature and gravity of the incident of ragging.
  • Depending upon the nature and gravity of the offence as established the possible punishments for those found guilty of ragging at the institution level shall be any one or any combination of the following:-
    1. Cancellation of admission
    2. Suspension from attending classes
    3. Withholding/withdrawing scholarship/fellowship and other benefit
    4. Debarring from appearing in any test/examination or other evaluation process
    5. Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc.
    6. Withholding results
    7. Suspension/expulsion from the hostel and/or Bus Faculity
    8. Restigation from the institution for period ranging from 1 to 4 semisters
    9. Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution.
    10. Collective punishment: when the persons committing or abetting the crime of ragging are not identified, the institution shall resort to collective punishment as a deterrent to ensure community pressure on the potential raggers.
  • An appeal against the order of punishment by the Anti Ragging Committee shall lie,
    1. In case of an order of an institution, affiliated to or constituent part, of the University, to the Vice-Chancellor of the University.
    2. In case of an order of a University, to its Chancellor.
    3. In case of an institution of national importance created by an Act of Parliament, to the Chairman or Chancellor of the institution, as the case may be.
  • The institutional authorities shall intimate the incidents of ragging occurred in their premises along with actions taken to the Council form time to time.

Anti-Ragging Squad


Committee Member

Dr. Chetan Nagar

9826565439, 9630451592

callchetan_nagar@yahoo.com


Member

Mr. Abdullah Faruque Pathan

9826875737

pathanabdullah24@gmail.com


Member

Ms. Gunjan Gole

8959784350

gunjan.gole22@gmail.com