Anti Ragging

OBJECTIVES OF ANTI RAGGING COMMITTEE :

Anti Ragging Committee will be the supervisory & Advisory Committee in preserving a culture of Ragging free environment in the college campus. Anti Ragging committee will be involved in designing strategies & action plans for curbing the menace of Ragging in the college by adopting an array of activities.

POWER AND FUNCTIONS OF ANTI RAGGING COMMITTEE :

1. To up hold and comply with the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court and be vigilant on any acts amounting to ragging.
2. To publicize to all students and prevalent directives and the actions that can be taken against those indulging in ragging.
3. To consider the complaints received from the students and conduct inquiry and submit a report to the Anti- Ragging Committee along with punishment recommended for the offenders.
4. Oversee the procedure of obtaining an undertaking from the students in accordance with the provisions.
5. Conduct workshops against ragging menace and orient the students.
6. To provide students the information pertaining to contact address and telephone numbers of the person(s) appointed to receive complaints/distress calls.
7. To offer services of counselling and create awareness to the students.
8. To take all necessary measures for the prevention of Ragging inside the Campus/ Hostels.

ANTI-RAGGING RULES :

Ragging is strictly prohibited in the college premises. If anybody found indulged in such kind of activities, strict action will be taken irrespective of the extent. Supreme Court of India has banned ragging. In order to prevent such activity on campus, several committees have been developed and brought into operation even before the start of 1st-year classes by the Director / Principal. Ragging in any form is strictly prohibited within the premises of the college/department/classroom as well as on public transport. Any individual or group of individuals who indulge in an act or practice of ragging constitutes gross indiscipline then such individual/ groups shall be dealt with as per the ordinance. This includes individual or collective acts or practices that involve physical assault or threat or use of physical force, which violate the status, dignity, and honor of any student.

STUDENTS SHALL NOT :

Violate the status, dignity, and honor of girl students.
Violate the status, dignity, and honor of SC and ST students.
 Expose students to ridicule and contempt thereby affect their self-esteem.
Entail verbal abuse and aggression indecent gestures and obscene behaviour.
The Principal / the Anti-ragging committee shall take immediate action on any information about the occurrence of ragging.

THE PROCEDURE FOR HANDLING ISSUES OF RAGGING WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:

The information on ragging can be received in the following manner:
1. Through the notified contact details of the Committee members and national help-line number on ragging for necessary relief in terms of the provisions of the UGC Regulations.
2. Through any other member of the Institute.
3. From an external source.
4. In the event of receipt of information of ragging by any of the officers mentioned at (i) above, he/she will promptly alert/inform the Chairman of the Anti-Ragging Committee of the Institute or any of its members. The activity shall be completed, at the most, within two hours of receipt of this information.
5. The Anti-Ragging Committee of the Institute shall promptly conduct a preliminary on the spot inquiry and collect details of the incident as available prima facie. The preliminary investigation/details of the incident shall be immediately brought to the notice of the Chairman of the Institute. The activity shall be completed, at the most, within twenty hours of receipt of information.
6. On the basis of Prima Facie, the Anti-Ragging Committee of the Institute shall promptly conduct an inquiry into the incident as per provisions laid down in Clause 6.3(e) of the UGC Regulations.
7. The Anti-Ragging Committee of the Institute shall complete the inquiry and submit its report along with recommendations to the Chairman of the Anti-Ragging Committee of the Institute within fifteen days of the incident.
8. Thereafter, the said report and recommendations shall be considered by the Anti- Ragging Committee for deciding the punishment on the erring students in terms of provisions contained at Clause 9.1 of the UGC Regulations.