Ragging in any form inside or outside the college is banned and in order to have peaceful atmosphere in and around the College, Canteen, Library and Hostels, an Anti-Ragging Committee with the faculty and staff members is constituted. College has taken various precautions as per AICTE / UGC Norms to prevent ragging and ensure 100% no-ragging.
- Formed Anti Ragging Committee consisting of faculty and staff members.
- Committee has taken steps and allotted duties to all the staff members at almost all areas in the college and Hostels (i.e. Departmental Buildings, Canteen, Library, parking places, play grounds, Hostels etc.) to avoid ragging activities.
- Wide canvassing about anti-ragging, is being done in the forms of display of Flexi banners, Boards and conducting meetings in college.
- Awareness programs were conducted to the students.
PUNISHMENTS:
Depending upon the nature and gravity of the offence as established, the possible punishments as per AICTE / UGC Section 9 for those found guilty of ragging at the institution level, shall be any one or any combination of the following:
- Suspension from attending classes.
- 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.
- Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution.
- Fine ranging between Rs. 25,000/- and Rs. 1, 00,000/-.
- 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 ragger.
PROHIBITION OF RAGGING IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ACT 26 OF 1997 PROMULGATED BY LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
SAILENT FEATURES:
- Ragging within or outside any Educational Institution is prohibited.
- Ragging means doing an act which causes or is likely to cause insult or annoy or fear or apprehension or threat intimidation or outrage or injury to a student.
| Nature of Ragging |
Punishment |
| Teasing, Embarrassing and Humiliating |
Imprisonment up to 6 months or fine up to Rs.1000/- or both |
| Assaulting or using criminal force or criminal intimidation |
Imprisonment up to 1 year or fine up to Rs.2000/- or both |
| Wrongfully Restraining or Confining or causing Hurt |
Imprisonment up to 2 years or fine up to Rs.5000/- or both |
| Causing grievous hurt kidnapping or raping or committing unnatural offence. |
Imprisonment up to 5 years or fine up to Rs.10,000/- |
| Causing death or abetting suicide. |
Imprisonment up to 10 years or fine up to Rs.50,000/- |
NOTE:
- A student convicted of any of the above offences, will be dismissed from the college.
- A student imprisoned for more than six months for any of the above offences will not be admitted in any other colleges.
- A Student against whom there is prima-facie evidence of ragging in any form will be suspended from the college immediately.
- The full text of Act 26 is placed in the College / Library.
