Ragging : A must read for Junior and Senior Students

I thing this is the right time to post this article as most of the colleges are awaiting to be opened soon. This may be an awareness for the freshers and seniors.

What is considered as Ragging ?

a) Any conduct by any student or students whether by words spoken orwritten or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating orhandling with rudeness a fresher or any other student.
b) Indulging in rowdy or indisciplined activities by any student orstudents which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship,physical or psychological harm
or to raise fear or apprehensionthereof in any fresher or any other student.
c) 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 asense of shame, or torment or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of such fresher or any other student.
d) Any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or a fresher.
e) Exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing
the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of students.
f) Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a
fresher or any other student by students  
g) 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;
h) 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.
i) 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 studentover any fresher or any other student.

Punishment for Ragging 


Institution shall punish a student found guilty of ragging after following the
procedure and in the manner prescribed here in under:

• The Anti-Ragging Committee of the institution shall take an appropriate decision, in regard to punishment or otherwise, depending on the facts ofeach incident of ragging and nature and gravity of the incident of ragging established in the recommendations of the Anti-Ragging Squad.
• The Anti-Ragging Committee may, depending on the nature and gravity of the guilt established by the Anti-Ragging Squad, award, to those found guilty, one or more of the following punishments, namely;

a) Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges.
b) Withholding/ withdrawing scholarship/ fellowship and other
benefits.
c) Debarring from appearing in any test/ examination or other
evaluation process.
d) Withholding results.
e) Debarring from representing the institution in any regional,
national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc.
f) Suspension/ expulsion from the hostel.
g) Cancellation of admission.
h) Rustication from the institution for period ranging from one to
four semesters.
i) Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from
admission to any other institution for a specified period.
Provided that where the persons committing or abetting the act of
ragging are not identified, the institution shall resort to collective
punishment.

Is there any helpline/ Toll Free Number/ Websites for quick remedy ?

Helpline Number : 1800-180-5522

Helpline Email Id : helpline@antiragging.in

Website               : http://www.antiragging.in /

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