NATIONAL RAGGING PREVENTION PROGRAMME

NATIONAL RAGGING PREVENTION PROGRAMME

National Anti-Ragging Helpline

24x7 Toll Free
1800-180-5522
helpline@antiragging.in | www.antiragging.in

UGC Monitoring Agency

Centre for Youth (C4Y)

antiragging@c4yindia.org | www.c4yindia.org

Contact Details of the Nodal Officers of Anti-Ragging Committee and Squad

Anti-Ragging Committee (ARC) | Anti-Ragging Squad (ARS)

RAGGING IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE AND THE CULPRITS WILL ATTRACT PUNITIVE ACTION AS MENTIONED IN THE UGC REGULATIONS (www.antiragging.in/assets/pdf/annexure/Annexure-I.pdf)

www.ugc.ac.in

Anti-Ragging

Excerpts from the UGC Regulations on curbing the menace of ragging in Higher Educational Institutions 2009

Ragging in all its forms is prohibited in the College campus, including the departments, all its premises (academic, residential, sports, canteen, restrooms, etc), within the campus or outside it and all means of transportation whether public or private. The provisions of the Act of the Central Government or the State Governments if enacted will consider ragging as a cognizable offence under the law on a par with rape and other atrocities against women and illtreatment of persons belonging to the SC/ST.

(Vide No. F.1- 16/2007 (CPP-II) dt 13 April 2009)

PREVENTION OF RAGGING

Ragging is prohibited by law. It is a non-bailable criminal offence and punishable with rigorous imprisonment up to seven years. Students shall not indulge in any of the following activities, which are treated as ragging.

1. Any act that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic ragging activity of a student.

2. Exploiting the service of a junior student by a senior student or group of senior students.

3. Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a junior student including fund-raising for organisations.

4. Any act of physical abuse including all variants of it: annoying playing practical jokes, sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping forcing obscene and lewd acts or gestures.

5. Any act of abuse by spoken words, emails, SMS, or any other means 6. Any word or act that causes hurt to the dignity of the individual.

7. Entering without permission into any class other than the one assigned to a student.

8. Forcing a student to boycott class without his/her consent to participate in strike, demonstration, dharna etc.

Reporting cases of Ragging

The complaints or information about ragging could be oral or written and even from third parties. The burden/responsibility of proving his/her innocence rests with the accused. Complaints can be lodged with the Principal, Staff Counsellors, or any of the members of the Ragging Prevention Committee. All complaints/information received shall be kept strictly confidential.

If a student is booked for a criminal offense and is suspended from the college, they will be re-instated only after he/she obtains a clearance certificate from the concerned police officer. Members of the Committee for the Prevention of Ragging Activities:

Anti-ragging Committee, 2024-25

Chairperson: Dr. Meera George

Members: Dr. Reny Skaria, Dr. Twinkle A R, Dr. Vinod M R, Ms. Archa S Prasannan, Ms. Deleesa Babu (Teacher representatives), Ms. Julie George (Representative of Non-teaching staff), Dr. Gladston Raj (Parent representative), Mr. Sarath S, Ms. Amala Saji (Student representatives)

University Grants commission ::Videos Regarding Ragging (ugc.ac.in)