Sub : SATI – Steps for Curbing the menace of ragging – Reg.

All the students are informed  to follow the Campus  Rules and code of conduct for students  hosted in the  college website.  

         1. Ragging is totally prohibited in the campus. If any student  is found indulge in ragging, severe action will be taken against the student.

        2. Based on the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India ‘s  Direction, the UGC has issued  Regulations  and Guide lines. Some of the guidelines are as under: 

a.  The UGC Regulations on “What  Constitutes Ragging” is given  in Annexure –I            

b.  The UGC  Guidelines on the award of punishment to  those found guilty are also given in  the
  Annexure II.

c.  As per the  Campus Rules and Code of Conduct for students the Minor and  Major Penalty that may be imposed on the student has also been  given in the  Annexure-III for information of the students.

d.  As per the guidelines the college should obtain undertaking from the students as well as  from parents, that the students will  not indulge in any form of ragging.  Format of the undertaking is attached in annexure IV & V.

All the students should submit the undertaking signed by them as well as their parents to the concerned HOD  on or before 31-07-2009 without fail.

The Anti-ragging squads for the college and the hostels will make round the clock surprise visits.

All the Senior students are once again instructed not to indulge in any form of ragging. Collection of money forcefully  from the freshers  will also  be considered  as a form  of ragging.  In case of any trace of ragging  by the students, severe punishment will be imposed.

In this connection  all Heads of Departments are instructed to bring the  above Rules and regulations   to the notice of senior students  for prevention and prohibition   of ragging in this college.   The circular and the annexure are to be  displayed in the Departmental Notice Board for reference of the students. A copy of the circular along with  annexure I to  V  may be issued to each student. 

                                                                                                          DIRECTOR

Encl : As stated above. 

To

1.         All the Heads of Departments..

2.         Main Notice Board.

3.         Department’s  Notice Board

4.         Hostel’s Notice Board.

5.         Copy to each student through HOD.

UGC REGULATIONS ON CURBING THE MENACE OF RAGGING IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, 2009.

(under Section 26 (1)(g) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956)

Ref : F.1-16/2007(CPP-II) Dated 17th June, 2009.

Annexure – I (English)

3. What constitutes Ragging –

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

a.      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;

b.      indulging in rowdy or indisciplined 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;

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 a sense 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 student over any fresher or any other student.

Annexure – II (English)

7. Action to be taken by the Head of the institution.-

On receipt of the recommendation of the Anti Ragging Squad or on receipt of any information concerning any reported incident of ragging, the Head of institution shall immediately determine if a case under the penal laws is made out and if so, either on his own or through a member of the Anti-Ragging Committee authorised by him in this behalf, proceed to file a First Information Report (FIR), within twenty four hours of receipt of such information or recommendation, with the police and local authorities, under the appropriate penal provisions relating to one or more of the following namely ;

i.        Abetment to ragging ;

ii.       Criminal conspiracy to rag;

iii.      Unlawful assembly and rioting while ragging;

iv.      Public nuisance created during ragging;

v.       Violation of decency and morals through ragging;

vi.      Injury to body, causing hurt or grievous hurt;

vii.     Wrongful restraint;

viii.    Wrongful confinement;

ix.      Use of criminal force;

x.       Assault as well as sexual offences or unnatural offences;

xi.      Extortion;

xii.     Criminal trespass;

xiii.    Offences against property;

xiv.    Criminal intimidation;

xv.     Attempts to commit any or all of the above mentioned offences against the victim(s);

xvi.    Threat to commit any or all of the above mentioned offences against the victim(s);

xvii.   Physical or psychological humiliation;

xviii. All other offences following from the definition of “Ragging”.

Provided that the Head of the institution shall forthwith report the occurrence of the incident of ragging to the District Level Anti-Ragging Committee and the Nodal officer of the affiliating University, if the institution is an affiliated institution.

Provided further that the institution shall also continue with its own enquiry initiated under clause 9 of these Regulations and other measures without waiting for action on the part of the police/local authorities and such remedial action shall be initiated and completed immediately and in no case later than a period of seven days of the reported occurrence of the incident of ragging.

Annexure – III (English)

9. Administrative action in the event of ragging -

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

a)      The Anti-Ragging Committee of the institution shall take an appropriate decision, in regard to punishment or otherwise, depending on the facts of each incident of ragging and nature and gravity of the incident of ragging established in the recommendations of the Anti-Ragging Squad.

b)      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;

i.        Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges.

ii.       Withholding/ withdrawing scholarship/ fellowship and other benefits.

iii.      Debarring from appearing in any test/ examination or other evaluation process.

iv.      Withholding results.

v.       Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc.

vi.      Suspension/ expulsion from the hostel.

vii.     Cancellation of admission.

viii.    Rustication from the institution for period ranging from one to four semesters.

ix.      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.

c)       An appeal against the order of punishment by the Anti-Ragging Committee shall lie,

i.        in case of an order of an institution, affiliated to or constituent part, of a University, to the Vice-Chancellor of the University;

ii.       in case of an order of a University, to its Chancellor.

iii.      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.

Annexure – IV (English)

AFFIDAVIT BY THE STUDENT

1) (full name of student with admission/registration/enrolment number)

s/o d/o Mr./Mrs./Ms. ___________________________________________, having been admitted to ____________________, (name of the institution) ___________________________________, have

received a copy of the UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009, (hereinafter called the “Regulations”) carefully read and fully understood the provisions contained in the said Regulations.

2) I have, in particular, perused clause 3 of the Regulations and am aware as to what constitutes ragging.

3) I have also, in particular, perused clause 7 and clause 9.1 of the Regulations and am fully aware of the penal and administrative action that is liable to be taken against me in case I am found guilty of or abetting ragging, actively or passively, or being part of a conspiracy to promote ragging.

4) I hereby solemnly aver and undertake that

a) I will not indulge in any behavior or act that may be constituted as ragging under clause 3 of the Regulations.

b) I will not participate in or abet or propagate through any act of commission or omission that may be constituted as ragging under clause 3 of the Regulations.

5) I hereby affirm that, if found guilty of ragging, I am liable for punishment according to clause 9.1 of the Regulations, without prejudice to any other criminal action that may be taken against me under any penal law or any law for the time being in force.

6) I hereby declare that I have not been expelled or debarred from admission in any institution in the country on account of being found guilty of, abetting or being part of a conspiracy to promote, ragging; and further affirm that, in case the declaration is found to be untrue, I am aware that my admission is liable to be cancelled.

Declared this ___day of __________ month of ______year.

________________

Signature of deponent

   Name:

VERIFICATION

Verified that the contents of this affidavit are true to the best of my knowledge and no part of the affidavit is false and nothing has been concealed or misstated therein.

Verified at (place) ________ on this the ________ (day) of ________ (month) _________(year ).

  ________________

Signature of deponent

Solemnly affirmed and signed in my presence on this the _________ (day) of _________ (month) ,

_________ (year ) after reading the contents of this affidavit.

OATH COMMISSIONER

Annexure – V (English)

AFFIDAVIT BY PARENT/GUARDIAN

I, Mr./Mrs./Ms. _____________________________________________________ (full name of parent/guardian) father/mother/guardian of . __________________________________________________ , (full name of student with admission/registration/enrolment number) , having been admitted to. _____________________________________________________ (name of the institution), have received a copy of the UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009,

(hereinafter called the “Regulations”), carefully read and fully understood the provisions contained in the said Regulations.

2) I have, in particular, perused clause 3 of the Regulations and am aware as to what constitutes ragging.

3) I have also, in particular, perused clause 7 and clause 9.1 of the Regulations and am fully aware of the penal and administrative action that is liable to be taken against my ward in case he/she is found guilty of or abetting ragging, actively or passively or being part of a conspiracy to promote ragging.

4) I hereby solemnly aver and undertake that -

a) My ward will not indulge in any behavior or act that may be constituted as ragging under clause 3 of the Regulations.

b) My ward will not participate in or abet or propagate through any act of commission or omission that may be constituted as ragging under clause 3 of the Regulations.

5) I hereby affirm that, if found guilty of ragging, my ward is liable for punishment according to clause 9.1 of the Regulations, without prejudice to any other criminal action that may be taken against my ward under any penal law or any law for the time being in force.

6) I hereby declare that my ward has not been expelled or debarred from admission in any institution in the country on account of being found guilty of, abetting or being part of a conspiracy to promote, ragging; and further affirm that, in case the declaration is found to be untrue, the admission of my ward is liable to be cancelled.

Declared this ___day of __________ month of ______year.

_____________________

Signature of deponent

Name:

Address:

Telephone/ Mobile No.:

VERIFICATION

Verified that the contents of this affidavit are true to the best of my knowledge and no part of the affidavit is false and nothing has been concealed or misstated therein.

Verified at (place) ________ on this the ________ (day) of ________ (month) _________(year ).

________________

Signature of deponent

Solemnly affirmed and signed in my presence on this the _________ (day) of _________ (month) ,

_________ (year ) after reading the contents of this affidavit.

OATH COMMISSIONER