Discipline & anti-ragging measures
Smooth induction of freshers, stringent anti ragging measures & self regulating discipline measures are in built into the system & implemented. High level Discipline & Anti ragging committee shoulders this responsibility. To ensure discipline, the college makes positive & constructive rather than negative & destructive efforts. Intension is to induce self-discipline, self-restraint & self-regulation.
There are strict disciplinary guidelines pertaining to:
- Code of conduct / behavior
- Ragging
- Activities that tarnish the image of the college
- Anti-social and anti-college activities
- Hostel stay
- Attendance & mass bunking
Anti-Ragging Measures:
- Government / University Anti-ragging guidelines are strictly implemented.
- College views ragging as a double crime- “an act of indiscipline, violation of core ethics & violation of human rights”. Hence, takes strict action against the offenders.
- In view of the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in SLP No. 24295 of 2006 dated 16-05-2007 and in Civil Appeal number 887 of 2009, dated 08-05-2009 to prohibit, prevent and eliminate the scourge of ragging.
- Ragging is a criminal offence as per the Supreme Court verdict. It adversely impacts the standards of higher education. So it is mandatory to implement anti ragging measures and monitoring measures in every college.
- “Fresher” means a student who has been admitted to an institution and who is undergoing his/her first year of study in such institution.
What constitutes Ragging - :
Ragging constitutes one or more of any of the following acts:
- 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;
- indulging in rowdy or undisciplined 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;
- 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;
- any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or a fresher;
- exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of students.
- any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or any other student by students;
- 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;
- any act or abuse by spoken words, emails, posts, 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;
- 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.;
