ANTI RAGGING POLICY

Scourge of ragging is a criminal offence as per directions given by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. The UGC has also framed regulations for curbing the menace of ragging in higher educational institutions.

What Constitutes Ragging?

• Teasing, treating or handling with rudeness.
• Causing annoyance, hardship, physical or psychological harm or fear or apprehension thereof.
• Causing or generating a sense of shame, or torment or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche.
• Prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity.
• Exploiting for completing the academic tasks assigned.
• Financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on.
• Sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, forcing obscene and lewd acts, gestures, causing bodily harm.
• Any act or abuse by spoken words, emails, posts, public insults.
• An act that affects the mental health and self-confidence.
• Criminal intimidation/Wrongful restraint.
• Undermining human dignity.

Administrative Measures

• A STUDENT INDULGING IN RAGGING SHALL BE -Cancellation of admission
• Suspension from attending the classes
• Withholding/withdrawing scholarship/fellowship and other benefits
• Debarring from appearing in any test/examination or other evaluation processes
• Withholding results
• Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc.
• Suspension/expulsion from the hostel
• Rustication from the institution for a specified period

Students Grievance

The function of the cell is to look into the complaints lodged by any student, and judge its merit. The Grievance Cell is also empowered to look into matters of harassment. Anyone with a genuine grievance may approach the department members in person, or in consultation with the officer in-charge Students' Grievance Cell. In case the person is unwilling to appear in self, grievances may be dropped in writing at the letterbox/ suggestion box of the Grievance Cell at Administrative Block. Grievances may also be sent through e-mail to the officer in-charge of Students' Grievance Cell.

Objective

• The objective of the Grievance Cell is to develop a responsive and accountable attitude among all the stakeholders in order to maintain a harmonious educational atmosphere in the campus.
• A Grievance Cell should be constituted for the redressal of the problems reported by the Students of the University / Institute with the following objectives.
• Upholding the dignity of the University / Institute by ensuring strife free atmosphere in the campus through promoting cordial Student-Student relationship and Student-teacher relationship etc.
• Encouraging the Students to express their grievances / problems freely and frankly, without any fear of being victimized.
• Suggestion / complaint Box is installed in the Administrative Block in which the Students, who want to remain anonymous, put in writing their grievances and their suggestions for improving the Academics / Administration in the University / Institute.
• Advising Students of the University / Institute to respect the right and dignity of one another and show utmost restraint and patience whenever any occasion of rift arises.
• Advising All the Students to refrain from inciting Students against other Students, teachers and administration.
• Advising all staffs to be affectionate to the Students and not behave in a vindictive manner towards any of them for any reason.
• Ragging in any form is strictly prohibited in and outside the institution. Any violation of ragging and disciplinary rules should be urgently brought to the notice of the administration.

Scope

• Academic Matters: Related to timely issue of duplicate Mark-sheets, Transfer Certificates, Conduct Certificates or other examination related matters.
• Financial Matters: Related to dues and payments for various items.
• Other Matters: Related to certain misgivings about conditions of sanitation, preparation of food, availability of transport, victimization by teachers etc.

Functions

• The cases will be attended promptly on receipt of written grievances from the students
• The cell formally will review all cases and will act accordingly as per the Management policy
• The cell will give report to the authority about the cases attended to and the number of pending cases, if any, which require direction and guidance from the higher authorities.
• The cell will give report to the authority about the cases attended to and the number of pending cases, if any, which require direction and guidance from the higher authorities.

Procedure for lodging complaint

• The students may feel free to put up a grievance in writing and drop it in boxes.
• The Grievance Cell will act upon those cases which have been forwarded along with the necessary documents.
• The Grievance Cell will assure that the grievance has been properly solved in a stipulated time limit provided by the cell.