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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

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