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Anti Ragging Cell

National Ragging Prevention Programme

National Anti-Ragging Helpline

24x7 Toll Free: 1800-180-5522

Email: helpline@antiragging.in

Website: www.antiragging.in

UGC Monitoring Agency – Centre for Youth (C4Y)

Email: antiragging@c4yindia.org

Website: www.c4yindia.org

University Nodal Officer

Dr. Anurag Vijaywargiya – Nodal Officer of Anti-Ragging Committee and Squad

Contact: +91 9109977001

RAGGING IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE AND THE CULPRITS WILL ATTRACT PUNITIVE ACTION AS MENTIONED IN THE UGC REGULATIONS.

UGC Regulation PDF: www.antiragging.in/assets/pdf/annexure/Annexure-I.pdf

UGC Official Website: www.ugc.ac.in

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.
  • Creating a sense of shame, torment, or embarrassment that affects the physique or psyche.
  • Disrupting or disturbing regular academic activity.
  • Exploiting students for completing academic tasks.
  • Financial extortion or forceful imposition of expenditures.
  • Sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, obscene or lewd acts and gestures, bodily harm.
  • Verbal abuse through spoken words, emails, posts, or public insults.
  • Acts affecting mental health and self-confidence.
  • Criminal intimidation or wrongful restraint.
  • Any behavior undermining human dignity.

Administrative Measures

A student indulging in ragging shall be subject to:

  • Cancellation of admission
  • Suspension from attending classes
  • Withholding or withdrawing scholarship/fellowship and other benefits
  • Debarring from appearing in any test/examination or evaluation process
  • Withholding results
  • Debarring from institutional representation in events, meets, and festivals
  • Suspension or expulsion from the hostel
  • Rustication from the institution for a specified period

Need Help? Feel free to contact in person or email: helpline@opju.ac.in

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

S. No. Name of the Faculty Designation Contact No. E-Mail Id
01 Dr. Anurag Vijaywargiya
Registrar & Nodal Officer		 Registrar & Nodal Officer 9109977001 registrar@opju.ac.in
02 Dr. Mahesh K Bhiwapurkar
Professor & Dean - Mechanical		 Member 9109977029 mahesh.bhiwapurkar@opju.ac.in
03 Dr. Ashish K Sharma
Professor & Dean - CSE		 Member 9637266268 ashishk.sharma@opju.ac.in
04 Dr. Mukesh S. Desai
Sr. Associate Professor - Mechanical & Chief Warden		 Member 9109977045 mukesh.desai@opju.ac.in
05 Dr. Mahasakti Mahamaya
Associate Professor - Civil & Warden - Girls Hostel		 Member 8895841504 mahasakti.mahamaya@opju.ac.in
06 Prof. Sujata Panda
Sr. Asst. Professor - Management & Student Counsellor		 Member 9098736646 sujata.panda@opju.ac.in
07 Dr. J P Rath
Sr. Assoc. Professor - Management		 Member 9437165222 jp.rath@opju.ac.in
08 Dr. Sushree Diptimayee Swain
Associate Professor (Sr. Grade) – EE		 Member 9109977009 sushree.swain@opju.ac.in
09 Dr. Saumya Singh
Professor – Mathematics		 Member 9109977041 saumya.singh@opju.ac.in
10 Prof. Vinod Nagpure
Asst. Professor (Sr. Grade) – Civil		 Member 9109977037 vinod.nagpure@opju.ac.in
11 Dr. Vatsala Chaturvedi
Asst. Professor (Sr. Grade) – Metallurgical Engg.		 Member 9140480421 vatsala.chaturvedi@opju.ac.in
12 Dr. R N Shukla
Associate Professor – CSE		 Member 9109977050 rnshukla@opju.ac.in
13 To be Nominated
Nominee of Police - -
14 To be Nominated
Nominee of District Administration - Ex-Officio - -
15 Mr. Balvinder Singh
Parent’s Representative		 – 7000183083 –
16 Mr. Prem K. Das
Student’s Representative		 – 7061323755 yash.bt24cs110@opju.ac.in
17 Mr. Asmit Patel
Student’s Representative		 – 9685947663 asmi.bsc24ph08@opju.ac.inn
18 Omkar Sahu
Student’s Representative		 - 6370800172 omka.mba2529@opju.ac.in

Anti-Ragging Vigilance Squad for Boys' Hostel for the session 2026-27

Day S.No. Faculty In-Charge S.No. Other Official / Faculty Timing
Monday 1 Dr. Aakash Sharma 3 Mr. Y Santosh 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
2 Dr. Shivam Pandey 4 Mr. Lav Kumar Patel
5 Dr. Deepak Kushwaha 7 Mr. Roshan Nahak 09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
6 Mr. Rupesh Patel 8 Mr. Jugal Kishore
Tuesday 9 Dr. Gagan Gupta 11 Mr. Prashant Singh 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
10 Prof. Kulshresth Singh 12 Mr. Pankaj Badek
13 Mr. Rahul Pandey 15 Mr. Anand Krishna 09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
14 Dr. Swapnasrit Kar 16 Mr. Jay Patel
Wednesday 17 Dr. Deepak Kumar Behera 19 Mr. Hemant Kumar 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
18 Dr. Ashish Sahu 20 Dr. Manish Sharma
21 Dr. Dharmender Singh Sani 23 Mr. Manoj Singh 09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
22 Dr. Deepak Singh 24 Mr. Rupesh Verma
Thursday 25 Prof. Jitendra Kumar Gardia 27 Mr. Akash Sinha 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
26 Prof. Shrikant Chaini 28 Mr. Prasant Kumar Padhi
29 Dr. Ashis Kumar Sa 31 Mr. Avimanyu Kumar 09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
30 Dr. Anurag Sharma 32 Mr. Naren Mahato
Friday 33 Dr. Prasenjit Biswas 35 Mr. Arjun Gupta 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
34 Dr. Arindam Patra 36 Mr. Sandeep Mishra
37 Mr. Yash Kaushik 39 Mr. Rajeev Kumar Sahu 09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
38 Dr. Deepankar Sharma 40 Mr. Saumitra Tiwari
Saturday 41 Dr. Amit Paras 43 Mr. Krishna Rajak 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
42 Prof. Vinod Nagpure 44 Mr. Gopal Krishna Gouda
45 Prof. Bhupendra Tripathi 47 Mr. Nitin Shrivas 09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
46 Dr. Amit Jain 48 Mr. Pranab Behera
Sunday 49 Dr. Deepak Patel (SoS) 51 Mr. Brijesh Kumar Songotra 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
50 Dr. Nandalal Acharjee 52 Mr. Sameer Sharma
53 Dr. Saurabh Gupta 55 Mr. Gyaneesh Bhatt 09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
54 Dr. Neeraj Kumar Verma 56 Mr. Chandrakant Pal

Anti-Ragging Vigilance Squad for Girls' Hostel for the session 2026-27

Day Name of the Faculty Timing
Monday
  • Dr. Deepti Shukla
  • Prof. Leena Behra
 Once in a Day at Any Time
Tuesday
  • Prof. Shikha Tiwari
  • Dr. Suchismita Panda
 Once in a Day at Any Time
Wednesday
  • Dr. Arti Vaish
  • Dr. Soumya Singh
 Once in a Day at Any Time
Thursday
  • Dr. Kavita Patel
  • Prof. Jemarani Jaypuria
 Once in a Day at Any Time
Friday
  • Dr. Swati Verma
  • Dr. Sushree Diptimayee Swain
 Once in a Day at Any Time
Saturday
  • Dr. Vatsala Chaturvedi
  • Dr. Subhashri Kumari
 Once in a Day at Any Time
Sunday
  • Dr. Tulika Gupta
  • Dr. Rekha Sharma
 Once in a Day at Any Time

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