Anti Ragging Committee

Aim:

Anti Ragging Committee

  • 1. To build self-esteem & dignity among junior boys and girls students.
  • 2. Class wise Mentoring Cells, Anti ragging Sub committees (involving faculty, non teaching staff and students) and Anti Ragging Squads shall be formed in due course to distribute the responsibilities
  • 3. To offer services such as counseling, legal aid in case of atrocities against women.
  • 4. To ensure an overall disciplined environment in the College.
  • 5. To initiate timely action against erring students.
  • 6. To sensitize students about the evils of ragging and its prevention in the College. Campus by organizing talks/ programs etc.
  • 7. To maintain records of the cases investigated and submit the same to the IQAC Committee.
  • 8. To avoid and prohibit sexual harassment at workplace
Roles and Responsibilities

Roles & Responsibilities of the Chairperson:

To create self-confidence and congenial environment among the newly admitted students by way of conducting frequent interactive sessions to clear the doubts related to academic matters, social interaction and compatibility.

Roles & Responsibilities of Convener:

Based on the first hand information and prime-facie evidence, the convener submits a report to the Principal for necessary disciplinary action. Severe punishment will be recommended on the accused, if proven.

Roles & Responsibilities of Faculty Members:

Faculty are deputed at various locations inside the college campus to monitor the student activities. Members see that no student groups are formed and if any are observed, the group is dispersed to avoid any nuisance. The punishment for ragging is displayed at various places to make the students aware of the seriousness of the administration for preventing ragging. To conduct an enquiry and identify the culprits on receipt of complaint.

Rules & Regulations for Prevention and Prohibition of Ragging:

The All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi vide its Notification no. 37-3/Legal/AICTE/2009 dated 25-03-2009 has taken a very serious view of ragging incidents in educational institutions and on Directions of the Honorable Supreme Court of India vide its Order dated 16.5.2007 has ordered strict implementation of following rules & regulations for Prevention and prohibition of Ragging in technical Institutions.

Various Types of Ragging

The Honorable Supreme Court has, inter-alia, mentioned the following types of ragging:-

Ragging has several aspects with, among others, psychological, social, political, economic, cultural, and academic dimensions.

  • 1. Any act that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of a student should be considered within the academics related aspect of ragging; similarly, exploiting the services of a junior student for completing the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of seniors is also an aspect of academics related ragging prevalent in many institutions, particularly in the technical institutions.
  • 2. Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a junior student by senior students should be considered an aspect of ragging for ragging economic dimensions.
  • 3. Any act of physical abuse including all variants of it: sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, forcing obscene and lewd acts, gestured, causing bodily harm or any other danger to health or person can be put in the category of ragging with criminal dimensions.
  • 4. Any act or abuse by spoken words, emails, snail-mails, blogs, or public insults should be considered within the psychological aspects of ragging. This aspect would also include deriving perverted pleasure, vicarious or sadistic thrill from actively or passively participating in the discomfiture to others; the absence of preparing freshers in the run up to their admission to higher education and life in hostels also can be ascribed as a psychological aspect of ragging –coping skills in interaction with seniors or strangers can be impacted by parents as well. Any act that affects the mental health and self-confidence of students can also be described in terms of the psychological aspects of ragging.
  • 5. The human rights perspective of ragging involves the injury caused to the fundamental right to human dignity through humiliation heaped on junior students by seniors; often resulting in the extreme step of suicide by the victims. Actions to be taken against students for indulging and abetting in Ragging in technical institutions regarding women rights. To address complaints about ragging as per the Govt. and University procedures.
S.NO Name of the Member with Designation Role Phone Number
1. Mrs.S.Lakshmi - Secretary Chairperson 9443272870
2. Dr.C.Lalitha - Principal Convener 8667675370
3. Dr.Amudha.N - Assistant Professor Co-Ordinator 8189973780
4. Dr.M.Ganesan - Physical Director Member 9842910498
5. Local Police Inspector Member 9600001263
References:
As per the guidelines of the given Statutory Bodies:
Contacts:
  • Anti Ragging Cell
    6, Benito Juarez Marg
    South Campus, South Moti Bagh
    New Delhi - 110021
National Anti-Ragging Helpline