{"id":4760,"date":"2024-07-31T08:14:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T08:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b-ed-college.weblizar.com\/?page_id=4760"},"modified":"2024-08-29T09:53:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T04:23:46","slug":"anti-ragging-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bedcollege.weblizar.com\/?page_id=4760","title":{"rendered":"Anti Ragging Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Anti Ragging Policy<\/h2>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 25-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style>\n<h2>Anti-Ragging <\/h2>\n<p>\t\tRagging is a disturbing reality in the higher education system of our country.<br \/>\nDespite the fact that over the years ragging has claimed hundreds of innocent lives and has ruined careers of thousands of bright students, the practice is still perceived by many as a way of \u2018familiarization\u2019 and an \u2018initiation into the real world\u2019 for young college-going students.Other organisations\/bodies working in this field have also attempted to define ragging, the variety of definitions being reflective of differences in perspective.\t\t<\/p>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 25-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/b-ed-college.weblizar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/du-day-1_b489ab18-10b9-11e7-9152-693fb265b0f1.webp\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/b-ed-college.weblizar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/du-day-1_b489ab18-10b9-11e7-9152-693fb265b0f1.webp 960w, https:\/\/b-ed-college.weblizar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/du-day-1_b489ab18-10b9-11e7-9152-693fb265b0f1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/b-ed-college.weblizar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/du-day-1_b489ab18-10b9-11e7-9152-693fb265b0f1-768x433.webp 768w, https:\/\/b-ed-college.weblizar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/du-day-1_b489ab18-10b9-11e7-9152-693fb265b0f1-400x225.webp 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>Anti-Ragging Regulations and Measures<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t<strong>1. Aim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To ensure that no ragging takes place in the Institute premises, by promulgating and enforcing stringent anti-ragging measures, and making provisions for deterrent and hard punishment to defaulters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.  References<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Judgements of the Supreme Court of&nbsp; India<\/li>\n<li>Report of the R.K. Raghavan Committee appointed by the Supreme Court<\/li>\n<li>Regulations and Guidelines from the University Grants Commission of India, andother sources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Ragging is a Grave Crime<\/strong>Ragging is a cognizable offence (offence for which the police can arrest the offender without warrant). This heinous practice has caused deaths and  suicides of many bright students in the recent  past  in  India,  forcing  the  Supreme  Court  to  take  a  serious  view  of  the  menace,  and recommend  deterrent  and  justifiably  harsh  punishment  to  those  guilty  of  ragging.  So,  a ragging  complaint  against  a  student,  if  found valid  after  investigation,  can  straightaway become a criminal case and land the perpetrator in serious trouble. The Institute is bound to take strong action against him or her, and regardless of this, the law of the land will catch up with the offender with hard punishment.The excuse that ragging is a harmless interaction of senior students with juniors is no longer tenable.  The  so  called  induction  sessions  often  cross  all  barriers  of  human  decency  and degenerate  into  gruesome  incidents.  This  is  viewed  by  experts  as  a  serious  flaw  in  the schooling and upbringing of the offenders.According to clinical psychologists and counsellors, ragging can impact the victims in many ways.  It  can  lead  to  negative  repercussions  like  low  self-esteem,  depression  and  anxiety,  a negative  valuation  of  oneself  and  frustration  at  being  helpless  and  not  being  able  to  defend  oneself.  This  not  only  affects  the  academic  performance  of  the  individual,  but  brings  down the prestige of the Institute in general.As  per  the  Supreme  Court  directive,  the primary  responsibility  of  preventing  ragging  rests with  the  educational  institution  itself,  by  sensitizing  the  students  and  parents  on  the  highly immoral side of it, cautioning the students that indulging in ragging can dash all their career goals, and by taking stern action against the offenders.<strong>Thus, our motto is: Zero Tolerance to Ragging! A firm NO to ragging in any form!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have put in place a structured mechanism to monitor ragging related issues and mete out the most stringent punishment to the wrong-doers. Most areas of our academic block are under constant camera surveillance; we have Anti-ragging Squads in the Institute and an Institute-level Anti-ragging Committee to oversee and enforce the anti-ragging regulations in letter and spirit.<\/p>\n<p>The students will be divided into groups, and each group assigned to a Faculty Advisor who would  take  general  care  of  the  particular  student  group,  and  interact  with  them  on  a  day  to day basis. The freshers are encouraged to make full use of this, and interact with the Faculty Advisor on any academic or personal problem and seek help and counsel to overcome that.<strong>4. What Constitutes Ragging <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Honourable Supreme Court of India, ragging means: <strong>\u201cAny disorderly conduct whether by words spoken or written or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness any other student, indulging in rowdy or undisciplined activities which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in a fresher or a junior student, or asking the students to do any actor perform something which such student will not in the ordinary course and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of a fresher or a junior student.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Specifically,ragging  constitutes  any  one  or  more  of  the  following  acts  (the  list  is  only illustrative):<\/p>\n<p><strong>(a)<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(b)<\/strong> Indulging in rowdy or undisciplined activities by any student or students which causes or are likely to cause annoyance, hardship or psychological or physical harm or to raise the fear or apprehension thereof in a fresher or any other student.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(c)<\/strong> Asking the students to do or perform 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(d)<\/strong> Any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or fresher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(e)<\/strong> Exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(f)<\/strong> Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or any other student by other students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(g)<\/strong> Any act of physical abuse including all of its variants, viz., sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, and forcing obscene and lewd acts, gestures, causing bodily harm or any other danger to health or person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(h)<\/strong> Any act or abuse by spoken words, e-mails, posts, or public insults which would also include deriving perverted pleasure, vicarious or sadistic thrill, or showing off power, authority or superiority, or passively participating in the discomfiture to any fresher or any other student.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(i)<\/strong> 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 over any fresher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Prohibition of Ragging <\/strong>Ragging in any form is strictly prohibited<strong>(a)<\/strong> within the Institute Campus including the Departments, Canteen, etc.,<\/p>\n<p><strong>(b)<\/strong> in Playgrounds, Transport Vehicles, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Punishment <\/strong><strong>(a) By the Institute:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cancellation of admission, suspension, rustication or expulsion from the Institute.<\/li>\n<li>Filing FIR with the police.<\/li>\n<li>Collective punishment may be imposed where the\u00a0 persons involved are not identified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>(b) By the Law &#038; Order Agencies:<\/strong>Over  and  above  the  Institute-level  action,  there  will  be  strong  police  and  legal  action. Ragging is a cognizable offence under the law of the land, and the Supreme Court has ruled that  the  punishment  to  be  meted  out  has  to  be  exemplary  and  justifiably  harsh  to  act  as  a deterrent. According  to  relevant  sections  of  the  The  Indian  Penal  Code  (IPC),  those  found  guilty  of a ragging  related offence  can be punished with imprisonment or fine or both. The quantum  of  punishment  varies  with  the  gravity  of  the  crime.  For  example,  Section  323 which deals with  the  cases  of voluntarily  causing hurt,  can lead  to  imprisonment up to one year  or  fine  or  both;  Section  306  which  deals  with  abetment  to  suicide,  specifies  the punishment  as  imprisonment  up  to  ten  years  with  or  without  fine.  Some  other  sections  of IPC   in   this   context   include   Section   341   (wrongful   restraint),   Section   506   (criminal intimidation), Section 302 (murder), Section 307 (attempt to murder), etc.<strong> 7. General Instructions<\/strong><strong>(a) Anti-Ragging Committee:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Institute has set up an Anti-Ragging Committee headed by a Senior Professor. It will comprise senior faculty members and staff.<\/p>\n<p>This  Committee  will  ensure  that  no  incidents  of  ragging  as  given  in  this  Regulation  takes place,  and  it  will  also  monitor  and  ensure  that  the  instructions  of  this  regulation  are  fully followed in letter and spirit at all times.The  Committee  will  also  maintain  the  strictest  vigil  at  all  times  and  ensure  that  the  Anti-Ragging  Squad  of  the  Institute  carries  out  its  functions  properly.  It  will  deliberate  on  the reports  of  the  Anti-Ragging  Squads  or  of  any  other  person  who  witnesses  the  incident  of ragging, or on the complaint of any fresher or other students, and determine the punishment, namely, Institute level disciplinary action or filing FIR with police or both.<strong>(b) Institute-level Anti-Ragging Squad: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Ragging Squad of the Institute comprises senior faculty members. Its function includes going around \/ patrolling the Departments, common areas of the Campus and other premises like playground, and maintain vigil at all times on all days and take action if they notice any incident of ragging or attempt at it.<\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Ragging Squad also has the responsibility to investigate incidents of ragging and report  it  forthwith  to  the  Anti-Ragging  Committee.  The  Anti-Ragging  Committee  may  also entrust the Squad with specific investigative jobs.<strong> (c) Faculty Advisors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each student will be assigned to a Faculty Advisor. The Faculty Advisors would frequently interact\u00a0 with the\u00a0 students,\u00a0 or\u00a0 the\u00a0 students\u00a0 can\u00a0 freely\u00a0 approach\u00a0 them\u00a0 for\u00a0 any\u00a0 help\u00a0 or\u00a0 advice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(d) Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts for Fresher Students:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be courteous to all. It will make a favorable impression of you.<\/li>\n<li>Always speak the truth, but never be blunt.<\/li>\n<li>Always keep your cell phone with you. Keep it on silent \/ vibration mode.<\/li>\n<li>Load your cell phone with all important contact numbers of the Institute\u00a0 \/ your parents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>8. Reporting of Ragging Incidents or Apprehension thereof<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Freshers are requested to report any ragging-related matter to the any faculty or staff member, Faculty Advisor, or any member of the Anti-Ragging Committee or Squads. Any fresher student who went through or is apprehensive of an impending ragging incident shall promptly report it to any member of the Anti-Ragging Squad or the Anti-Ragging Committee, or to the Staff Advisor, or any faculty member or staff by any means such as, in person, by phone call, by e-mail, by written note, etc. The written complaints may also be dropped in the drop boxes kept prominently for this purpose at various locations in the academic building. The complaints can even be anonymous.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Action Procedure<\/strong>Anti-Ragging  Patrol  or  Anti-Ragging  Squads shall  immediately  report  any  incident  of ragging or attempt or conspiracy for ragging, or any related complaint to the Anti-Ragging Committee.  The  Anti-Ragging  Committee  will  consider  the  matter,  investigate  and  take immediate action as per the situation.<strong>10. Instructions to Parents<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instruct your wards to desist&nbsp; from ragging freshers or other students in any form.<\/li>\n<li>Keep regular contact with your wards and monitor their well being and academic progress.<\/li>\n<li>Frequently&nbsp; interact&nbsp; with&nbsp; the&nbsp; Faculty&nbsp; Advisor&nbsp; and&nbsp; other&nbsp; faculty&nbsp; members&nbsp; to&nbsp; track&nbsp; the&nbsp; welfare and progress of your wards (every student will have a faculty advisor).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11. Freshers&#8217; Induction<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The academic session begins with a special two-week orientation-cum-induction programme to wean the freshers to the Education&nbsp; system. This is a structured programme consisting of a variety of activities including discussions, cultural programmes, sports and yoga; the idea is to bring about healthy social interactions among students, faculty and staff, and to introduce the newcomers to the local environment and culture. The junior students are advised to take full advantage of this programme, and interact with their peers, seniors, teachers and other staff, and tide over any homesickness or other difficulties. The induction programme will culminate in the National Independence Day Celebration in which the freshers are encouraged to play a leading role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti Ragging Policy Anti-Ragging Ragging is a disturbing reality in the higher education system of our country. 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