Anti Ragging Cell

Anti Ragging Cell

ANTI- RAGGING COMMITTEE

Kharagpur  vision academy has constituted the Anti-Ragging Committee in the 2019.The following instruction are framed to prevent  the menace of ragging and foster healthy interpersonal relations among students in the campus of Kharagpur Vision Academy .

Anti – Ragging committee to ensure compliance with the provision of Regulations as well as the provisions of any law for the time being in force concerning ragging ;and also ,to monitor and oversea the performance of the Anti- Ragging squad in prevention of ragging in the institutions. As per the order of Supreme Court of India and Subsequent notification from University Grants Commission (UGC) , Ragging constitutes one or more of any intention by any students or group of students on:

• 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.
• Indulging rowdy or undisciplined activities by any student or students which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship, physical or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in any fresher or any other students.
• Asking any student to do 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 by physique or psyche of such  fresher or any other student.
• Any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or a fresher.
• Exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of students.
• Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or any other student by students.
• Any act of physical abuse including all variants of it: sexual abuse, homosexual, assaults, stripping forcing obscene and lewd acts , gestures, causing bodily harm or any other danger  to health or person .
• Any act or abuse by spoken words , emails, posts, public insults which would also include deriving perverted pleasure , vicarious or sadistic thrill from actively or passively participating in the discomfiture to fresher or any other student.
•  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 by a student over any fresher or any other student.

PUNISHMENT TO THOSE FOUND GUILTY:-

• Depending upon the nature and gravity of the offence as established the possible punishments as per UGC Section 9 for those found guilty of ragging at the institution level , shall be any one or any combination of the following;
• Suspension from attending class.
• Withholding / withdrawing scholarship / fellowship and other benefits.
•  Debarring from appearing in any test / examination or other evaluation process.
• Withholding results.
• Debarring from representing the institution in any regional national or international meet, tournament, youth festivals etc.
• Suspension / expulsion from the hostel.
• Cancellation of admission.
• Rustication from the institution for period ragging from 1 to 4 semesters.
• Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other Institution.
• Fine ranging between Rs. 25000/ - and Rs. 1,00,000/-
• Collective punishment; when the persons committing or abetting the crime of ragging are not identified , the institution shall report to collective punishment as a deterrent to ensure community pressure on the potential ragger.

OBJECTIVES OF ANTI – RAGGING COMMITTEE:-

• Anti-Ragging committee responsible for inculcating culture of Ragging free environment in the campus.
• The Anti-Ragging squad office bearers will work under the supervision of Anti-Ragging committee and to engage in the works of checking places like campus, hostels, buses canteens classrooms and other places of student congregation.
• Anti-Ragging committee will be involved in designing strategies and action plane for curbing the menace of Ragging in the college by adopting array of activities.
• The committee also would conduct awareness programs from time-to-time in the campus.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF ANTI RAGGING SQUAD:-

• Anti-Ragging squad will be working under the monitoring of Anti-Ragging committee and will seek advice from the Anti-Ragging committee.
• The functions of Anti-Ragging squad will be to keep a vigil and stop the incidences of Ragging , if any happening reported in the places of student aggregation including , classroom , canteens, Buses , Grounds, Hostels etc.
• The squad will also educate the students at large by adopting various means about the menace of Ragging and related punishments there too.
• A gamut of positive reinforcement activities are adopted by Anti-Ragging squad for orienting students and molding their personality for a better cause.
• They shall work in consonance and Guidance of Anti-Ragging committee.

FUNCTIONS OF COMMITTEE:-

• To consider the complaints received from the students and conduct enquiry and submit report to the Anti-Ragging committee along with punishment recommended for the offenders.
• Oversee the procedure of obtaining undertaking from the students in accordance with the provisions conduct workshops against ragging menace and orient the students.
• To provide students the information pertaining to contact address and telephone numbers of the persons identified to receive complaints / distress calls.
• To create awareness among the students about Anti-Ragging to take all necessary measures for prevention of Ragging inside the campus/ hostels.

 “ANTI-RAGGING COMMITTEE”