SAY NO TO RAGGING

AIM:

To  ensure  that  no  ragging  takes  place  in  the  Institute  and  its  hostel  premises,  by promulgating  and  enforcing  stringent  anti-ragging  measures,  and  making  provisions for deterrent and hard punishment to defaulters.

REFERENCE DRAWN

a) Supreme Court of India   b) Assam Government Act, &  c) UGC Guidelines

 a) The Supreme Court defined ragging in the Vishwa Jagriti matter (1999) as, "Any 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            act or 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." ( Raghavan Committee Report, 2007, para. 3.19).

b) The Assam Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1999, enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly defines Ragging as:

       i)"ragging" means either display of noisy or disorderly conduct or doing of any act which causes or likely to cause social, physical or psychological harm or               raise   apprehension or fear or shame or embarrassment to any student in any eduactional institution.

       ii)teasing, abusing of, playing practical jokes on or causing hurt to such student, or

       iii)asking the student to do any, a.ct or perform something which such student will not, m the ordinary course, willingly do.

c) UGC Guidelines: HERE