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Anti-Ragging
Chirayu is a ragging-free campus. Here is how we keep it that way, and how to get help.
If you face or see ragging, tell a faculty member, the warden or the Principal right away. You can also call the national anti-ragging helpline (24x7, toll free).
Our measures
Every student signs a declaration, countersigned by a parent, that they will not take part in ragging. Posters across the campus warn about the punishment. The phone numbers of professors and Student Welfare are displayed widely so any victim can reach them at any time, and non-freshers get a strict warning at their re-orientation.
All departments stay alert, especially where freshers and seniors mix. Bus drivers, bus in-charges and travelling faculty keep an eye on freshers, and non-teaching staff are asked to report anything they see to the authorities without intervening themselves. Anti-Ragging Committees, with senior student representatives, act quickly on any case, and their names and numbers are shared with students.
What is ragging
Any conduct, in words spoken or written or by an act, that harasses, teases or treats another student rudely; any rowdy or undisciplined activity that causes, or is likely to cause, annoyance, hardship, psychological harm, fear or apprehension in a fresher or junior student; or asking a student to do something they would not normally do that causes shame or embarrassment and harms their body or mind.
Punishable offences
Each of these, when part of ragging, is punishable:
- Abetment to ragging
- Criminal conspiracy to rag
- Unlawful assembly and rioting while ragging
- Public nuisance during ragging
- Violation of decency and morals
- Injury, hurt or grievous hurt
- Wrongful restraint
- Wrongful confinement
- Use of criminal force
- Assault, and sexual or unnatural offences
- Extortion
- Criminal trespass
- Offences against property
- Criminal intimidation
- Physical or psychological humiliation
Prevention at Chirayu
- Ragging in every form is banned across the institution, including classrooms, canteens and hostels, on or off campus.
- Strict action is taken against anyone found guilty, as per institutional policy.
- At admission, the student and parent/guardian sign a printed undertaking, in English and Hindi, that they know the rules and accept the punishment if found guilty.
- Hostel residents sign an extra undertaking not to take part in ragging on hostel premises.
- In-charges drawn from students, teachers and parents monitor and encourage healthy interaction between freshers and seniors.
- A freshers' welcome is held in the presence of teachers, so freshers can show their talents and settle in with confidence.
- An Anti-Ragging Committee works to root out ragging and promote healthy interaction between students.
Who does what
Duties of each member of the Anti-Ragging Committee.
- Sends up-to-date protocols from the INC to the colleges.
- Along with UGC expert committees visiting institutions, cross-checks that undertakings from students and parents/guardians are being collected as the regulations require.
- The Board meets once a year in the normal course. The Nursing Council keeps an Anti-Ragging Cell to collect information, monitor, and coordinate with state- and university-level committees.
- Makes it mandatory for institutions to include in their prospectus the directions of the Supreme Court and the Central or State Governments on ragging. Non-compliance is treated as lowering academic standards, making the institution liable for action.
- If an institution fails to curb ragging, the UGC or the regulatory body may take action within its powers, including withdrawal of affiliation or recognition.
- Gets up-to-date protocols from the State Nursing Council / UGC.
- Holds a monthly meeting of Anti-Ragging Cell members to discuss problems.
- At the start of each session, meets faculty, wardens, student and parent representatives and the security officer to plan how to prevent ragging and identify and punish offenders.
- At the end of every academic year, writes to the parents/guardians of students completing first year.
- Sends weekly compliance reports to the Nursing Council for the first three months of the new session, then monthly.
- With the teaching staff, talks to freshers about their rights and their duty to report ragging, and assures them that complaints will be handled promptly and complainants protected.
- Informs the Director so immediate action is taken on the Anti-Ragging Squad's and committees' recommendations.
- Depending on the offence, punishment can include cancellation of admission, or suspension from classes, exams or other evaluation.
- Files an FIR with the police whenever ragging is reported, while continuing the college's own enquiry. Remedial action starts and finishes within one week of the incident.
- Reports to the Director/Dean and the Registrar as required.
- Arranges induction for faculty and committee members on anti-ragging rules.
- Maintains the anti-ragging registers and documentation.
- Monitors committee members in their responsibilities.
- Reports any untoward event to the Principal.
- Identifies vulnerable locations and alerts committee members to watch them.
- Arranges regular counselling and orientation by professional counsellors for freshers, separately and with seniors, during the first three months, involving parents and teachers too.
- Conducts anonymous random checks among first-year students every fortnight during the first three months.
- Display the anti-ragging protocol on notice boards in departments, hostels, classrooms and vulnerable places.
- Keep complaint boxes in hostels and classrooms where freshers can drop grievances.
- Arrange induction classes.
- Give freshers a printed leaflet saying whom to contact for help, with addresses and phone numbers, so they do not depend on seniors.
- Include in the leaflet a calendar of events to help juniors settle into the college.
- Keep continuous watch to prevent ragging, deal promptly with incidents, and punish the guilty or recommend action to the competent authority.
- Talk to affected students, win their confidence and make them aware of their rights.
- Report to the Vice-Principal. Students report to the faculty members.
- Conducts anonymous random checks across all areas to confirm the campus is free of ragging.
- Reports any untoward event to the Vice-Principal immediately.
- Keeps watch across the campus premises.
State-wise information
State-wise information on anti-ragging committee measures. Tap an image to view it full size.