Ragging a menace
- 4. Latest reports of ragging in india Wednesday, 4 August 2010 CHANDIGARH: Panic spread on Punjab University campus after a fresher of department of chemical engineering and technology alleged ragging. Shocked authorities swung into action after the student called his parents, saying "seniors took his introduction and made him dance in hostel". The student has submitted a written complaint to the hostel warden. Following the incident, PU security guards were alerted and asked to conduct regular rounds in hostels
- 5. 2010-08-11:Two more students were arrested Wednesday on charges of ragging their juniors in a private professional university in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district, police said. Four students of Manav Bharti University near Kumarhatti - Hirdesh Sharma, Chetan, Parshant Kashyap and Madan Lal - were booked Tuesday for bullying and manhandling nearly 30 students of the university. ChetanChetan was arrested immediately after the incident. University Director S.P. Bhardwaj said all the accused have been suspended and barred from appearing in any university exams.
- 6. Ghaziabad: A 19-year-old first year student of an engineering college near Ghaziabad allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the roof of his hostel building on 17 august 2010. Abhishek SahaiAbhishek Sahai was taken to hospital where he was in coma for a while before he died. The incident happened on Sunday night.
- 7. Abhishek's family alleges the he took the extreme step after being ragged. His family members claim he sent his friend a text message on Sunday night saying he was being ragged and soon after that jumped off the hostel roof. "A friend of his had gone to meet him and he sent him a text message saying, 'I can't come, I'm being ragged'I can't come, I'm being ragged.' The message is still there on the cell phone and there's a message on Face book too," said Abhishek's brother Shrivanshu.
- 8. Friday, 20 August 2010 , MOHALI: A student of Rayat and Bahra Engineering College, Mohali, has alleged that he was ragged and mercilessly beaten up by his seniors when he refused to smoke and dance in front of them. The victim, Sector 7 resident of Chandigarh, stated that he was thrashed when he refused to do the same. Gurinder was immediately taken to civil hospital, Kharar,
- 9. Thursday, 19 August 2010 (CURE), a group of professionals campaigning against ragging, last month stated that Bengal tops the list along with Punjab in the number of ragging deaths as both the states have reported four deaths or suicides allegedly by ragging in the last academic year. Apart from this, 13 complaints of ragging were registered in Bengal during the same period. Saturday, 21 August 2010 , A state-run polytechnic for boys here has suspended two students on charges of ragging a junior, 'A first year student of the electronics stream had told his friend studying in the same polytechnic about the ragging incident. Following this, an anonymous mail was sent to the anti-ragging cell of the UGC,' an official of the polytechnic said.
- 10. Saturday, 21 August 2010, PANAJI: Eight senior students of the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) found themselves in the police lock-up and their careers as doctors threatened after they were caught in the act of ragging on Wednesday night . The students were later arrested on charges of forming an unlawful assembly with a common objective of "wrongfully restraining seven junior students of the first year MBBS course in the boys' hostel of GMC, Bambolim and using criminal force and intentionally insulting them".
- 11. In Varanasi 20 aug 2010, principal of Uday Pratap Autonomous College ordered for lodging of an FIR under the Anti-Ragging Act in which six senior students with a dozen unidentified associates were accused of physically assaulting the freshers from arts and science streams at the hostel recently. The Shivpuri police, with whom the case was lodged, arrested four of the six accused. Institute management said proceedings were underway to start the expulsion process of the accused.
- 12. Ragging DeathsRagging Deaths Nagedra AV, 25, was found dead in Chandigarh's prestigious Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research on 19 April. The doctor had joined this post-graduate institution just two months ago. The police said he jumped to death from the hostel building, his father said he had been pushed. His father said a day ago he had said he was finding it difficult to continue there due to ragging. Sinmoi Debroy, 21, was found hanging from the ceiling fan, dead, in his hostel room in Chennai on 4 April. It was a private hostel shared by students of various colleges. Most of the 42 SMSes in the Assamese engineering student's mobile phone were threats and abuses from seniors, who also demanded money.
- 13. Ajub Ajith, 19, hanged himself to death from thehanged himself to death from the ceiling fanceiling fan in his house in Thiruvananathapuram on 31 March. He was a student of at the Sarabhai Institute of Science and Technology. He had told his mother that he was being ragged badly, but prevented her from complaining to the principal as, he said, that would make matters worse for him. Satwinder Kumar, 28, ended his life on 3 March. He was a student of the Advanced Training Institute, Mumbai. In his suicide note he named seven seniors who had ragged him so much that he left for home for Kurukshetra rather than take mid-term exams. Before he could reach home, he committed suicide by throwing himself before a goods train in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district.
- 14. Premlatha, 22, committed suicide by consuming sulphuric acid in the chemistry lab of the on 5 February. Her brother singled out one senior, Yogesh, 22, a fourth year student, as the person ragging her the most. Gurgaon, Mar 10 (PTI) A shocked family of the teenaged medical student, who was ragged and beaten to death allegedly by his seniors in Himachal Pradesh, today said the boy was subjected to immense violence and demanded action against the medical college where he was studying. on March 8, 2009 ,Aman Satya KachruAman Satya Kachru (19), a first year student of Dr Rajendra Prasad Medical College in Kangra, breathed his last on Sunday night in a hospital after being beaten up allegedly by four seniors.
- 15. "He was slapped many times, His head was shaved off. He was punched and kicked. He was hit on head and chest. He was forced to work on their project whole night," Indira, Aman's aunt, alleged. Two of the four accused -- Ajay Verma and Naveen Verma -- were arrested yesterday while two others, Mukul Sharma and Abhinav Verma are on the run.
- 16. Was Aman Kachroo the last one?
- 19. RAGGING – A MENACERAGGING – A MENACE
- 20. ‘Ragging’ means doing of any act which causes or likely to cause any physical, psychological or physiological harm of apprehension or shame or embarrassment to a student and includes a) teasing or abusing of playing practical jokes on or causing hurt to any student ; b) asking any student to do any act or perform anything, which he/she would not, in the ordinary course, be willing to do or perform.
- 21. • Eagerness of the Seniors to show their power, authorities & superiority. • An attitude of backlash a ” do unto others what others did to you”. • (Similar to Mother-in-law Vs. Daughter-in- law syndrome).
- 22. ♦ There are core groups of students who are bullies and personality disorders and are a terror in the hostels. Such students must be identified, counselled and shouls be kept on check. ♦ Poor functioning of Hostel Wardens. ♦ Lack of interest of faculty members in Anti-ragging activities.
- 23. ALCHOL IS THE MAIN CAUSE OF RAGGING IN HOSTELS SPECIALLY IN BOYS HOSTELS
- 24. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR CURBING RAGGING RESTS WITH ACADEMIC INSTITUTION THEMSELVES
- 26. Universities & Colleges are centres of Learning and aremeant for developing : Mutual Respect, Friendship & Understanding Their sanctity must be Maintained.
- 27. UGC Guidelines
- 28. The guidelines must be formulated by our Universities as per the Hon’ble Supreme Court Directions & Raghavan Committee Report
- 29. CONSTITUTE: INSTITUTIONAL ANTI RAGGING COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF: 1. Principal/Dean – Chairman 2. Senior Faculty Member – Coordinator 3. Faculty Member – Member 4. Representative from Local Administration – Member 5. Representative of Parents – Member 6. Representative of students (Senior) – Member (Junior) – Member 7. Local Media/NGO - Member
- 30. NOMINATED BY THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION CONSISTING OF: 1. SENIOR FACULTY MEMBER -1 2. WARDEN – BOYS HOSTEL & -1 GIRLS HOSTEL -1 3. NON TEACHING MEMBER -1 4. MENTORING CELL UNIT -1
- 31. ♦ This unit is to oversee and involve the senior students as ‘MENTOR’ for the FRESHERS. ♦ Should be framed at the end of academic year. ♦ One member from Second Year for 6 freshers. ♦ One second level mentor from third year and so on. ♦ 3-4 members for 6 freshers. These shall work under the advise of anti-ragging squad.
- 32. • To vigil, oversight and patrolling function • Surprise checks during night. • Accountable for all happenings in the Institution. • Help-Line Nos. must be available to all freshers. • Interact with freshers.
- 33. • To contact Head of Institution, in case of any happening. • Submission of Daily Report to the Senior Faculty Member Incharge of the squad. • Organising Introduction of Freshers under the supervision of Warden & Faculty member in cordial manner. • Organising Fresher – Day - A Welcome Party. • To organise orientation week programme for the Fresher.
- 34. ♦ Address by Principal ♦ Familarization with campus & the warden. ♦ Introduction to each other & grouping. ♦ Acquaintance with the Anti-Ragging procedure, anti-ragging squad. ♦ Instructions to resist ragging. ♦ Shout-raise alarm & attract attention of the people around. ♦ Always move in groups. ♦ In case of emergency, call help-line Nos./meet anti- ragging squad.
- 35. • To appraise the Senior Students about Hon’ble Supreme Court’s Directive & Raghvan Committee Report. • To appraise about the punishment under I.P.C. Act.
- 36. ♦ Local Hostels – outside the campus area must be registered with local authorities by the Head of the Institution & University must be intimated. ♦ Imprisonment/fine upto Rs. 25,000/- expulsion from the Institution/cancellation of admission/suspension from the college/hostel/fine etc. etc.
- 38. Anti-ragging movement With the situation of ragging worsening yearly, there is emerging a spontaneous anti- ragging movement in India. Several voluntary organizations have emerged, who conduct drives for public awareness and arrange for support to victims. The Indian media has been playing a crucial role by exposing raggingragging incidentsincidents and the indifference of many concerned institutions towards curbing the act. The Supreme Court of India has directed, in its interim judgement, that action may be taken even against negligent institutions.
- 39. Online groups like Coalition toCoalition to Uproot Ragging from IndiaUproot Ragging from India (CURE), Stopragging, No Ragging Foundation became the major Anti Ragging groups on the Internet. Among them, the No Ragging Foundation has transformed into a complete NGO and got registered as Society Against Violence inSociety Against Violence in Education (SAVEEducation (SAVE) which is India's first registered Anti Ragging non profit organization (NGO).These groups are working on issues related to ragging. Each of them is running anti ragging websites and online groups.
- 41. INCENTIVES FOR CURBING RAGGING & DIS-INCENTIVES FOR FAILURE TO DO SO
- 42. The menace of ragging corrodes the vitals and enviornment of the campus