Anti-Ragging Rules and Punishments

Ragging

Ragging shall mean 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.

On Directions of National Medical Commission (NMC), published in the Official Gazette notification (G.O) dt: 18th November, 2021 has ordered strict implement & regulations for Prevention and Prohibition of Ragging in medical college.

Actions that may constitute ragging:-

The following actions shall be included but not limited to those that may constitute ragging, namely,

- 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 in 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 student.
- Asking any student to do any act which such the 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.
- 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, such as, 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, post, snail-mails, blogs, 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 of physical or mental abuse (including bullying and exclusion) targeted at another student (fresher or otherwise) on the ground of colour, race, religion, caste, ethnicity, gender (including transgender), sexual orientation, appearance, nationality, regional origins, linguistic identity, place of birth, place of residence or economic background.
- Any act that undermines human dignity and respect through humiliation or otherwise.
- 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.

Depending upon the nature and gravity of the offence as established by the National Medical Commission (Prevention and Prohibition of Ragging in Medical Colleges and Institutions) Regulations, 2021, the possible punishments for those found guilty of ragging.

Actions to be taken against students for indulging and abetting in ragging by institutional Anti-Ragging Committee as follows:-

Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges;
Withholding or withdrawing scholarship or fellowship and other benefits.
Debarring from appearing in any test or examination or other evaluation process.
Withholding results.
Debarring from attending conferences, and other academic programmes.
Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc.
Suspension or expulsion from the hostel.
Imposition of a fine ranging from twenty-five thousand rupees to one lakh rupees.
Cancellation of admission.
Rustication from the medical college or institution for a period ranging from one to four semesters.
Expulsion from the medical colleges or institutions and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution for a specified period.