Dhule Charitable Society's
Institute of Pharmacy

Constitution, Objectives and Functions of Anti-Ragging Committee & Anti-Ragging Squad:

   The Anti-Ragging Committee & Anti-Ragging Squad have been constituted for the academic year 2013 – 2014 as per AICTE Regulations on curbing the menace of ragging in higher educational institutions.

Anti-Ragging Committee :

1.	Chairman	Shri. R.S.Tatiya Mobile: 9423191968 Email: Tatiya.raj@gmai.com
2.	Member Secretary:	Shri. H.P.Tolani Mobile: 9028634703 Email: hpt.2696@gmail.com
3.	Members	Shri. Z.M.Sayyed Mobile: 9404572767 Email:sayyed.ziya@redffmai.com Miss. U.J.Chaudhari Mobile: 9922771325 Email: urmila26@gmail.com
4.	Fresher Students Representatives:	Miss. Sharada C. Shravane Mobile: 9892541297 Mr. Luckichand J. Jain Mobile: 8237161123
5.	Senior Students Representatives:	Mr. Pooja K. Jain Mobile: 9764718447 Mr. Bhushan S. Kothawade Mobile: 808798315 Miss. Namita H.Pawde Mobile: 9421617759 Mr. Dipak H. Gadhari Mobile: 9665778491
6.	Parent Representative:	Mr. Ujawal I. Jain Mobile: 9823993447

Anti-Ragging Squad :

Sr. No.	Name	Mobile
1.	Shri. U.M.Gujar	9823035338
2.	Shri. Madhurji Kucheria	9420533841
3.	Shri.Y.A.kanade	9730777808
4.	Mr. Ujawal I. Jain	9823993447

    The Squad will have vigil, oversight and patrolling functions. It shall be kept mobile alert and active at all times and is empowered to inspect places of potential ragging and make surprise raids on hot spots. It will investigate incidents of ragging and make recommendations to the Anti-Ragging Committee and will work under the overall guidance of the said committee.

Note: Complaints of ragging can be made to Shri. R.S.Tatiya, through email: tatiya.raj@gmail.com OR Mobile No.9945711281.

Action against ragging:

Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act 1999 which is in effect from 15th May 1999 has the following provisions for Action against Ragging.

a) Ragging within or outside of any educational institution is prohibited,

b) Whosoever directly or indirectly commits, participates in, abets, or propagates ragging within or outside any educational institution shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 2 years and / or penalty which may extend to ten thousand rupees.

c) Any student convicted of an offence of ragging shall be dismissed from the educational institution and such student shall not be admitted in any other educational institution for a period of five years from the date of order of such dismissal.

d) Whenever any student or, as the case may be, the parent or guardian or a teacher of an educational institution complaints, in writing, of ragging to the head of the educational institution, the head of the educational institution shall, without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, within seven days of the receipt of the complaint, enquire into the matter mentioned in the complaint and if, prima facie, it is found true, suspend the student who is accused of the offence, and shall, immediately forward the complaint to the police station having jurisdiction over the area in which the educational institution is situated, for further action. Where, on enquiry by the head of the educational institution, it is found that there is no substance, prima facie, in the complaint received; he /she shall intimate the fact, in writing, to the complainant. The decision of the head of the educational institution shall be final. If the head of the educational institution fails or neglects to act in the manner specified in section “d” above when a complaint of ragging is made, such person shall be deemed to have abetted the offence and shall, on conviction, be punished as provided for in section “b” above.

As per the Appendix 12 of the AICTE Approval process hand book “Prevention and Prohibition of Ragging” is given below:

In view of the directions of the Honorable Supreme Court in SLP No. 24295 of 2006 dated 16- 05-2007 and in Civil Appeal number 887 of 2009, dated 08-05-2009 to prohibit, prevent and eliminate the scourge of ragging including 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, or indulging in rowdy or undisciplined activities by any student or students which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in any fresher or any other student or asking any student to do any 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 the physique or psyche of such 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, in all higher education institutions in the country, and thereby, to provide for the healthy development, physically and psychologically, of all students.

What Constitutes Ragging?

Ragging constitutes one or more of any of the following acts:

1. 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?
2. 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;
3. Asking any student to do any 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 the physique or psyche of such fresher or any other student;
4. Any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or a fresher;
5. Exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of students.
6. Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or any other

student by students;

7. 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;
8. 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;
9. 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.

Actions to be taken against students for indulging and abetting ragging in technical institutions

1. The punishment to be meted out to the persons indulged in ragging has to be exemplary and justifiably harsh to act as a deterrent against recurrence of such incidents.
2. Every single incident of ragging a First Information Report (FIR) must be filed without exception by the institutional authorities with the local police authorities.
3. The Anti-Ragging Committee of the institution shall take an appropriate decision, with regard to punishment or otherwise, depending on the facts of each incident of ragging and nature and gravity of the incident of ragging.
4. Depending upon the nature and gravity of the offence as established the possible punishments for those found guilty of ragging at the institution level shall be any one or any combination of the following,

a) Cancellation of admission

b) Suspension from attending classes

c) Withholding/withdrawing scholarship/fellowship and other benefits

d) Debarring from appearing in any test/examination or other evaluation process

e) Withholding results

f) Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc.

g) Suspension/expulsion from the hostel

h) Rustication from the institution for period ranging from 1 to 4 semesters

i) Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution.

j) Collective punishment: when the persons committing or abetting the crime of ragging are not identified, the institution shall resort to collective punishment as a deterrent to ensure community pressure on the potential raggers.