Rules and Regulations
What Is Ragging?
Ragging constitutes one or more of any of the following acts:
- 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 1ike1y 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 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 expendifure burden put on a fresher or any other student by students;
- any act of physicai abuse including a1l variants of it: sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, forcing obscene and lewd acts, gestures, causing bodily harm or any other danger to hcalth or person;
- 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 partrcipating in the discomfiture to fresher or any other student;
- 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.
Office Order
Sub: Formation Of Institute Level Anti -Ragging Committee And Squads – Reg.
In order to comply with the statutory regulations, Anti-Ragging Committee (ARC) is constituted as listed below to deal with cases of ragging incidents, if any, directly or indirectly reported.
| Dr. Jose K Jacob, Principal | Chairman, ARC |
| Dr. Hari Narayanan N H | Convener |
| SI of Police | Member |
| Mr. Geo Jacob, Administrative Coordinator | Member |
| Dr.Prem Sankar R | Member |
| Sri. Unnikrishnan, Kuttiparambil,Vellangallur GramaPanchayath | Member |
| Dr. K K Narayanan, Vice Principal | Member |
| Ms.Nighila Ashok, HOD, CSE | Member |
| Dr.Shaniba Asmi P, HOD, ECE | Member |
| Mr. Muhammed Akbar V K,HOD Incharge,ASH | Member |
| Dr.Joly M, HOD, EEE | Member |
| Mr. Abdul Razak K K, W/S Supdt | Member |
| Mr. R Vishnu Raj,Phy Edu Instructor | Co-convener |
| Mr. Saseendran Veliyath, Parent Representative | Member |
| Mr. KA Nasar, Parent Representative | Member |
| Kum. Shahana V S, Student Representative | Member |
| Mr. Arjun Raj K, Student Representative | Member |
Action Taken By The Institute:
- Institute Level Anti-Ragging Committee:
- 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.
- Every single incident of ragging a First Infonnation Report (FIR) must be filed without exception by the institutional authorities with the local police authorities.
- 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.
- 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:-
- Cancellation of admission
- Suspension from attendtng classes
- Withholding/withdrawing scholarship/fel lowship and other benefits
- Debarring from appearrng in any test/examination or other evaluation process
- Withholding results
- Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, toumament, youth festival, etc.
- Suspension/expulsion from the hostel
- Rustication from the institution for period ranging from 1 to 4 semesters
- Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution.
- Collective punishment: when the persons committiug 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.
- Undertaking From Students And Parents:
Discipline Cum Anti Ragging Committee (Convenor)
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Ms. Bindumol V G,
HOD,
Department of Civil Engineering.