Why RAP

Antiragging

Ragging is a criminal offence as per the Supreme Court verdict. Ragging is an offence under penal code , which define ragging as:
"Causing, inducing, compelling or forcing a student, whether by way of practical joke or otherwise, to do any act which detracts from human dignity or violates his/her person or exposes him/her to ridicule from doing any lawful act. By intimidating, wrongfully restraining, wrongfully confining, or injuring him or by using criminal force on him/her or by holding out to him/her any threat of intimidation, wrongful confinement, injury or the use of criminal force."
"Ragging in all its forms is totally banned in this institution including in its departments, constituent units, all its premises (academic, residential, sports, kiosks, cafeteria and the like) whether located within the campus. The institution shall take strict action including but not limited to criminal proceeding and/or cancellation of admission against those found guilty of ragging and/or of abetting ragging and the burden of proof shall hereby lie on the perpetrator of alleged ragging and not on the victim. An offence of Ragging may be charged either on a written complaint by the affected or on independent finding of the Anti Ragging Squad.

Message from proctorial board

Dear Students!
“WELCOME TO THE FAMILY OF RAP”
You will be glad to know that Institute has taken all the necessary steps to prohibit, prevent and eliminate the menace of ragging from the campus, hostel, playground, and canteen and in all means of transportation of students etc.

Student should desist from doing any thing, with or against their will, even if ordered to by the senior students, and that any attempt of ragging should be promptly reported to the ‘Anti Ragging Squad’ or to the Warden or Chief Proctor or to the Head of the Institution, as the case may be.

Details to whom you should turn for help and guidance for various purposes, if and when required, are given below: “Anti Ragging UGC Helpline No.” – 1800-180-5522, E-mail: [email protected]

What constitutes Ragging
Ragging constitutes one or more 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 the freshers or any other students.
Including 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 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: Sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, forcing obscene and lewd acts, gestures, causing bodily harm or any other danger to health of person.
Any act or abuse by spoken words, emails, post, public insult which would also include deriving perverted pleasure, vicarious or sadistic thrill from activity or passively participating in the discomfiture to fresher or any other students.
Assault as well as sexual offences or unnatural offences.
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 student over any fresher or any other student.

“Tollfree No.” –

Sexual Harassment Committee

Members of Sexual Harassment of Female Employee in Institution The present members of the Complaints Committee to deal with the complaints of sexual harassment in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court of India relating to sexual harassment of women workers at work places and students are as follows.