Ragging in all its forms is totally banned in the
entire Medical College, including its departments,
constituent units, all its premises (academic,
residential, sports, canteen, etc.,) whether
located within the campus or outside and in all
means of transportation of students whether
public or private.
Ragging" includes the following: Any conduct
whether by words spoken or written or by an act
which has the effect of harassing, 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. The conduct includes but is not restricted
to 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 students 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 or
person; any act or abuse by spoken words, emails,
post, public insults 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; 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.
Any act of physical or mental abuse (including
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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.
Measures for prohibition of ragging: The
Institution strictly observes the provisions of the
Act of the Central Government and the State
Governments, if any, or if enacted and / or for the
time being in force, considering ragging as a
cognizable offence under the law at par with rape
and other atrocities against women and ill-
treatment of persons belonging to the SC/ST and
prohibiting ragging in all its forms.
Incase, the applicant for admission is found to
have indulged in ragging in the past or if it is
noticed later that he/she indulged in ragging,
admission maybe refused or he/she shall be
expelled from the educational institution.
The Institution takes strict action against those
found guilty of ragging and/or of abetting ragging.
Each of the student of the institution and his/her
parents, or guardian are required to submit a
undertaking at the time of registration /
admission in prescribed form at available which is
mandatory for registration / admission.
A student seeking admission to the hostel shall
also have to submit additional undertaking in the
form of Annexure (both parts), along with his
application for hostel accommodation.
Such undertaking shall be submitted before th
commencement of every academic year. An
undertaking similar to the above shall be
submitted every year by the student who is
admitted to the hostel.
