Anti-ragging policy
“Definition of 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.
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;
Any other act not explicitly mentioned above but otherwise construed as an act of
ragging in the letter and spirit of the definition for ragging as provided under
regulations 3 and 4
Awardable Punishments:-
The broad ingredient that may call for punitive actions on receipt and approval of the
recommendations include but is not limited to––
(i) Abetment to ragging;
(ii) Criminal conspiracy to ragging;
(iii) Unlawful assembly and rioting while ragging;
(iv) Public nuisance created during ragging;
(v) Violation of decency and morals through ragging;
(vi) Physical or psychological humiliation;
(vii) Causing injury to body, causing hurt or grievous hurt;
(viii) Wrongful restraint;
(ix) Wrongful confinement;
(x) Use of criminal force;
(xi) Assault as well as sexual offences or even unnatural offences;
(xii) Extortion in any form;
(xiii) Criminal intimidation;
(xiv) Criminal trespass;
(xv) Offences against property;
(xvi) Any other act construed as provided under regulations3 and 4.
The nature of punitive actions that may be decided shall include the following, but shall not be
limited to one or more of these actions that may be imposed, as deemed fit, namely:––
(i) Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges
(ii) Withholding or withdrawing scholarship or fellowship and other benefits
(iii) Debarring from appearing in any test or examination or other evaluation process
(iv) Withholding results
(v) Debarring from attending conferences, and other academic programmes
(vi) Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet,
tournament, youth festival, etc.
(vii) Suspension or expulsion from the hostel
(viii) Imposition of a fine ranging from twenty-five thousand rupees to one lakh rupees
(ix) Cancellation of admission
(x) Rustication from the medical college or institution for a period ranging from one to four
semesters
(xi) Expulsion from the medical colleges or institutions and consequent debarring from admission
to any other institution for a specified period
For detail please follow NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 18th November, 2021 Published in the Gazette of India No. 582 NEW
DELHI, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2021.
