Anti Ragging Cell

Anti-Ragging Cell

The Anti Ragging Cell plays a crucial role in fostering a safe and supportive learning environment. Comprising faculty and student representatives, it actively promotes awareness, addresses grievances, and implements strict measures against ragging. This committee ensures that all students can pursue their education free from harassment and intimidation.

The Anti-Ragging Cell comprises the following components:

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY PLEASE CONTACT

Anti Ragging Cell No : +91 7025223311
UGC Help line : 1800-180-5522
Nodal officer: nodalofficer_antiragging@kmctmedicalcollege.org

How to File a Complaint:

Fill the form and submit it Download Complaint Form.

or

If a student wishes to raise a general concern or personal issue anonymously, they can send their complaint directly to the Nodal Officer on a blank sheet of paper, ensuring that confidentiality will be upheld.

What is ragging?

Any conduct by a student, whether by words spoken or written or by an act which includes physical abuse, lewd acts, teasing, rough or rude treatment, indulging in rowdy, undisciplined and obscene activities which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, undue hardship, physical or psychological harm or mental trauma or raise apprehension or fear in a fresher / junior student or other students or forcing a student to do any act which such a student is not willing to do and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame or embarrassment or danger to a student’s life or adversely affect the physique or psyche of a fresher or a junior student.

Punishable acts of ragging

Abetment / instigation to ragging / criminal conspiracy to rag.
Unlawful assembly and rioting while ragging.
Public nuisance created during ragging, or violation of decency and morals
Injury to body, causing hurt / mental trauma
Wrongful restraint, confinement
Use of criminal force / assault / sexual offences / unnatural offences.
Extortion / criminal trespassing or intimidation / offences against property
Attempt to commit any or all of the above mentioned offences against the victim.
Physical or psychological humiliation.
Any act / abuse by spoken words, e-mails, snail mails, blogs, public insults etc.
Any act that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of a student.

Punishments against ragging

Depending upon the nature and gravity of the offence as established by the Anti-ragging Committee of the institution, the possible punishments for those found guilty of ragging at the institution level shall be any one or any combination of the following :

Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges
Withholding / withdrawing scholarship / fellowship and other benefits
Forfeiting campus placement opportunities / recommendations
Debarring from appearing in any test/examination or other evaluation process
Withholding of results
Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc.
Suspension/ expulsion from the hostel
Cancellation of admission
Rustication from the institution for a period, ranging from 1 to 4 semesters
Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution for a specific period
Fine to be paid
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.

In addition, in case of every single incident of ragging, a First Information Report (FIR) will be filed with the local police authorities. The possible punishment includes rigorous imprisonment (in compliance with the order of Supreme Court of India)

All students admitted to KMCT Medical College and their parents are hereby informed to go through the guidelines on anti ragging:

Activities conducted

In line with UGC guidelines, we organized an Anti-Ragging Awareness Week that included a range of activities. These featured awareness sessions for staff and students, poster-making competitions, human logo competition, skit competition, extempore events, a rally.

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