[Sreekar]

Hi Folks,
Good to know that Supreme Court in its recent decision, clearly stated that Ragging is a CRIME. Now the question arises, how well the schools/colleges/universities will execute their job with sincerety reporting a ragging incident in regards to the apex courts decision.

What measures should be taken by the universities to stop ragging in India.

-Thanks,
Sreekar

[chanda_s]

sreekar its really woderful to see that your reaction time to whats happening around is quite quick. keep up your antennas and you'll go places.

i wish to narrate a few incidents during my engg where we as a part of a voluntary students body tried our best to curb ragging with the active support of the management. i'll take a few days for this.

[Sreekar]

Thanks much Mr. Chanda for motivating us constantly. I'm eagerly waiting for your post on the incidents you want to share with us.

On another note:

Folks,
Good news that the UGC( University Grants Commission) acted right on time. With the Supreme Court asking educational institutions to register FIRs against students indulging in ragging, the university grants commission (UGC) is set to issue strict instructions to all universities to implement the court’s order.

It will issue the instructions to the universities within two to three days.

-Thanks,
Sreekar

[Nethra K Putti]

BANGALORE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE REGISTERING CASES FOR RAGGING DONE IN CAMPUS OF BANGALORE UNIVERSITY

The court is silent on the Raghavan Committee’s recommendation that the onus to prove ragging did not take place should be on the accused The Supreme Court’s interim order on ragging has again put the issue of implementation of anti-ragging measures in a limbo, casting doubts over the potential impact on ragging of the recommendations of what is the second Supreme Court-appointed committee on ragging in seven years.

In 2001, the apex court had acted upon the recommendations of the Unnikrishnan Committee and had recommended that educational institutions that cannot curb ragging may be penalised in terms of funding or affiliation by the affiliating bodies such as the UGC or the aicte. These bodies, however, did not take such measures, not even against at least 15 institutions where students died because of ragging since 2001. Taking note of the deaths, the Supreme Court set up another committee in late 2006 under the chairmanship of former CBI chief RK Raghavan. In view of the inaction of the UGC and the aicte, the Raghavan Committee had submitted 50 recommendations that sought to do away with ambiguities so as to fix clear responsibilities at the school, college, university, affiliating body, district administration, state and central government levels. However, it is unclear whether the Supreme Court’s May 16 order endorses this.

The 2001 order had said that ragging should be dealt with within the institution and the police should be invited into the institution only by the principal. However, the Raghavan Committee noted that principals try to brush complaints of ragging under the carpet. The committee’s recommendation that the institution must file an FIR where the victim or parent is not satisfied, has been endorsed by the court’s new order but it may not have much impact as ragging victims mostly prefer anonymity while complaining. If the head of the institution chooses to ignore an anonymous complaint, there is no way to fix accountability.

Even when FIRs are filed, the committee has observed that there has not been a single conviction in a ragging case. This is primarily because there is often no evidence to prove ragging and eyewitnesses are rarely ready to speak in court. The committee had recommended that the onus of proving that ragging did not take place should be on the accused. The SC order is silent on this, as also on the idea that there be a separate cadre of hostel wardens.

The order assigns to anti-ragging squads within educational institutions the task of ensuring that all ragging-related regulations are implemented, but considering that these squads work within the purview of the head of the institution there is again the issue of external accountability. The order says that the committee “shall continue to monitor the functioning of the anti-ragging committees and the squads to be formed”. Members of the committee are, however, as yet clueless about their role hereafter. The committee had asked that the UGC be told to form a board that would monitor implementation.

The Supreme Court will again take up the case in September and is expected to decide on other recommendations such as the National Assessment and Accreditation Council taking into account the status of ragging while giving educational institutions a rating. Another recommendation of the committee is to begin classes for freshers seven days before that of seniors and the setting up of mentoring cells where seniors would be counsellors to freshers. It also asks for the Indian Penal Code to be amended to include ragging and define it as a criminal offence.

The order endorses the committee’s request for ragging cases to be tried in a fast track court but only as an exhortation, without commenting on the committee’s recommendation that the Criminal Procedure Code be amended to formalise this.

[Sreekar]

Hello Folks,
Atlast the premier institute of India aka IIT, Kanpur is on its way to implement the new anti-ragging rule soon. Hopefully other institutes will follow the same path as soon as possible.

Below is the information for your reference which appreared in TimesofIndia.com:

New anti-ragging rule on its way in IIT Kanpur

Come July and the students of IIT Kanpur will have to sign a declaration that they would not be involved in any kind of ragging activities or else face severe punishment.

Under the declaration, if any student was found in any type of ragging activity, he/ she would be bound for any punishment - from registration of police case to rustication - as suggested by the authorities, IIT Kanpur assistant registrar K B Satyamurthy said.

Besides the students, their parents or guardians would also have to make declaration saying if their wards were found to be involved in ragging, they would accept the punishment as prescribed by the institute.

The new rule will be applicable to both freshers and senior students of the institute.

Satyamurthy said that IIT Kanpur director Sanjay Govind Dhande was also a member of the Raghvan Committee, constituted by the Supreme Court to recommend measures to check ragging in educational institutions.

The new rule, which will come into effect from the new academic session, is part of the suggestions given by the Raghvan Committee.

-Thanks much,
Sreekar

[Nethra K Putti]

what is rustication? which you have mentioned.

thanks..

[chanda_s]

Originally Posted by Nethra K Putti

what is rustication? which you have mentioned.

thanks..

rustication in this context means expelling a student from the institute.

haven't you seen the film munnabhai mbbs?

[Nethra K Putti]

sir,
i have seen Shankar Dada MBBS.
but i have not seen Munnabai MBBS.

thank you..

[Sreekar]

Originally Posted by chanda_s

i wish to narrate a few incidents during my engg where we as a part of a voluntary students body tried our best to curb ragging with the active support of the management. i'll take a few days for this.

Hello Chanda Sir,
A gentle reminder. I know you are busy with your work schedule. But, when you get a chance, can you please share the incidents you were about to narrate to us regarding ragging. This will be the right time to share, as the government and various student organizations are taking right steps to stop Ragging.

-Thanks much,
Sreekar

[Sreekar]

Hi Folks,
It looks like even though supreme court had mentioned that Ragging is considered as a criminal offence, most of the students are still indulging in this heinous crime. Hope the situation will improve in coming days.

Below is a recent update on ragging across our nation:

India 360: Torture in the name of harmless ragging?: IBNLive.com > Videos

India 360: Torture in the name of harmless ragging?: IBNLive.com > Videos

-Thanks much,
Sreekar