DCI directs Dental Colleges to implement regulations to curb ragging

New Delhi : Reiterating its "zero tolerance" for ragging, the Dental Council of India has once again written to the Heads of the Dental Colleges in the Country to implement the measures for curbing the menace of ragging in the educational institutes. 

With this direction, DCI Deputy Secretary has reminded in the letter, "As per section 11.3 of the aforesaid regulations, the authorities/Management (Trust, Societies, etc.) of the institution, particularly the Head of the institution, shall be responsible to ensure that no incident of ragging takes place in the institution."

Therefore, "it is the responsibility of all the institution to ensure that no incident of ragging takes place in their dental institution and measures taken to curb it may be reviewed," mentioned the DCI letter dated 25.04.2022.

In the letter, DCI has referred to the following measures that the dental institutes need to implement for curbing the practice of ragging-

• In case any incident of ragging takes place, the Management/Head shall take prompt and appropriate action against the person(s) whose dereliction of duty lead to the incident. The authority designated to appoint the Head shall, in its turn, take prompt and appropriate action against the head.
• All dental institutions should issue advertisements against ragging through signboards, pamphlets 2 of 4 etc. before the commencement of academic year as well as during the midst of the session. You are also requested to issue booklets to all the students of your Institutions containing the details about what constitutes ragging, punishable ingredients of ragging, punishments and penalty for ragging, names and mobile numbers of the members of the Anti Ragging Squad, Anti Ragging Committee (Anti Ragging Helpline), Wardens, Deputy Wardens of Men's and Women's hostel.
• All dental Institutions shall designate any of their faculty member(s) as "Counsellor" for fresher and senior students to co-ordinate the batches of students (Counselees) regularly about day-to-day problems and also to sensitize their role in curbing the menace of ragging.
• You are further requested to obtain and file undertaking, on anti ragging, from all parents/guardians and students (1st year to final year) studying in BDS/MDS/PG Diploma/Para Dental Courses or any other course approved/recognised by DCI, online through www.antiragging.in / www.amanmovement.org.
• Besides above, it is also pertinent to mention here that, as per section 12.2 of subject regulations, each and every institution shall submit its reports in prescribed format (Annexure-II) to the Secretary, Dental Council of India, Aiwan-E-Galib Marg, Kotla Road, New Delhi-110002, by 30th April of every year in respect of the previous academic session, indicating the requisite information against each column thereof, failing which the Dental Council of India, as per section 11.4 of Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Dental Colleges, 2009, shall impose any one or any combination of the following penalties on it:-