JIPMER reconstitutes Anti-Ragging Committee

Puducherry- JIPMER has recently announced the re-constitution of its composition of the Anti-Ragging Committee,

As per the notice, JIPMER has announced that the Anti-Ragging Committee has been reconstituted with immediate effect along with some faculty staff and student members. On this, JIPMER has also released a list of those faculty staff and student members.

The notice clearly states that any ragging conduct, whether by words spoken or written or by an act which as 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 undisciplined activities, which cause 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 that such student will not in the ordinary course perform and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame or embarrassment to adversely affect the physique or psyche of a fresher or a junior student.

1 Abetment to ragging.

2 Criminal conspiracy to rag.

3 Unlawful assembly and rioting while ragging.

4 Public nuisance created during ragging.

5 Violation of decency and morals through ragging.

6 Injury to body, causing hurt or grievous hurt.

7 Wrongful restraint.

8 Wrongful confinement.

9 Use of criminal force.

10 Assault as well as sexual offences or unnatural offences.

11 Extortion.

12 Criminal trespass.

13 Offences against property.

14 Criminal Intimidation.

15 Attempts to commit any or all of the above-mentioned offences against the victim(s).

16 Physical or psychological humiliation.

17 All other offences following from the definition of "Ragging".

The notice further added that  depending upon the nature and gravity of the offence as established by the Anti-Ragging Committee, the possible punishments for those found guilty of ragging shall be any one or any combination of the following

1 Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges.

2 Withholding/withdrawing scholarship/fellowship and other benefits.

3 Debarring from appearing in any test I examination or other evaluation Process.

4 Withholding of examination results.

5 Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc.

6 Suspension/ expulsion from the hostel.

7 Rustication from the institution for periods ranging from 1 to 4 semesters.

8 Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution for a specific period.

9 Fine of Rs. 25,000/- and Rs. 1 lakh.

10 Collective punishment: When the persons committing or abetting the crime of ragging are not identified, the institution shall resort to collective punishment.

"the Anti-Ragging Committee Members are being requested to cooperate to curb the menace of ragging. The Members of the Anti-Ragging Squad may visit the hostel, canteen, hostel mess and other places where ragging is likely to take place. A list of the names of the Anti-Ragging Committee members with their cell numbers will be provided to the first-year MBBS students at the time of admission," the notice stated 

To view the official notice, click the link below