GUIDELINES ANTI-RAGGING DRIVE

Anti - Ragging Policy

What is covered under Ragging?

The following are the key offences that are regarded as an act of ragging.

• Indulging in rowdy or undisciplined activities by any student or students that cause or are 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 such act that the student will not in ordinary course like to do and which causes or generates a sense of shame, or torment or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of such fresher or any other student.
• Exploiting the service of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of students.
• Any act by senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of a fresher or any other student.
• Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or on any other student by students.
• Any act of physical abuse including all variants of it: sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, forcing obscene and lewd acts, gestures, causing bodily harm or any other danger to the health or psyche of a person
• Any act or abuse by spoken words, email, post, public insults which would also include deriving perverted pleasure, vicarious or sadistic thrill from activity or passively participating in the discomfiture to fresher or any other student.
• Any act that affects the mental health and self- confidence of a fresher or any other student.
• Any act 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..

Essentials for Students

• Freshers as well as other students should abstain from indulging in anything with or against their consent even if it is forced, ordered or pressurized by senior students.
• Freshers as well as other students irrespective of being victims or witness to any incident(s) of ragging are recommended to simply and immediately report such unfortunate incident at our Anti Ragging Helpline numbers provided below. Apart from Helpline numbers, students can easily connect with Anti Ragging Committee officials or other University officials.
• RNB Global University ensures and promises to protect the identity of informants and shall not subject the victim to any adverse consequence only for the reason for having reported such incidents.

Prohibition of Ragging

• Ragging within the University Campus including its Institutions / Departments and Hostels is strictly prohibited.
• Ragging in any form is prohibited also in the private lodging/buildings where these University students are staying.
• Ragging in any form is prohibited in Hostel, Mess, Canteen, Cafeteria & Transport (College & Private).
• No person including students / staff / faculty shall participate or abet or propagate ragging in any form.

Punishment (s) and Penalty (ies) for Ragging

The accused found indulged in the event of ragging, being a criminal and serious offence, will not be spared at any cost. Hence, depending upon the nature and gravity of offence committed in ragging, the university will impose following punishment (s) or penalty (ies) accordingly.

• The student (s) will be suspended from attending his or her class room or academic session
• The student (s) withdrawing a fellowship or scholarship will be deprived from such benefits.
• The student found guilty shall be expelled or debarred from attending any test/entrance exam or examination or any other evaluation tests
• Not furnishing results.
• The  student may be expelled or debarred from participating  in any institutional or university level competitions, events, tournaments, sport events, youth events etc at any regional, national or international level.
• Suspension from hostel.
• Cancellation of admission, suspension, rustication or expulsion from the University / Hostel.
• Suspension from attending university or institution sessions from first to last semesters.
• Suspension or expulsion from institution or university and accordingly be debarred from getting admission in any other institution or university.
• FIR with the police and arrest.
• Collective punishment may be imposed where involved persons are not identified.

Anti - Ragging Cell

1. Anti - Ragging Helpline

2. Anti - Ragging Committee

Every year “Anti Ragging Committee” will be formed with senior Faculty members, duly governed and headed by President. A senior faculty member will be the convener and Deans of all Schools will be members of the committee.

Every member in Anti-Ragging Committee will be totally and completely liable and responsible to ensure that no activity of ragging takes place as mentioned clearly in anti-ragging policy and make sure to implement every instruction at all times.

RNB Global University has a robust, effective and dynamic anti-ragging committee in force.

3. Anti - Ragging Squad

• Every Programme Coordinator/Deputy Director and Director at RNB Global University will be a member of Anti-Ragging Squads. The number of squads will completely depend upon the number of blocks/strengths and floors in the university in order to implement anti-ragging measures effectively.
• The teams of Anti-Ragging Squads will constitute of senior officials, faculty members and senior and fresher students.
• The Squads will be empowered to take prompt action and investigate incidents of ragging at once and report the same to Anti Ragging Control Room/ Anti Ragging Committee for quick action..

RNB Global University has a robust, effective and dynamic anti-ragging Squad in force.

4. Security Cell

The security cell is formed to take care of the security issues of the students within the campus. While reporting about any such issues regarding ragging they must feel free and under no pressure in any case.

5. Residential Staff

In order to ensure a ragging free environment in the campus, university appoints specifically responsible, alert and authorized security personnel as residential staff.

In accordance with the policy, University has constituted the following committee that ensures students a ragging free campus. Meetings are arranged by cell from  time to time