ANTI – RAGGING COMMITTEE

Ragging has ruined countless innocent lives and careers. As per the directives of Hon’ble Supreme Court and under the provision of Maharashtra Prohibition of ragging act 1999 & 2003, any type of ragging should be prohibited within or outside the college premises. In order to prevent it, institute has constituted Anti-Ragging committee.

What is Ragging?

“Ragging” means display of disorderly conduct, doing of any act which causes or is likely to cause physical and / or psychological harm or raise apprehension or fear or shame or embarrassment to a student in any educational institution and includes

(i) teasing, abusing, threatening or playing practical jokes on, or causing hurt to, such student; or

(ii) asking a student to do any act or perform something which such student will not, in the ordinary course, willingly do.

Penalty for ragging

Whoever directly or indirectly commits, participates in, abets or propagates ragging within or outside any education institution shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees.

Dismissal of students

Any student convicted of an offence under section 4 shall be dismissed from the educational institution and such student shall not be admitted in any other educational institution for a period of five years from the date of order of such dismissal.

Suspension of students

• Whenever any student or, as the case may be, the parent or guardian, or a teacher of an educational institution complains, in writing, of ragging to the head of the educational institution, the head of that educational institution shall, without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, within seven days of the receipt of the complaint, enquire into the matter mentioned in the complaint and if; prima facie, it is found true, suspend the student who is accused of the offence, and shall, immediately forward the complaint to the police station having jurisdiction over the area in which the educational institution is situated, for flirter action.
• Where, on enquiry by the head of the educational institution, it is proved that there is no substance, prima facie, in the complaint received under sub-section (1) of act 1999 and 2003, he shall intimate the fact, in writing, to the complainant.
• The decision of the head of the educational institution that the student has indulged in raggingshall be final.

Mechanism – Institute

• Institution has formed the Anti-ragging committee, Cell and squad for overseeing the implementation of the provisions of the verdict.
• The Anti ragging Committee will monitor and endeavor to resolve grievances relating to ragging of students at the College level.
• The complaint if any received will be forwarded to the said committee.
• The said committee will look into the complaint and call the concerned complainant personally for hearing the grievance immediately.
• The committee considers the complaints received from the students, conduct enquiry and submit the report to higher authority.
• Oversee the procedure of obtaining undertaking from the students in accordance with the provisions.
• Conduct workshops against ragging menace and orient the students.
• The contact address and telephone numbers of the committee members can be displayed on all notice boards to receive complaints calls.
• An awareness among the students can be created about the intensiveness of Anti ragging rules and regulations.
• All necessary measures can be taken for the prevention of ragging inside and outside the College campus.
• Member Secretary will prepare and maintain the record of work as per the guidelines.

Roles and Responsibilities of Anti-Ragging committee

• To ensure compliance with the provision of UGC regulation 2009 as well as any law for the time being in force concerning ragging at the institute level.
• To monitor and oversee the performance of the Anti-Ragging Squad in prevention of ragging in the institution.

ANTI RAGGING COMMITTEE

Sr.no	Name of committee member	Designation	Post	Mobile no	Email id
1	Prof.Dr.V.M. PATIL	PRINCIPAL	CHAIRMAN	8208019095	patil.vilas@rediffmail.com
2	Prof.D.S. MAHAJAN	CIVILIAN	MEMBER	9326047655	dsmahajan@gmail.com
3	MR. MUKUND PATIL	POLICE ADMINSTRATION	MEMBER	9823191005	nagaonengg@rediffmail.com
4	DR. NILESH SURYWANSHI	LOCAL MEDIA	MEMBER	9673459598	nileshsuryawanshipatil088@gmail.com
5	DR. JAGDISH GINDODIA	YOUTH NGO	MEMBER	02562274856	jrgindodiadiaskin@gmail.com
6	MR. SANJAY S CHAUDHARI	PARENT	MEMBER	9607657385	Sanjayschaudhari51@gmail.com
7	PROF. G.M. PODDAR	FACULTY MEMBER	MEMBER	7972451782	Gmpoddar2811@gmail.com
8	PROF. JAGRUTI SARANG PATIL	FACULTY MEMBER	MEMBER	8208340523	saujagrutipatil@gmail.com
9	PROF. B.N. PATIL	NON-TEACHING MEMBER	MEMBER	8329345986	bansilallpatil@gmail.com
10	MR. PRATHMESH MURLIDHAR PATIL	IST YEAR STUDENTS	MEMBER	9322640298	Patilprathmaesh677@gmail.com
11	MR. GIRISH JAGDISH AMRUTKAR	IVTH YEAR STUDENTS	MEMBER	8007827353	girishamrutkar6@gmail.com