1. Any conduct by any student or students whether by words spoken or written or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness a fresher or any other student.
2. Indulging in rowdy or undisciplined activities by any student or students which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship, physical or psychological harm or to raise fear/apprehension thereof in any fresher or any other student.
3. Asking any student to do any act which such student will not in the ordinary course do and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame or torment or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of such fresher or any other student.
4. Any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or a fresher.
5. Exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of students.
6. Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or any other student by students.
7. 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 health or person.
8. Any act of abuse by spoken words, emails, posts, public insults which would also include deriving perverted pleasure, vicarious or sadistic thrill from actively or passively participating in the discomfiture to fresher or any other student.
9. Any act that affects the mental health and self-confidence of a fresher or any other student 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.

In every single incident of ragging, a First Information Report (FIR) must be filed by institutional authorities. Depending on the nature and gravity, punishments include:

• Suspension from classes
• Withholding/withdrawing scholarship or benefits
• Debarment from exams/evaluations or withholding results
• Fines with public apology
• Suspension/expulsion from hostel
• Rustication from 1 to 4 semesters
• Expulsion from the institution and debarment from others

Collective Punishment: If offenders aren't identified, the institution may impose collective punishment to deter future acts.

Directives of the Hon'ble Supreme Court

Ragging includes:

• Conduct teasing or handling with rudeness a fresher or student
• Rowdy/undisciplined behavior causing harm or fear in any fresher or student

HI-TECH COLLEGES HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR RAGGING

Ragging is any act violating a student’s dignity.

• Ragging is banned
• Ragging is a social evil
• Ragging is a criminal offence
• Ragging can lead to 1–7 years of imprisonment and fine

Myths and Facts

Myth: Ragging makes one bold.
Fact: It promotes silent suffering, not strength.

Myth: Ragging helps in bonding.
Fact: It’s archaic, harmful, and abusive. There are healthier, respectful ways to bond.

Myth: Ragging unites students.
Fact: It fosters division and mob mentality. It violates equality and humanity.

Ragging has claimed innocent lives.
Ragging is a perverted act.
Let us stop the cycle.
Be a part of a ragging-free campus.

SAY NO TO RAGGING