Vivekananda College of Engineering & Technology  Puttur

Objectives:

1. To develop a culture ragging free environment in the College Campus

2. To devise strategies and action plan for curbing the menace of ragging in the institute and hostels

3. To stringently deal with the ragging cases whenever observed.

4. To create student awareness about ragging, its scope and legal issues

5. To organize talks by the experts about peer respect, mind control, substance abuse etc.

As per the order of Supreme Court of India and subsequent Notification from University Grants Commission (UGC), ragging constitutes one or more of any intention by any student or group of students on:

1. Any act of Indiscipline, Teasing or Handling with Rudeness.

2. Any act that Prevents, Disrupts the Regular Academic Activity.

3. Any activity which is likely to cause Annoyance, hardship, Psychological Harm or creates Fear or Apprehension.

4. Any Act of Financial Extortion or Forceful Expenditure.

5. Any Act of Physical Abuse causing Assault, Harm or danger to Health.

6. Any Act of abuse by spoken words, emails, SMS or public insult etc.

7. Any Act of injury or infringement of the fundamental right to the human dignity.

8. Any Act of Wrongful Confinement, Kidnapping, molesting or committing unnatural offences, use of criminal forces, trespass or intimidation.

9. Any unlawful assembly or conspiracy to ragging.

Punishment to those found guilty:

Any student or group of students found guilty of ragging in the campus or even outside the campus shall be liable to one or more of the following punishments

1.  Debarring from appearing in any sessional test / University Examination

2. Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges

3. Withdrawing scholarships and other benefits

4. Suspension from the college

5. Cancellation of the admission

6. Withholding the results.