About this Committee
Charter and purpose
Establishment of Anti Ragging Committee (As per All India Council for Technical Education notified Regulation for prevention and prohibition of ragging in AICTE approved Technical Institutions vide No.37-3/ Legal/ AICTE/ 2009 dated 01.07.2009).Also, a Public notice was issued on 10th Aug 2015 in this context to prevent ragging in affiliated Institutions
The following steps were taken by the Institute to Prevent Ragging: Putting up appropriate hoardings and banners in noticeable places on campus to urge students to abstain from and prevent ragging. In the event of a raging issue, these posters also list the names of the officials and their phone numbers. Establishing Anti-Ragging Committees and dedicated squads, as per the direction from the university to ensure strict adherence to the directives of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India and the recommendations of the Raghavan Committee, without any exceptions. The committee at the college was reconstituted as per the Ktu circular (No. KTU/ASST6(ADMIN)/1902/2021) dated 26/09/21.
In order to protect college students' safety and wellbeing, the Anti-Ragging Committee of KMCTCOE is essential. Its main goals are to stop and prevent acts of ragging, which include any kind of physical, psychological, or mental harassment of students. The committee's duties include putting anti-ragging rules into place, planning orientation programs, and raising awareness of the negative effects of ragging. In addition, they manage complaints, carry out investigations, and punish offenders appropriately. The committee promotes a culture of respect, empathy, and zero tolerance for ragging while collaborating closely with teachers, staff, and student leaders to ensure a peaceful and welcoming atmosphere.
Office Bearers
Chair, conveners and coordinators
Mr. Sumod T
ConvenerCommittee Members
8 members on record
Dr. Jaya C K
Mr. Jenny J Mattam
Mr. Rajesh R
Mr. Hemand E P
Ms. Anju C R
Ms. Jesmi Prakash
Responsibilities
Mandate and scope of work
- 1 Put up anti-ragging hoardings and display official contact details on campus.
- 2 Operate the Anti-Ragging Committee and squads as per university directives and Supreme Court / Raghavan Committee recommendations.
- 3 Receive complaints, conduct enquiries, and recommend action in line with institutional policy.
What Constitutes Ragging
UGC Anti-Ragging Regulations, 2009 - Clause 3
- a 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.
- b 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 or apprehension thereof in any fresher or any other student.
- c 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.
- d Any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or a fresher.
- e Exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of students.
- f Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or any other student by students.
- g 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.
- h Any act or abuse by spoken words, emails, post, 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.
- i 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.
UGC Regulation on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009 (Clause 3: What constitutes ragging), items (a) through (i), as published by UGC/AICTE.
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