Anti Ragging measures

Ragging in any form is strictly prohibited in the campus and outside. ZMC rigidly implements the anti-ragging measures issued by Medical Council of India (Prevention and Prohibition of Ragging in Medical Colleges/Institutions) Regulations-2009, amended up to and published in Gazette on 05.04.2018, by formation of Anti-Ragging committee and squad. It is mandatory to fill the Anti-Ragging undertaking, by every student at the time of the admission and on commencement of every academic year.

This regulation has now been replaced by Section 16 of the National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019. Definition of Ragging and details on prohibit and prevent this crime with the prescribed penalties and actions are available with the Institute Anti-Ragging Committee are presented below:

11.2. Anti-Ragging Measures

Definition of Ragging and Action that may constitute Ragging

Ragging is “Any disorderly conduct whether by words spoken or written or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness any other student, indulging in rowdy or undisciplined activities which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in a fresher or a junior student or asking the students to do any act or perform something which such student or asking the students to do any act or perform something which such student will not in the ordinary course and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of a fresher or a junior student.” (Raghavan Committee Report, 2007, para. 3.19 and UGC Notification F.1-16/2007(CPP-II dated 17, 2009

a. Actions that may constitute Ragging

The following actions are included but not limited to those that may constitute “Ragging”

(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 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 the 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, snail-mails, blogs, 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 of physical or mental abuse (including bullying and exclusion) targeted at another student (fresher or otherwise) on the ground of colour, race, religion, caste, ethnicity, gender (including transgender), sexual orientation, appearance, nationality, regional origins, linguistic identity, place of birth, place of residence or economic background

(j) Any act that undermines human dignity and respect through humiliation or otherwise

(k) 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

(l) Any other act not explicitly mentioned above but otherwise construed as an act of ragging in the letter and spirit of the definition under Section 3 of these regulations

Penalties for Ragging

(a) The nature of punitive actions that may be decided shall include but shall not be limited to the following, with the provision that one or more of these actions may be imposed, as deemed fit:

(i) Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges.

(ii) Withholding/ withdrawing scholarship/ fellowship and other benefits

(iii) Debarring from appearing in any test/examination or other evaluation process

(iv) Withholding results

(v) Debarring from attending Conference and other academic programmes

(vi) Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc

(vii) Suspension/expulsion from the hostel

(viii) Imposition of a fine ranging from Rupees Twenty-Five Thousand to Rupees One Lakh only

(ix) Cancellation of admission

(x) Rustication from the institution for period ranging from one to four semesters

(xi) Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution for a specified period

(b) Additionally, as provided under Section 4.3, it shall be mandatory to enter whether the student has been punished for the offence of committing or abetting ragging, or not, as also whether the student has displayed persistent violent or aggressive behaviour or any inclination to harm others in the Migration/ Transfer Certificate issued to the student by the institution

(d)The Head of the Institution shall follow-up the information regarding the incident of Ragging provided, under Section 8(c) of these Regulations, to the University to which the institution is affiliated with a report regarding the findings of the institutional level inquiry/investigations and the actions taken thereof

(e) The Head of the Institution shall provide a report regarding the incident of ragging and the actions taken thereof to the National Medical Commission having informed earlier according to the provisions of Section 8(c)