Anti-Ragging Committee
Ragging is strictly banned at SANCET. Every student has the right to a safe, respectful campus.
Ragging is banned on our campus
Ragging is strictly banned at SANCET and by the Supreme Court of India. Anyone found indulging in it will face strict action, irrespective of the extent. An Anti-Ragging Committee is formed and brought into operation by the Principal even before first-year classes begin.
Ragging is not a means of familiarisation or an introduction to freshers — it is a violation of human rights and a heinous crime, heavily punishable under law. Ragging may spoil your career forever.
Know the rulesDefinition of ragging"Causing, inducing, compelling or forcing a student, whether by way of practical joke or otherwise, to do any act which detracts from human dignity or violates his/her person or exposes him/her to ridicule, or to forbear from doing any lawful act — by intimidating, wrongfully restraining, wrongfully confining, or injuring him/her, or by using criminal force on him/her, or by holding out any threat of intimidation, wrongful confinement, injury or the use of criminal force."
What constitutes ragging
Teasing or rudeness
Any conduct — spoken, written or by action — that teases, or treats or handles a fresher or any other student with rudeness.
Rowdy or undisciplined acts
Activities that cause, or are likely to cause, annoyance, hardship, physical or psychological harm, fear or apprehension.
Forcing shameful acts
Asking a student to do something they would not ordinarily do, causing shame, torment or embarrassment.
Exploiting services
Making a fresher or any other student complete academic tasks assigned to others.
Financial extortion
Any act of financial extortion or forcing expenditure on a fresher or any other student.
Physical or sexual abuse
All forms of physical abuse — sexual abuse, assault, stripping, forcing obscene acts or gestures, or causing bodily harm.
Verbal or online abuse
Abuse through spoken words, emails, posts or public insults, including deriving pleasure from another's discomfort.
Harming mental health
Any act that affects the mental health and self-confidence of a student, or shows off power or superiority over them.
Actions suggested by AICTE
- Punishment must be exemplary and justifiably harsh to deter recurrence. Students found guilty of ragging should be debarred from admission to any technical institution in India.
- A First Information Report (FIR) must be filed with the local police for every incident of ragging, without exception.
- Depending on the nature and gravity of the offence, as established by the Anti-Ragging Committee, the institution shall impose any one or a combination of the punishments listed.
- Collective punishment: when those committing or abetting ragging are not identified, the institution shall resort to collective punishment to ensure community pressure on potential raggers.
- The institution shall inform the Council of any incident of ragging on its premises, with the action taken, immediately — and update the status of the case from time to time.
- Courts should take up ragging cases on a priority basis, sending the message that ragging will be dealt with sternly.
