A social evil, ragging causes a negative impact on the student community and could cause long term trauma on the victim. There is no ragging on the DSCA campus as the administration has taken several steps to curb ragging and indiscipline. With respect to the Reference to clause (g) of sub–section (I) of Section 26 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, and AICTE notification vide curricular no. F. No. 37-3/legal /AICTE/2009 dated 25/03/2009, all regulations will be followed strictly in the institute to root out ragging in all its forms.
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Ragging constitutes of following acts:
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- Any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or a fresher;
- Exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of students.
- Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or any other student by students;
- 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;
- Any act or 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;
- 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.
Actions to be taken on those students who indulge in ragging:
- Every single incident of ragging a First Information Report (FIR) will be filed without exception by the institutional authorities with the local police authorities (Kumaraswamy Layout Police Station,Bangalore-560078).
- Depending upon the nature and the gravity of the offence as established the possible punishments for those found guilty of ragging shall be any one or any combination of the following:
| Name | Role | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| Prof Vani Vasudev | Chair person | Professor |
| Ar. Karthik Gowda | Faculty Member | Associate professor |
| Ar. Litty Salas | Faculty Member | Assistant professor |
| Mr. Chinmay Kulkarni | Member | Student UG |
| Mr. Neetu J | Member | Student UG |
| Mr. Pranav Arakera | Member | Student UG |
| Ms. Neha Kumars | Member | Student UG |
| Mr. Suguresha Mallappa | External member | DSCE |