Date(s): 13th July 2023
Time: 5.30 P.M. to 7.00 P.M.
Venue: Seminar Hall, DYPBS
Resource Person: Adv. Kavita Saxena
Participants: Students of batch 2023-25
Faculty Coordinator: Dr. Sonali, Dr. Tejashri Talla, Ms. Suman Deokota
Organizer : Anti Ragging Committee of DYPBS
Objectives:
To spread awareness on Anti Ragging to get ragging free campus.
On July 13, 2023, DR. D.Y. Patil B School organized an orientation session on Ragging as a Threat to Modern Society” by Advocate Kavita Saxena. The session commenced with the felicitation of the guest (Advocate Kavita Saxena) by Dr. Sonali Saha, associate professor at Dr. D.Y. Patil B School. Advocate Kavita started her session with the introduction and history of the Anti-Ragging Act, 2009.
A brief history of the act:
Mr. Anand Kachroo was the revolutionary man in bringing the Anti-Ragging Act, 2009. His son, Aman Kachroo, died due to ragging by his seniors. After his son’s death, Mr. Anand decided to fight for the cause of ragging for freshmen by starting the “Aman Movement.” This movement led to a huge impact in society, and because of this movement, ragging cases dropped by 40% in India. Finally, in 2009, the Honorable Supreme Court of India passed the Anti-Ragging Act, and the University Grant Commission (UGC) implemented this act in all these institutes.
The speaker then talked about the psychology of the people behind ragging, and these were:
- Many consider newcomers potential competitors in the job market.
- No moral values or etiquette.
- Juniors are supposed to obey seniors.
- It is funny.
- Might is Right” ego.
The speaker then moved on to the measures for prevention of ragging at the institution level, under which she explained the student’s responsibility and the institute’s responsibility for dealing with the ragging cases. Students’ responsibility is to sign an undertaking related to ragging under which they accept that they will not be involved in any kind of ragging activity, and if they do so, they will be punishable as per the Anti-Ragging Act, 2009, whereas the institute’s responsibility to deal with ragging is to:
- Put the banners of anti-ragging everywhere on campus.
- Guidelines for UGC for anti-ragging in the prospectus.
- Orientation session on anti-ragging for the freshmen.
- Setting up an anti-ragging committee.
The speaker then throws light on the punishable instances of ragging, and they are:
- Abetment of ragging
- Criminal conspiracy to rag
- Unlawful assembly to rag
- Public nuisance caused
- Violation of decency
- Criminal trespass.
- Wrongful restraint
- Wrongful confinement.
- Use of criminal force
- Extortion.
- Sexual offence.
- Physical and physiological humiliation
Punishment for the guilty:
- Suspension of the guilty
- Scholarship benefit cancelled.
- barred from exams/result withheld.
- Permanently expelled from the institute.
- A fine of ₹25000 up to 100000 on the offender.
The speaker also shared the National Helpline Number of anti-ragging (800-180-5522) and the email ID, i.e., helpline@antiragging.in, with the students. She also shared the complaint tracking website, which is www.antiragging.in. The speaker concluded the session with the line “Be a buddy, not a bully”.
After her speech, there was a Q&A session where the students interacted with the speaker and cleared their doubts and queries related to the laws of ragging. The session ends with a vote of thanks by Ms. Annie, a student at Dr. D.Y. Patil B-school.
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Annexures
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• Notice of the event
• Flyer of the event
• Invitation to the resource person
• Attendance with signature
• Photos of events with geotags.
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