ANTI-RAGGING COMMITTEE:
The Anti-Ragging Committee ensures a ragging-free campus by preventing, monitoring, and addressing any incidents of ragging in the institution. It promotes a safe and welcoming environment for all students, especially freshers, through awareness programs, strict vigilance, and counseling sessions. The committee enforces UGC anti-ragging regulations and takes immediate action against violations, ensuring discipline, dignity, and student safety across the campus.
The Anti-Ragging framework is governed by the UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009 (and amendments) and The Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1999. Compliance is monitored by the Department of Students’ Development (DSD), University of Mumbai, and requires colleges to maintain two distinct bodies — the Anti-Ragging Committee (ARC) for oversight/disciplinary action and the Anti-Ragging Squad (ARS) for active surveillance — backed by strict affidavit compliance, mandatory police reporting, and a graduated penalty structure.
Rules & Regulations
1) Dual-body institutional structure — Colleges must maintain two separate bodies: the ARC (Principal-chaired, with police, civic, NGO, faculty, parent, and student representation) for inquiries and disciplinary orders, and the ARS (faculty/non-teaching staff, no student members) for surprise raids and on-the-spot investigation.
2) Broad definitional scope — Ragging includes not just physical/psychological abuse or financial extortion, but also (under the Equity Amendment) bullying, profiling, or social exclusion based on color, race, religion, caste, gender, sexual orientation, or regional/linguistic identity.
3) Mandatory annual affidavit — Every student and parent/guardian must submit an online Anti-Ragging Undertaking via www.antiragging.in each academic year; the signed PDF with registration ID must be submitted to the college’s anti-ragging desk before enrollment or hall ticket issuance.
4) Institutional publicity obligations — Colleges must display Nodal Officer contact details at key campus hubs, maintain CCTV surveillance in vulnerable zones, and prominently display the National Anti-Ragging Helpline (1800-180-5522).
5) The 24-hour FIR mandate — If the Principal determines a prima facie criminal case exists (based on complaint or ARS recommendation), the institution is legally bound to file an FIR within 24 hours — failure risks UGC penalties including withdrawal of affiliation.
6) Graduated institutional penalty scale — Penalties range from suspension of academic privileges and withholding scholarships/results to debarment from exams, hostel expulsion, rustication (1–4 semesters), or permanent expulsion with cross-institutional admission bar.
7) Collective punishment provision — If individual perpetrators cannot be identified, the institution is legally authorized to impose collective punishment/fines on the entire group or class involved.
8) Criminal offense classification — Ragging is treated as a cognizable, non-bailable criminal offense under Indian penal law and the Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1999 — not merely an internal disciplinary matter.
National Anti-Ragging Helpline
- +91 1800-180-5522 (24×7 Toll Free)
- helpline@antiragging.in
- www.antiragging.in
Contact Details of the Anti-Ragging Committee and Squad
Anti-Ragging Committee (ARC)
- Mr. Sirajuddin Shafi Ahmed Ansari (HOD)