TKM Institute of Technology
Karuvelil, Kollam
OFFICE ORDER
No: TKMIT/Ragging/2009/01 August 03, 2009
Sub: Formation of Institute level anti ragging committee and squads Reg.
Ref: Directives of the Supreme Court of India, dated May 16, 2007 in SLP No
(s) 24295 of 2006 University of Kerala Vs Council, Principals’, Colleges, Kerala & Ors (with SLP(C) No. 24296 99/2004 & W.P. (Crl) No. 173/2006 and SLP(C) No. 14356/2005).
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India admitted and heard the above referred SLPs in relation to the menace of ragging in Technical Institutions/ Universities/ Colleges in the Country.
In this connection, a committee headed by Dr. R.K. Raghavan, former Director of CBI, for giving specific recommendations on effective prevention of ragging in educational institutions was constituted by the apex court.
Accordingly, the Committee had carried out a very detailed study on the various factors contributing for ragging and collected the public opinion. Further, the Committee had submitted a detailed report with suitable recommendations and measures required to effectively curb the menace. The recommendations of the Committee were duly accepted. The following directives have been issued to all the educational institutes for necessary implementation by the Hon’ble Court and this institute proposes to follow them.
I. Factors enlisted by the committee:
1. Primary responsibility for curbing ragging rests with academic institutions themselves.
2. Ragging adversely impacts the standards of higher education.
3. Incentives should be available to institutions for curbing the menace and there should be disincentives for failure to do so.
4. Enrolment in academic pursuits or a campus life should not immunize any adult citizen from penal provisions of the laws of the land.
5. Ragging needs to be perceived as failure to inculcate human values from the schooling stage.
6. Behavioral patterns among students, particularly potential ‘raggers’, need to be identified.
7. Measures against ragging must deter its recurrence.
8. Concerted action is required at the level of the school, higher educational institution, district administration, university, State and Central Governments to make any curb effective.
9. Media and the Civil Society should be involved in this exercise.
II. Recommendations approved by the Supreme Court.
1. The punishment to be meted out has to be exemplary and justifiably harsh to act as a deterrent against recurrence of such incidents.
2. Every single incident of ragging where the victim or his parent/guardian or the Head of institution is not satisfied with the institutional arrangement for action, a First Information Report must be filed without exception by the institutional authorities with the local police authorities. Any failure on the part of the institutional authority or negligence or deliberate delay in lodging the FIR with the local police shall be construed to be an act of culpable negligence on the part of the institutional authority. If any victim or his parent/guardian of ragging intends to file FIR directly with the police, that will not absolve the institutional authority from the requirement of filing the FIR.
3. In the prospectus to be issued for admission by educational institutions, it shall be clearly stipulated that in case the applicant for admission is found to have indulged in ragging in the past or if it is noticed later that he has indulged in ragging, admission may be refused or he shall be expelled from the educational institution.
4. It shall be the collective responsibility of the authorities and functionaries of the concerned institution and their role shall also be open to scrutiny for the purpose of finding out whether they have taken effective steps for preventing ragging and in case of their failure, action can be taken; for
example, denial of any grant-in-aid or assistance from the State Governments.
5. Anti ragging committees and squads shall be forthwith formed by the institutions and it shall be the job of the committee or the squad, as the case may be, to see that the Committee’s recommendations, more particularly those noted above, are observed without exception and if it is noticed that there is any deviation, the same shall be forthwith brought to the notice of this Court.
6. The Committee constituted pursuant to the order of this Court shall continue to monitor the functioning of the anti ragging committees and the squads to be formed. They shall also monitor the implementation of the recommendations to which reference has been made above.
III. Action Taken by the Institute:
i. Formation of Committees & Squads: Complying with the directives of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, the Institute has formed the following anti ragging committees and squads for overseeing the implementation of the provisions of the verdict with immediate effect:
1) Institute level Anti ragging Committee:
Dean /Staff Advisor Students’ Affairs Chairman Staff advisor weaker section Member Head Physical Edn. Member Chief Warden Member Registrar Member HoD Member PTA Vice. President Member Gen. Sec. SAC Member Joint. Sec. SAC (Lady) Member Dy. Registrar, Academic Mem Secy
2) Institute level Anti ragging Squads:
Chief warden Chairman Wardens in charge of all Hostels Member All Hostel Secretaries Member Faculty Advisors & faculty members Member (The Committee breaks in to 5 6 squads)
3) Hostel Level Anti ragging Squads:
(One for each Hostel)
Warden of the Hostel Convener All other Wardens of the Hostels/Resident tutors Member Lecturer, Physical Edn. Member Secretary Hostel Affairs Council Member Members of the Hostel Affairs Council Member
The Institute level Anti ragging Squads and Hostel level Anti ragging Squads shall work in co ordination with the Institute level Anti ragging committee and oversee the implementation of the recommendations.
ii. Undertaking from Students and Parents.
Each of the student of the Institute and his/her parents and, or Guardian are hereby required to submit a combined undertaking at the time of registration, in the prescribed format as attached to this order, which is mandatory for registration.
Institute shall be constituting such Committees forthwith and will be announcing it for the benefit of the concerned. All concerned officials of the Institute, students, parents & guardians of the students, members of Anti ragging committees & Anti ragging squads are hereby requested to adhere to the stipulations and effectively monitor and comply with the provisions made in the directives. The Institution follows the policy of zero tolerance to ragging.
Sd/ (Principal)
TKM Institute of Technology, Karuvelil, Kollam
Undertaking from the Students as per the provisions of anti ragging verdict by the Hon’ble Supreme Court
I, Mr./Ms. ____________________________________, Roll No.: ……………………………., Program: ……………………… Dept. …………………..………………………………, student of TKM Institute of Technology, Karuvelil, Kollam, Kerala do hereby undertake on this day the following with respect to above subject and Office Order No: TKMIT/Ragging/2009/01, August 03, 2009.
1) That I have read and understood the directives of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on anti ragging and the measures proposed to be taken in the above references. (available at http://www.tkmit.ac.in)
2) That I understand the meaning of Ragging and know that the ragging in any form is a punishable offence and the same is banned by the Court of Law.
3)That I have not been found or charged for my involvement in any kind of ragging in the past. However, I undertake to face disciplinary action/legal proceedings including expulsion from the Institute if the above statement is found to be untrue or the facts are concealed, at any stage in future.
4)That I shall not resort to ragging in any form at any place and shall abide by the rules/laws prescribed by the Courts, Govt. of India and the Institute authorities for the purpose from time to time.
5) That I understand I am liable to be dismissed summarily if found involved in ragging another student.
Signature of Student
I hereby fully endorse the undertaking made by my child / ward.
Signature of Mother / Father and or Guardian
