ANTI RAGGING CELL – GUSHKARA MAHAVIDYALAYA
Gushkara Mahavidyalaya started its journey on 9th August 1965 in the peaceful agricultural belt Gushkara in Burdwan District, West Bengal, India. Most of the students come from either economically weaker sections or lower-middle-income groups. We are proud to state that there have been no such instances of ragging since its inception. Yet obeying and respecting the order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, the college authority, Governing Body of the college formed an Anti-Ragging Cell on 08.12.2010 first time. A new Anti-Ragging Cell was formed under the supervision of the Respected Principal on 28.08.2023 for the session of 2023-24 taking into consideration of Honorable Supreme Court rules & regulations and UGC’s new guidelines.
Objectives
- To prohibit 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.
- To bring out an awareness among the students about the consequences of ragging.
- To keep a constant eye and vigilance over ragging to prevent its occurrence.
- To address any ragging issues immediately and take action as advised by the committee.
- Anti-Ragging Cell executive meeting will held thrice in a year.
Anti-Ragging Policy
According to the UGC Regulation on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Institutions, 2009, ragging constitutes one or more of any of the 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, post, 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 of physical or mental abuse (including bullying and exclusion) targeted at another student (fresher or otherwise) on the ground of colour, race, religion, caste, ethnicity, gender (including transgender), sexual orientation, appearance, nationality, regional origins, linguistic identity, place of birth, place of residence or economic background.
Punishments
According to the UGC Regulation on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009, depending on the nature and gravity of the guilt established by the Anti-Ragging Squad, those found guilty may be awarded one or more of the following punishments, namely;
- Warning , writing apology letter
- Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges.
- Withholding/ withdrawing scholarship/ fellowship and other benefits.
- Debarring from appearing in any test/ examination or other evaluation process.
- Withholding results.
- Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc.
- Suspension/ expulsion from the hostel.
- Cancellation of admission.
- Rustication from the institution for periods ranging from one to four semesters.
- Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution for a specified period.
Powers and Functions of Anti-Ragging Cell
- To uphold and comply with the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court and be vigilant on any acts amounting to ragging;
- To publicize to all students and prevalent directives and the actions that can be taken against those indulging in ragging;
- To consider the complaints received from the students and conduct enquiry and submit report to the Anti- Ragging Committee along with punishment recommended for the offenders;
- Oversee the procedure of obtaining undertaking from the students in accordance with the provisions;
- Conduct workshops against ragging menace and orient the students;
- To provide students the information pertaining to contact address and telephone numbers of the person(s) identified to receive complaints/distress calls;
- To offer services of counseling and create awareness to the students;
- To take all necessary measures for the prevention of Ragging inside the Campus.
Committee Members of Anti-Ragging Cell for the current Academic year
Joint Convener
Name
Contact number
E mail id
Dr. Sukhendu Roy
8900281291 sukhendu@gushkaramahavidyalaya.ac.in Dr. Tanusri Senapati
8820112804
tanusri@gushkaramahavidyalaya.ac.in Members of Teaching Staff
Dr. Manisha Mondal
8918749921
Dr. Monimala Mondal
9733471905
monimala@gushkaramahavidyalaya.ac.in
Mukul Biswas
7001981905
Dr. Surajit Rauth
6294112390
surajit@gushkaramahavidyalaya.ac.in
Dr. Sukalyan Chanda
8372036142
Md Hananuzzaman
9064740522 hasanujjaman@gushkaramahavidyalaya.ac.in Manoj Sarkar
9153395062
manoj@gushkaramahavidyalaya.ac.in
Moneswar Sarkar
9832276793
Gour Ch. Ghosh
9614759208
gourchandra@gushkaramahavidyalaya.ac.in Mousumi Ghosh
9564470957
mousumi@gushkaramahavidyalaya.ac.in Ahana Roy
7001468387
ahana@gushkaramahavidyalaya.ac.in
Members of Non Teaching Staff
Dipankar Mondal 9474109587
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Koushik Sarkar
9382301177
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Soumendra Nath Banerjee
9382758616
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