Authority : MCI notification No. MCI-34(1)/2009-Med./25453 dated 3rd August, 2009

Introduction : Ragging in India is a damaging form of interaction of the seniors in college or school with the juniors, new entrants or first year students. Practice of familiarising beginners with their seniors has now turned into a potent tool for ill-treating and punishing the freshers. Under the pretext of fun, a fresher student is often assaulted and intimidated by his seniors. This ritualised torture leaves an indelible impression on his mind. After experiencing the evil of ragging, a student develops a feeling of revenge for his ‘unjustified harassment’ and derives pleasure in ragging his juniors on his turn. So the trend goes on and students continue to suffer. RG Medical College & Research Centre, recognizes ragging as a social evil and pledges to take all necessary steps to curb ragging.

Objective : To root out ragging in all its forms from RGMC & RC by prohibiting it by law, preventing its occurrence by following the provisions of these Regulations of MCI and punishing those who indulge in ragging as provided for in the Regulations and the appropriate law in force.

Definitions :

• "Medical College" means an institution, whether known as such or by any other name, which provides for a programme, beyond 12 years of schooling, for obtaining recognized MBBS qualification from a university and which, in accordance with the rules and regulations of such university, is recognized as competent to provide for such programmes of study and present students undergoing such programmes of study for the examination for the award of recognized MBBS

• "Head of the institution" means the Dean/Principal/Director of the concerned medical college/institution.

• "Ragging" includes the following: Any conduct whether by words spoken or written or by an act which has the effect of harassing, teasing, treating or handling with rudeness any other student, indulging in rowdy or undisciplined activities which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in a fresher or a junior student or asking the students to do any act or perform something which such student will not in the ordinary course and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of a fresher or a junior student.

• "MCI/NMC" means MCI/NMC constituted in terms of Section 3 of Indian Medical Council Act, 1956.

• "University" means a university established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, an institution deemed to be university under Section 3 of the UGC Act,1956, or an institution specially empowered by an Act of Parliament to confer or grant degrees.

Punishable ingredients of Ragging include :

• Abetment to ragging;/ Criminal conspiracy to rag; / Unlawful assembly and rioting while ragging;

• Public nuisance created during ragging; / Violation of decency and morals through ragging;

• Injury to body, causing hurt or grievous hurt; / Wrongful restraint; / Wrongful confinement;

• Use of criminal force; / Extortion; / Criminal trespass; / Offences against property; / Criminal intimidation; / Physical or psychological humiliation. / Assault as well as sexual offences or even unnatural offences; / Attempts to commit any or all of the above mentioned offences against the victim(s); / All other offences following from the definition of "Ragging".

Measures for prohibition of ragging :

• RGMC & RC shall strictly observe the provisions of the Act of the Central Government and the State Governments, if any, or if enacted and / or for the time being in force, considering ragging as a cognizable offence under the law at par with rape and other atrocities against women and ill-treatment of persons belonging to the SC/ST and prohibiting ragging in all its forms in RGMC & RC and all sister institutions.

• Ragging in all its forms shall be totally banned in RGMC & RC including its departments, constituent units, all its premises (academic, residential, sports, canteen, etc) and its sister organisations whether located within the campus or outside and in all means of transportation of students whether public or private.

• RGMC & RC shall take strict action against those found guilty of ragging and/or of abetting ragging.

Membership :

• HOD Forensic Medicine

• HOD Anatomy

• HOD Physiology

• HOD Pharmacology

• Dy. SP (Hathras)

• Inspector (Hanuman Chauki)

• Wardens of boys and girls hostels

• a nominee from Trust

Meeting schedule : Regular

Term : 3 years

Chair : HOD Forensic Medicine

ANTI-RAGGING COMMITTEE IS CONSTITUTED WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS.

SN.	NAME
1.	DR. MUSHIR AHMAD, DEAN
2.	DR. SATYA PRAKASH DIXIT, HOD - FORENSIC MEDICINE
3.	DR. SHIKHA AGGARWAL, PROF. (PHYSIOLOGY)
4.	SRI KRISHNA VEER, MANAGER (ADMN.)
5.	MS. ANNU SINGH, MANAGER (HR)
6.	SRI NIPUN AGGARWAL, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, HATHRAS
7.	SRI PRAVESH KUMAR, INSPECTOR, HANUMAN CHOWKI, HATHRAS
8.	SRI VIVEK VARSHNEY, NEWS 18, LOCAL MEDIA PERSON (MOB. NO. 8868922210)
9.	SRI ANOOP GUPTA, ROTARY CLUB, NGO PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN YOUTH (MOB. NO. 9412176000)