IQAC
Internal Quality Assurance Committee
IQAC Committee
Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) Committee Members
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Curriculum Committee
Curriculum Committee Members
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Anti-Ragging Policy and Committee
Anti-Ragging Committee Members
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Anti-Ragging Policy – College of Nursing
At PRES’s College of Nursing, we are committed to maintaining a ragging-free atmosphere within or outside our campus. This is in line with all instructions issued by M.U.H.S University, University Grants Commission, Government of Maharashtra, and the Supreme Court of India.
What is Ragging?
‘Ragging’ means any display of disorderly conduct or any act that causes or is likely to cause physical or psychological harm, or raises apprehension, fear, shame, or embarrassment to a student in any educational institution. This includes:
- Teasing, abusing, threatening, or playing practical jokes on, or causing harm to a student.
- Asking a student to do something they wouldn’t willingly do in ordinary circumstances.
- The human rights perspective of ragging involves the injury caused to the fundamental right to human dignity through humiliation, which may lead to extreme consequences such as suicide.
Ragging and its Impacts
Ragging has several aspects, including psychological, social, political, economic, cultural, and academic dimensions. The political aspect is apparent from the fact that institutions promoting democratic participation among students generally see fewer incidents of ragging.
Punishment for Ragging
Ragging is a criminal offense and is punishable under both state and national laws. Below are the relevant legal provisions:
- The Indian Nursing Council Prohibition of Ragging Act (2017)
- The Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act (1999)
The following punishments may be imposed on those found guilty of ragging:
- Imprisonment for up to two years and a fine of up to Rs. 10,000.
- Dismissal from the educational institution, with a five-year ban on admission to any other institution.
- Suspension from attending classes, with withdrawal of scholarships and other benefits.
- Debarring from exams or witholding results.
- Suspension or expulsion from the hostel.
Types of Ragging and Punishments
Ragging includes the following types of behavior:
- Indiscipline, teasing, or handling students rudely.
- Disrupting regular academic activities.
- Activities causing psychological harm or creating fear.
- Financial extortion or forceful expenditure.
- Physical abuse or assault, including harm or danger to health.
- Spoken or written abuse, insults, or humiliation.
- Wrongful confinement, kidnapping, molestation, or unnatural offenses.
- Criminal force, trespass, or intimidation.
Possible Punishments:
- Cancellation of admission.
- Suspension from attending classes.
- Withholding or withdrawing scholarships or benefits.
- Debarring from exams and withholding results.
- Suspension or expulsion from the hostel.
- Rustication for 1 to 4 semesters.
- Expulsion from the institution with a ban on admission to any other institution.
- Collective punishment if offenders are unidentified, creating community pressure.
- Lodging of FIR with local police, leading to arrest.