Constitution of Anti-Ragging Committee – 2020

The Government of West Bengal has enacted Anti Ragging Law, “West Bengal Prohibition of Ragging in Educational Institutions Act 2000” to prevent ragging at the Educational Institution. Further, the Government has directed all Heads of educational institution of the State to form Anti Ragging Committee to implement strictly and punish the students indulging in ragging activities stringently as per the provision of the law.

The Supreme Court in its order, dated the 16th May 2007, has ordered a crackdown on ragging on campuses across the country. The court made it compulsory for Colleges and other educational institutions to register FIRs and said exemplary punishment should be awarded to offenders, so that it acts as deterrent.

In pursuance of the above orders and directives, an Anti-Ragging Committee is hereby reconstituted as per AICTE norms for the academic year 2020 – 2021 with the following members:

Additional members including representatives from B.Tech and MCA students may be inducted as may be required. The Committee will function with immediate effect.

The Functions, Duties and Responsibilities :

Power of the Committee has been elaborately stated and explained in the Act. The Committee will commence its functioning with immediate effect to prevent occurrence/recurrence of incidence of ragging throughout the academic year 2020 – 2021. Any case of ragging within the premises of the Institute as well as its authorized hostels will come under the purview of the Committee in case of emergency, Founder Trustee & Chief Mentor / Principal / Registrar (Actg.) / Co-ordinator & Deputy Co-ordinator may be contacted on Phone Nos. as given below :