Mata Gujri College of Pharmacy – We stand against Ragging

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All individuals are entitled to basic right of liberty and freedom; and this includes a newcomer at Mata Gujri College of Pharmacy. We welcome all newcomers with an open heart, and try our best to make their journey at our premises as pleasant and educational as possible.

We at Mata Gujri College of Pharmacy recognize that ragging damages self esteem of students and has a long history of collapsing countless lives, irrespective of seniority of the student. That’s why everyone at Mata Gujri College of Pharmacy has taken a pledge to make the institute a ragging-free zone.

Ragging is a punishable offence according to “UGC Regulation on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009”. Mata Gujri College of Pharmacy has adopted an impregnable strategy to tackle the menace. A monitoring mechanism comprising of the Anti Ragging Committee (ARC) and the Anti Ragging Squad (ARS) is responsible to eliminate ragging from the campus.

A victim of ragging, or their parents/guardian should write to the Chairman, and the ARC, giving details of the ragging incident without any delay. The ARC will investigate and suggest mode of punishment to the guilty party. In accordance with the PCI rules, the ARC will file a First Information Report (FIR) with the local police authorities. It is understood that once an FIR is lodged, the offence will be treated as per the provisions of the law of the and accordingly; persons involved in ragging cases will be tried for criminal offence.

All members of Mata Gujri College of Pharmacy are to sign an undertaking stating that they will fight for ragging-free Mata Gujri College of Pharmacy. Mata Gujri College of Pharmacy has made it compulsory for its students to sign the undertaking. The parent/guardian are also to countersign such an undertaking.

Mata Gujri University is happy to announce that not a single case of ragging, not even a minor one, was reported in the last academic season. We have created a healthy tradition at Mata Gujri University, and we intend to keep it that way!

                                                                                                                             ANTI-RAGGING POLICY

A. In accordance with the order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court dated 10.12.2007, in the Special Leave to Appeal (Civil)NOS 24295 and 24296-99 of 2004, “if any incident of ragging comes to the notice of the authority, the concerned student shall be given liberty to explain and if his explanation is not found satisfactory, the authority would expel him from the institution.” There is Zero Tolerance towards any unethical activity.

B. The candidates seeking admission have to give an undertaking that they will abide by the rules and regulations prescribed and abide by an action taken in this regard against students by the College Authority.

C. Ragging in any form is strictly prohibited within the premises of University as well as on public transport.

D. Ragging, for the purpose of the Ordinance, means any act, conduct or practice by which dominant power or status of senior students, is brought to bear on students freshly enrolled or students who are in any way considered junior or inferior by other students and includes individual or collective acts or practices which:

1. involve physical assault or threat or use of physical force;
2. violate the status, dignity and honour of women students;
3. violate the status, dignity and honour of students belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Tribes;
4. expose students to ridicule and contempt and affect their self-esteem;
5. entrain verbal and aggression, indecent gestures and obscene behaviour.