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Regulations pertaining to Student’s Grievance Redressal, Promotion of Equity, Anti-Ragging Measures, and
Prevention of Sexual Harassment etc.:

Regulations and also affirm to the effect that his/her ward has not been expelled
and/or debarred by any institution and further aver that his/her ward would not
indulge, actively or passively, in the act or abet the act of ragging and if found
guilty of ragging and/or abetting ragging, his/her ward is liable to be proceeded
against under these Regulations or under any penal law or any other law for the
time being in force and such action would include but is not limited to debarment
or expulsion of his/her ward.
f) The application for admission shall be accompanied by a document in the forma
of, or annexed to, the School Leaving Certificate/Transfer Certificate/Migration
Certificate/Character Certificate reporting on the inter-personal/social behavioural
pattern of the applicant, to be issued by the school or institution last attended by
the applicant, so that the institution can thereafter keep watch on the applicant, if
admitted, whose behaviour has been commented in such document.

g) A student seeking admission to a hostel forming part of the institution, or seeking
to reside in any temporary premises not forming part of the institution, Including
a private commercially managed lodge or hostel, shall have to submit additional
affidavits countersigned by his/her parents/guardians in the form prescribed in
Annexure I and Annexure II to these Regulations respectively along with his/her
application.
h) Before the commencement of the academic session in any institution, the Head
of various of the Institution shall convene and address a meeting functionaries/
agencies, such as Hostel Wardens, representatives of students, parents/guardians,
faculty, district administration including the police, to discuss the measures to be
taken to prevent ragging in the institution and steps to be taken to identify those
indulging in or abetting ragging and punish them.

i) The institution shall, to make the community at large and the students in particular
aware of the dehumanizing effect of ragging, and the approach of the institution
towards those indulging in ragging, prominently display posters depicting the
provisions of penal law applicable to incidents of ragging, and the provisions of these
Regulations and also any other law for the time being in force, and the punishments
thereof, shall be prominently displayed on Notice Boards of all departments, hostels
and other buildings as well as at places, where students normally gather and at
places, known to be vulnerable to occurrences of ragging incidents.

j) The institution shall request the media to give adequate publicity to the law
prohibiting ragging and the negative aspects of ragging and the institution’s
resolve to ban ragging and punish those found guilty without fear or favour.

k) The institution shall identify, properly illuminate and keep a close watch on all
locations known to be vulnerable to occurrences of ragging incidents.
l) The institution shall tighten security in its premises, especially at vulnerable places
and intense policing by Anti-Ragging Squad, referred to in these Regulations and
volunteers, if any, shall be resorted to at such points at odd hours during the first
few months of the academic session.

m) The institution shall utilize the vacation period before the start of the new academic
year to launch a publicity campaign against ragging through posters, leaflets and
such other means, as may be desirable or required, to promote the objectives of
these Regulations.

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