Prevention of Ragging in SVCE   A. Policy   B. What constitutes Ragging?   C. Punishments that may be awarded for Ragging.   D. The Mandatory Disclosure of Information Regarding Measures for Prevention of Ragging as per AICTE Notification 2009   E. Anti-Ragging Information leaflet for freshers - Part I.   F. List of Mentors.   G. Affidavits to be signed by Student and Parents.
A. Anti-Ragging Policy of SVCE
Ragging in any form is totally prohibited in and outside the campus of Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering. It is the objective of every member of SVCE community consisting of the Management, Faculty and Staff members and as well as all students and their parents/guardians to make the College a 'ragging free' Institution and ensure a conducive environment for freshers to adapt to the changes that the college life may demand on them and grow up along with their seniors. The College is committed to follow all Regulations and Guidelines promulgated by the UGC and other higher authorities from time to time. The college will not permit or condone any incident of ragging in any form and will take all necessary and required measures to achieve the objective of eliminating ragging, within the institution or outside. The College will follow the UGC REGULATIONS ON CURBING THE MENACE OF RAGGING IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, 2009. (F.1-16/2007(CPP-II) dated 17th June, 2009) and take stringent action against those found guilty of ragging and/or abetting ragging, actively or passively, or being part of a conspiracy to promote ragging, in accordance with these and other Regulations in force..
B. What constitutes Ragging?
As defined by the UGC, Ragging constitutes one or more of any of the following acts:- any conduct by any student or students whether by words spoken or written or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness a fresher or any other student; indulging in rowdy or indisciplined activities by any student or students which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship, physical or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in any fresher or any other student; asking any student to do any act which such student will not in the ordinary course do and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame, or torment or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of such fresher or any other student; any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or a fresher; exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of students. any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or any other student by students; any act of physical abuse including all variants of it: sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, forcing obscene and lewd acts, gestures, causing bodily harm or any other danger to health or person; any act or abuse by spoken words, emails, post, public insults which would also include deriving perverted pleasure, vicarious or sadistic thrill from actively or passively participating in the discomfiture to fresher or any other student ; any act that affects the mental health and self-confidence of a fresher or any other student with or without an intent to derive a sadistic pleasure or showing off power, authority or superiority by a student over any fresher or any other student.
C. Punishments that may be awarded for Ragging.
Every incident of ragging will be investigated by one of the Anti ragging Squads who will go into the details and submit all relevant information to the Principal along with their findings and recommendations. On receipt of the recommendation of the Anti Ragging Squad or on receipt of any information concerning any reported incident of ragging, the Principal will determine if a case under the penal laws is made out and if so, either on his own or through a member of the Anti-Ragging Committee authorised by him in this behalf, proceed to file a First Information Report (FIR), within twenty four hours of receipt of such information or recommendation, with the police and local authorities, under the appropriate penal provisions relating to one or more specified clauses of the UGC Regulations, for further action. Further, the Anti-Ragging Committee of SVCE will, depending on the nature and gravity of the guilt established by the Anti-Ragging Squad/s, award, to those found guilty, one or more of the following punishments, namely:- Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges. Withholding/ withdrawing scholarship/ fellowship and other benefits Debarring from appearing in any test/ examination or other evaluation process. Withholding results. Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc. Suspension/ expulsion from the hostel. Cancellation of admission. Rustication from the institution for period ranging from one to four semesters. Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution for a specified period. Where the persons committing or abetting the act of ragging are not identified, the college will resort to collective punishment. (As per UGC Regulations, an appeal against the order of punishment by the Anti-Ragging Committee of SVCE lies with the Vice-Chancellor of Anna University, Chennai)
D. The Mandatory Disclosure of Information Regarding Measures for Prevention of Ragging as per AICTE Notification 2009.
Name of the institution: Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering Address:Post bag no:3, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur-602105 Name and Address of the affiliated university:Anna University, Guindy, Chennai-600 025 Name and Address of DTE  or any other related state government office: Commissioner of Technical Education, Guindy,Chennai-600025. Date of Constitution of Anti Ragging Committee: Anti Ragging Committee was formed on 25.08.2009 Contact details of in-charge (Name,  address,Phone No,Email Id) (i) Dr.R.Ramachandran Principal, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur-602105 Phone No:044-27152000 Ext No:103 Mobile: 94442 25575 Email Id: rrama@svce.ac.in (ii) Prof. E.G. Govindan Vice Principal, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur-602105 Phone No:044-27152000 Ext No:351 Mobile:98416 06220 Email: govindan@svce.ac.in (iii) Dr. M. Gopalakrishnan, Dean (Student Affairs) Pennalur, Sriperumbudur-602105 Phone No:044-27152000 Ext No: 251 Mobile: 98407 91496 Email Id: gopala@svce.ac.in Date of constitution of Anti Ragging by squad: Anti Ragging Squads were constituted on 30/08/2009. Number of surprise raids conducted by squad: 222 visits (approximately) Number of ragging incidents reported: 2 Action taken on reported cases: Action taken for the first incident: The students were suspended for 14 working days.They were also not permitted to appear the continuous assessment test conducted for that month. The students were asked to report back with their parent and both the students and the parent were asked to give an undertaking assurance the good conduct of the student for the remaining period of his study in the college. Action taken for the second incident: One student was rusticated with immediate effect till the commencement of the even semester of the academic year 2010-11. He was not permitted to take his VI semester subjects in the university examinations in April/May 2010. He was however permitted to appear his arrear subjects. He was to redo his VI semester in the next academic year 2010-11 with due permissions and continue his course thereafter. Another student was debarred from appearing VI semester subjects in the university examinations in April/May 2010. He was however, permitted to appear his arrear subjects during the university examinations. He will continue to attend classes during the remaining semester days. Number of Monitoring cell constituted: 7 Incorporation of directions as provisioned under clause 11 (a) of the regulation in the prospectus /advertisement issued for admission: Yes Receipts of affidavits from the students and parents as envisaged under the regulation: YES PRINCIPAL
E. Anti-Ragging Information leaflet for freshers - Part I.
A. Anti-Ragging Policy of SVCE: Ragging in any form is totally prohibited in and outside the campus of Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering. It is the objective of every member of SVCE community consisting of the Management, Faculty and Staff members and as well as all students and their parents/guardians to make the College a 'ragging free' Institution and ensure a conducive environment for freshers to adapt to the changes that the college life may demand on them and grow up along with their seniors. The College is committed to follow all Regulations and Guidelines promulgated by the UGC and other higher authorities from time to time. The college will not permit or condone any incident of ragging in any form and will take all necessary and required measures to achieve the objective of eliminating ragging, within the institution or outside. The College will follow the UGC REGULATIONS ON CURBING THE MENACE OF RAGGING IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, 2009. (F.1-16/2007(CPP-II) dated 17th June, 2009) and take stringent action against those found guilty of ragging and/or abetting ragging, actively or passively, or being part of a conspiracy to promote ragging, in accordance with these and other Regulations in force. B) Advice to all I year students: ALL I YEAR STUDENTS ARE ADVISED TO BE AWARE OF ANTI-RAGGING MEASURES AND REPORT ANY DIFFICULTY TO THE COLLEGE AUTHORITIES AS BELOW IN PERSON OR BY MOBILE AT THE EARLIEST. C) Telephone Numbers of Anti-Ragging Committee members: College staff: 1) Prof. R. Ramachandran, Principal - 94442 25575; College Extn: 103 2) Prof. E.G. Govindan, Vice Principal - 98416 06220; College Extn: 351 3) Dr. M. Gopalakrishnan, Dean (Student Affairs) - 98407 91496; College Extn: 251 4) Prof. S. Krishnan, Warden, SVCE Hostel - 99949 52762; College Extn: 502 5) Dr. S. Sampath Krishnan, HOD/AP - 94442 45284; College Extn: 170 6) Dr. R. Amutha, HOD/EC - 99402 54140; College Extn: 200 7) Dr. R. Parthiban, HOD/CH - 98843 55504; College Extn: 550 8) Dr. S. Ramana Gopal, HOD/CE - 91760 27554; College Extn: 475 9) Mr. N. Muthukrishnan, AP/ME - 98840 96626 10) Mr. C. Kannan, SL/AE - 98846 41471 11) Ms. K. Uma, Instructor/CS - 94446 82258 12) Mr. V. Seenu, Mechanic/ME - 94445 76658 Invited Parents: 13) Mr. Ramian P, F/o. Anand R S, IV year BT - 94453 48489 14) Mr. Asit K. Barma, F/o. Aniket Barma, III year ME - 98414 46848 15) Mrs. J. Ramamani, M/o. J. Sahana, II year IT - 044 2617 2640 16) Mrs. M.V. Saseerekha, M/o. S.V. Sri Nandhini, II year, EC - 98409 99939 17) Mr. S.S Venkatesan, F/o. Preetha Kumari, I year EE - 99400 19350 18) Mr. Ravi, F/o. Bharath Viswanath R, I year ME - 94440 36796 Official / Invited Members: 19) Rep of Civil Administration as nominated by Tahsildar, Sriperumbudur 20) Rep of Police Administration: Mr V Balasubramanian - DSP Sriperumbudur - 94454 65440 21) Mr. Alan Hadle H., Trustee, NIBHANA, Chennai, Rep from NGO - 98410 20228 22) Mr. J. Ravi, Reporter, Dinamalar, Rep of Local Media - 99443 09668 Students of Sr classes: 23) Pranaav S Chandy, IV Year, EE 'A' - 98414 47281 24) B. Kavitha, III year CS 'A' - 97911 34350 25) A. Ravindar, III year 'MR' - 94447 74441 26) R. Sheshadri, II year EC 'B' - 99629 85109 27) J. Sivagami, II year IT 'B' - 96987 61522 Students of I Year Classes: 28) S. Guru Neelakandan, I Year - ME 29) M. Annamalai, I Year - MR 30) Jasleem Kaur, I Year - BT 31) D. Ravikumar, I Year - MCA D) Anti-Ragging Squad Leaders: S. No. Faculty Name Dept Mobile No. College Extn. 1 Dr. B. Nedumaran CH 94440 08746 553 2 Dr. Sulochana Somasundaram BT 94446 36596 585 3 Dr. A. Bhaskaran AP 94442 52182 850 4 Dr. R. Muthucumaraswamy AM 98402 24506 155 5 Mr. T.K. Thivakaran IT 94449 16102 360 6 Mr. R. Karthikeyan EE 99943 49985 260 7 Mr. K. Bhaskar AE 94441 63783 455 8 Mr. K.V. Srinivasakumar MR 98847 59380 504 9 Mr. N. Muthukrishnan ME 98840 96626 410 10 Mr. K.S. Badrinathan ME 99625 07665 415 11 Mr. M. Krishnamurthi CA 94443 49150 186 12 Mr. P.C. Kishore Raja CS 94440 11815 314 13 Mr. G.A. Sathish Kumar EC 94452 65296 224 14 Mr. T. Kulandaivel AM 98418 37532 853 E) Anti-Ragging team in Hostel: Mr. R. Muthaiyan, AO; M: 94451 85169, College Extn: 900 RESIDENT TUTORS (boys hostel) Name Department Extn. No. Mobile No. Mr. M.Anandan MAR 849 9443813896 Mr. Arockia Selvakumar MECH 419 / 415 9962681933 Mr. S.Kumaravel EEE 261 9940695670 Mr. Manojkumar CSE 312 9894356210 Mr. B.Saravanan AM 159 9840365640 Mr. S.Sathishkumar AM 159 9751115763 Mr. J.Hariharan BIO 581 9944592572 RESIDENT TUTORS (Girls hostel) Name Department Extn. No. Mobile No. Ms. S.Sumalatha EEE 227 9445282008 Ms. V.Saroja IT   9841567224 Ms. J.Jaibiba BIO 585 9047973533 Ms. M.Sivashankari BIO 585 9443859028 F) Toll Free Help lines: Anti Ragging - Toll Free Help Line telephone Numbers : 1 800 1 80 55 22                                                                                    & 1 55 222 email at: helpline@antiragging.net
F. List of Mentors.
The following students will be mentors from II year of all departments.   Department No. of total mentors Section Roll No. Name of the mentor Remarks EC 18 A 1 Aarthi R   16 Aparna S   24 Balasubramanian   26 Brindha   42 Jagadeeshwaran   46 Jeevanandham V   55 Manaswini R   59 Narayan V Aiyer   63 Nisha A   B 5 Prithivi A   6 Raghavendra P.S.   17 Sahana R   33 Somasundaram R   35 Srinandhini S.V   37 Srinivas R   53 Vince Amalan C   56 Vinoth Ram A   62 Ramesh N   CS 18 A 2 Aarti     6 Aishwarya MJ     11 Anirudha Deepak Bedre     32 Gautham S     34 Gayathri S     38 Harshitha TLB     54 Malathy K     56 Manickam K     68 Pavithra Sarathy   B 1 Prammodh V     14 Ramya R     20 Sarath Chandhar A P     28 N K Sharath     33 R Sreemathi     36 S V Sivaraman     51 Vigneshwar S     59 Siva S     57 Yuvarani   ME 12 A 11 Aravind I   22 Gnana sundaram   23 Govind   29 John   36 Kaushik   B 48 Nelson Nishanth   08 Ram K.S   21 Sourab Banerjee   22 Sriramraj   29 Trivikraman.M   33 Venkatramanan.S   36 Vignesh.M    EE 18 A 01 Aarthy N   06 Adithya Vardhan N   18 Arun Karthik K   28 Bhargavi R   38 Gautham Krishna   47 Jeyakrishna S   59 Logesh S   67 Nandhini B   69 Narasimhan R   B 18 Ramesh Rajesh   15 Rajarajan S   10 Preethi M   41 Subramaniam Krishnan Abijith   30 Saravanan V R   32 Shree Vaasasthi N   65 Giri Balaaji B   68 Muthukumar D   53 Vasundhara Chakraborty   CH 15 --- 1 Aishwarya.N   3 Aneesh Venkatakrishnan   6 Balaji.J   9 Deepthi.R.(01.12.1990)   10 Deepthi.R. (28.04.1991)   12 Divya.G   39 Punit Gupta   52 Shrirashmi   57 Supriya Padmanabhan   60 Upasana Samaddar   62 Varsha Gopalakrishnan   IT 18 A 5 N. Aishwarya   9 R. Anjana   10 Anju Abraham   26 P. Gowri Lakshmi   33 D. Kiran Sharmilee   39 K. Marimuthu   44 Mubeena M   46 Nikita Nevatia   47 R. Padmanabhan   B 6 A.T. Ramya   9 V. Ranjith   22 J. Sivagami   28 K. Sriram   30 S. Sudhir   34 K. Swathika   48 Vasuki @ Vinothini S.   49 P. Vidhya   55 A. Sundar Raj   MR 5 --- 3 Ashwin Kummar GVN   6 Harish M   7 Immanuel Siddarth A   15 Prasanth B   17 Ram Mohan S   BT 6 --- 14 Eldho K Poulose   15 Gaurav Ravindra Isola   27 Neema Prathibha J   21 Kushaal Kumar P B   22 Lekha G   50 Subha Priya V   AE 9 --- 5 Dhinesh Babu S   9 Karthikeyan M   11 Krishnaji S   13 Mohan Raj V   16 Sankaravel S   17 Santhosh S   25 Shoukat Zubair   30 Venkatesh N   32 Vikram B   CA 4 A 10 Ganeshkumar S (12/10/1987)   15 Jayasudha J   B 15 Shivram K    6 Nalini U   CE 4 --- 8 Mohamed Irfan B   13 Priyadharshanni H   17 Sankeerth Reddy G   26 Syed Mohamed A
G. Affidavits to be signed by Student and Parents.
As per UGC Regulations, all students and their parents are required to complete the Affidavits placed below and submit them for Principal's Signature, on the day of their joining the college. In case of students admitted under Anna University single window counseling system, they as well as their parents are required to submit these affidavits on or before 7th Sep 09. ANNEXURE - I AFFIDAVIT BY STUDENTS I, ______________________________ (full name of student with admission/registration/enrolment number) s/o d/o Mr./Mrs./Ms. ______________________________, having been admitted to Sri venkateswara college of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, have carefully read and fully understood the provisions contained in the UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009, (hereinafter called the "Regulations"). I have, in particular, perused clause 3 of the Regulations and am aware as to what constitutes ragging. I have also, in particular, perused clause 7 and clause 9.1 of the Regulations and am fully aware of the penal and administrative action that is liable to be taken against me in case I am found guilty of or abetting ragging, actively or passively, or being part of a conspiracy to promote ragging. I hereby solemnly aver and undertake that I will not indulge in any behaviour or act that may be constituted as ragging under clause 3 of the Regulations. I will not participate in or abet or propagate through any act of commission or omission that may be constituted as ragging under clause 3 of the Regulations. I hereby affirm that, if found guilty of ragging, I am liable for punishment according to clause 9.1 of the Regulations, without prejudice to any other criminal action that may be taken against me under any penal law or any law for the time being in force. I hereby declare that I have not been expelled or debarred from admission in any institution in the country on account of being found guilty of, abetting or being part of a conspiracy to promote, ragging; and further affirm that, in case the declaration is found to be untrue, I am aware that my admission is liable to be cancelled. Declared this __________ day of __________ month of __________ year.   ____________________ Signature of deponent Name: VERIFICATION Verified that the contents of this affidavit are true to the best of my knowledge and no part of the affidavit is false and nothing has been concealed or misstated therein. Verified at ____________________ (place) on this the __________ (day) of __________ (month), __________ (year ) .   ____________________ Signature of deponent Solemnly affirmed and signed in my presence on this the __________ (day) of __________ (month), __________ (year ) after reading the contents of this affidavit.   OATH COMMISSIONER/PRINCIPAL     ANNEXURE - II AFFIDAVIT BY PARENT / GUARDIAN I, Mr./Mrs./Ms. ______________________________________ (full name of parent/guardian) father/mother/guardian of , _________ ___________________________ (full name of student with admission/registration/enrolment number), my son/ daughter having been admitted to Sri Venkateswara college of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, have carefully read and fully understood the provisions contained in the UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009,(hereinafter called the "Regulations"). I have, in particular, perused clause 3 of the Regulations and am aware as towhat constitutes ragging. I have also, in particular, perused clause 7 and clause 9.1 of the Regulations and am fully aware of the penal and administrative action that is liable to be taken against my ward in case he/she is found guilty of or abetting ragging, actively or passively, or being part of a conspiracy to promote ragging. I hereby solemnly aver and undertake that My ward will not indulge in any behaviour or act that may be constituted as ragging under clause 3 of the Regulations. My ward will not participate in or abet or propagate through any act of commission or omission that may be constituted as ragging under clause 3 of the Regulations. I hereby affirm that, if found guilty of ragging, my ward is liable for punishment according to clause 9.1 of the Regulations, without prejudice to any other criminal action that may be taken against my ward under any penal law or any law for the time being in force. I hereby declare that my ward has not been expelled or debarred from admission in any institution in the country on account of being found guilty of, abetting or being part of a conspiracy to promote, ragging; and further affirm that, in case the declaration is found to be untrue, the admission of my ward is liable to be cancelled. Declared this __________ day of __________ month of __________ year.   ____________________ Signature of deponent Name: Address: Telephone / Mobile No.: VERIFICATION Verified that the contents of this affidavit are true to the best of my knowledge and no part of the affidavit is false and nothing has been concealed or misstated therein. Verified at ____________________ (place) on this the __________ (day) of __________ (month), __________ (year ).   ____________________ Signature of deponent Solemnly affirmed and signed in my presence on this the __________ (day) of __________ (month), __________ (year ) after reading the contents of this affidavit.   OATH COMMISSIONER/PRINCIPAL     Extracts from "UGC regulations on curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009 dt.17.06.2009" Para 3. What constitutes Ragging:- Ragging constitutes one or more of any of the following acts: any conduct by any student or students whether by words spoken or written or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness a fresher or any other student; indulging in rowdy or indisciplined activities by any student or students which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship, physical or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof in any fresher or any other student; asking any student to do any act which such student will not in the ordinary course do and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame, or torment or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of such fresher or any other student; any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or a fresher; exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks assigned to an individual or a group of students. any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or any other student by students; any act of physical abuse including all variants of it: sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, forcing obscene and lewd acts, gestures, causing bodily harm or any other danger to health or person; any act or abuse by spoken words, emails, post, public insults which would also include deriving perverted pleasure, vicarious or sadistic thrill from actively or passively participating in the discomfiture to fresher or any other student ; any act that affects the mental health and self-confidence of a fresher or any other student with or without an intent to derive a sadistic pleasure or showing off power, authority or superiority by a student over any fresher or any other student. Para 7. Action to be taken by the Head of the institution:- On receipt of the recommendation of the Anti Ragging Squad or on receipt of any information concerning any reported incident of ragging, the Head of institution shall immediately determine if a case under the penal laws is made out and if so, either on his own or through a member of the Anti-Ragging Committee authorised by him in this behalf, proceed to file a First Information Report (FIR), within twenty four hours of receipt of such information or recommendation, with the police and local authorities, under the appropriate penal provisions relating to one or more of the following, namely; 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; Assault as well as sexual offences or unnatural offences; Extortion; Criminal trespass; Offences against property; Criminal intimidation; Attempts to commit any or all of the above mentioned offences against the victim(s); Threat to commit any or all of the above mentioned offences against the victim(s); Physical or psychological humiliation; All other offences following from the definition of ragging. Provided that the Head of the institution shall forthwith report the occurrence of the incident of ragging to the District Level Anti-Ragging Committee and the Nodal officer of the affiliating University, if the institution is an affiliated institution. Provided further that the institution shall also continue with its own enquiry initiated under clause 9 of these Regulations and other measures without waiting for action on the part of the police/local authorities and such remedial action shall be initiated and completed immediately and in no case later than a period of seven days of the reported occurrence of the incident of ragging. 9. Administrative action in the event of ragging:- 9.1 The institution shall punish a student found guilty of ragging with any of the following academic institutional punishments:- Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges. Withholding/ withdrawing scholarship/ fellowship and other benefits. Debarring from appearing in any test/ examination or other evaluation process. Withholding results. Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival, etc. Suspension/ expulsion from the hostel. Cancellation of admission. Rustication from the institution for period ranging from one to four semesters. Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution for a specified period. Provided that where the persons committing or abetting the act of ragging are not identified, the institution shall resort to collective punishment.