Overview & Guidelines
Ragging in any form is completely banned in the institute. Strict disciplinary action will be taken against the students who are involved in any form of ragging, hazing, or abuse of power, whether physical, verbal, or sexual. Any student accused of ragging will be investigated and, if found guilty, face repercussions up to expulsion.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued a revised advisory regarding students' anti-ragging.
National Anti-Ragging Helpline
24x7 Toll Free Help & Support: 1800-180-5522
Email: helpline@antiragging.in
Mandatory Undertaking by ALL Students
- Students MUST fill in the online undertaking against anti-ragging at the official anti-ragging website.
- After filling the form, students should note down the reference number and download the undertaking from here.
- Submit the reference number and signed (student and parent) form in the ASC portal to complete the registration process each year.
You can also visit the overall website at www.antiragging.in/.
Please read the following documents and get yourself familiarized with the consequences of ragging.
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 undisciplined 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.
Reporting of Ragging Incidents or Apprehension thereof
Freshers are requested to report any ragging-related matter to the Hostel Warden, any faculty or staff member, or any member of the Anti-Ragging Committee or Squads. Any fresher student who went through or is apprehensive of an impending ragging incident shall promptly report it to any member of the Anti-Ragging Squad or the Anti-Ragging Committee, or to the Staff Advisor, or any faculty member or staff by any means such as, in person, by phone call, by e-mail, by written note, etc. The written complaints may also be dropped in the drop boxes kept prominently for this purpose at various locations in the academic buildings and hostels. The complaints can even be anonymous.
Instructions to Parents
- Instruct your wards to desist from ragging freshers or other students in any form.
- Keep regular contact with your wards and monitor their well-being and academic progress.
- Frequently interact with the Faculty Advisor and other faculty members to track the welfare and progress of your wards (every student will have a faculty advisor).
Do's and Don'ts for Fresher Students
- First-year students are expected to be in their hostel after dinner.
- No senior students are permitted to visit the room or invite a first-year student to his/her room.
- Only student representatives are allowed to interact with the first-year students.
- Always speak the truth, but never be blunt.
- Load your cell phone with all important contact numbers of the Institute / hostels / your parents.
Punishment for Ragging
(a) By the Institute
- Cancellation of admission, suspension, rustication or expulsion from the Institute / Hostel.
- Filing FIR with the police.
- Collective punishment may be imposed where the persons involved are not identified.
(b) By Law & Order Agencies
Over and above the Institute-level action, there will be strong police and legal action. Ragging is a cognizable offence under the law of the land, and the Supreme Court has ruled that the punishment to be meted out has to be exemplary and justifiably harsh to act as a deterrent. According to relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), those found guilty of a ragging related offence can be punished with imprisonment or fine or both. The quantum of punishment varies with the gravity of the crime.
Committees & Squads
IISER Kolkata has constituted dedicated committees and squads to ensure a safe, harassment-free environment for all students.
Institute Level Anti-Ragging Committee
High-level statutory committee overseeing anti-ragging measures, policy enforcement, and final disciplinary actions.
View Reconstitution Office Order
Institute Level Anti-Ragging Squad
Mobile vigil team performing surprise raids, campus patrols, and immediate response to anti-ragging complaints.
Hostel Level Anti-Ragging Squad
Hostel wardens, staff, and student monitors conducting regular night rounds and monitoring resident welfare.
Status: Active 24x7 in Hostels
Contact Official Cell
Room No: G-015L, C. V. Raman Academic-cum-Administrative Complex
Phone: 033 6136 0000 (Ext. No. 2207)
