WHAT IS RAGGING?

• Misconduct of any student either in spoken or written form or any action that has the effect of harming others.
• Indulging in undisciplined activities that cause physical or psychological harm or fear or apprehension
• Asking others to do things that they normally will not do and causes a sense of shame or emotional embarrassment.
• Any act that disrupts others academic activity.
• Financial extortion or forceful monetary burden on a fresher or any other student.
• Any act of physical abuse including sexual, homosexual assaults stripping of clothes, forcing obscene lewd acts and gestures causing physical and mental torture.
• Any act of abuse by spoken words, emails, posts, public insults to derive sadistic pleasure.
• Any act that affects the mental health and self confidence of any student with or without an intent to derive sadistic pleasure or priority over others.

PUNISHMENTS FOR RAGGING
Every single incident of ragging, a FIR shall be lodged without exception by the college authorities with the local police.
In addition one or any combination of the following punishments can be awarded:

• Cancellation of admission.
• Suspension from attending classes.
• 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.
• Rustication from the institution for period ranging from 1 to 4 semesters.
• Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution.
• Collective punishment: When the persons committing or abetting the crime of ragging are not identified, the institution shall resort to collective punishment as a deterrent to ensure community pressure on the potential raggers.

ANTI RAGGING

Ragging is totally prohibited in PACE Institute of Technology & Sciences, inside and / or outside the campus and anyone found guilty of ragging and / or abetting ragging whether actively or passively, or being a part of conspiracy to promote ragging, is liable to be punished in accordance with UGC Regulations 2009 as well as under the provisions of any penal law for the time being in force.

PACE Institute of Technology & Sciences ensures that the congenial and welcoming environment is given to the freshers. To achieve this objective following committees have been formed by the Institute as per UGC Regulation 2009:

The College shall constitute an "Anti-Ragging Committee" in the Chairmanship of the Principal at the beginning of every academic year. Anti-Ragging Committee

• Displaying the charts and other material stating evil nature, punishment of Ragging and also student's discipline.
• Creation of cordial and free atmosphere
• Involving seniors and fresher's jointly in value based cultural and other activities.
• Entrusting the responsibilities jointly.
• Inter-action and casual warning.
• Ensuring the spot solutions by adapting soft measures.
• In case of need, reporting to the nearest police station.

Anti-Ragging Helpline:

• Anti-Ragging Helpline will be established in College under the direction of Anti-Ragging Committee. The Helpline will function 24 hours.
• Anti-Ragging Helpline will be equipped with land line and mobile telephone numbers which shall be made known to all concerned i.e. students, teachers, parents, Anti-Ragging Committee, Anti-Ragging Squad etc.
• The College Anti-Ragging Helpline No. : 9581456351/9581456543