Anti-Ragging Committee

CURBING THE MENACE OF RAGGING
Date : May 24, 2014
Ragging is totally prohibited in the University and anyone found guilty of ragging and/or
abetting ragging, whether actively or passively, or being a part of a conspiracy to promote ragging, is
liable to be punished in accordance with the UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in
Higher Educational Institutions, 2009 as well as under the penal law for the time being in force.
The Anti-ragging Committee, Anti-Ragging Squad and Monitoring Cell have been established to
curb the menace of ragging in the Campus and other identified places outside the Campus for the
session 2014-15. The Nodal Officer will be Joint Registrar, Mr. Tanmay Pattanayak and the Counselors
will take care of counseling of the students.
Details of Anti-ragging Helpline Toll Free Number, Anti-ragging Committee, Squad,
Monitoring Cells, Nodal Officers and Counselors are as follows:
University Grants Commission Anti Ragging Helpline Toll Free Number: 1800-180-
5522 & E-mail-helpline@antiragging.net
Vice-Chancellor: vc@jagannathuniversity.org
Pro-Vice Chancellor: pvc@jagannathuniversity.org
1. Anti Ragging Committee:
Name
Contact No
Prof.V.P.Bhargava, Convener 9828828885
Prof. (Ar.) Viresh Jhalanee 9828262454
Mr.Mayank Varshney,Co-Convener 9828016988
Ar. Sumit Rai, Co-Convener 9928362923
Dr.Mahendra Tiwari, Member 9414295727
Dr.Anand Prakash, Member 9001136999
Ms.Shweta Bhatia, Member 9413222016
2. Anti-Ragging Squad:
Name
Contact No
Prof. V.P.Bhargava, Convener 9828828885
Dr. Mahendra Tiwari,Co-Convener 9414295727
Mr. Mahendra Pratap Singh, Co-Convener 9414203639
Mr. Mithilesh Dubey, Co-Convener 8003787036
Dr. Jagdev Singh, Co-Convener 9460905224
Mr.Vivek Kumar, Member 9782578942
Dr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Member 9571274892
Mr.Amarjeet, Member 9460467717
Ms. Pramila Singh, Member 9414969042
Mr.Mayank Sharma, Member 9649121640
Dr.Ansul Goyal, Member 9929747303
Mr.Devendra Mittal, Member 9414723536

Ms. Neha Sharma, Member 8130214504
Mr. Rakesh Israni, Member 9829086041
Mr. Manish Mani, Member 9166273767
Ms. Kumud Sharma, Member 7568771000
Mr. Sumit Mishra, Member 9001730149
Mr. G.S Shekhawat, Member 7568771100
Mr. Dilip Kumar Rajora, Member 9001327804
3. Monitoring Cell:
Name
Contact No
Mr. M.P.Singh 9414203639
Dr. Kapil Khattar 9828044221
Mr.Bharat Nagar 9829540741
Mr.Abhishek Baplawat 9928941751
Mrs.Manjari Rai 9829723923
4. Nodal Officers:
Name
Contact No
Mr. Tanmay Pattanayak, Joint Registrar 9785000712
5. Counselors:
Name
Contact No
Dr.G.S.Rajpurohit 9829160431
Ms.Vaishali Sharma 9414241299
Ms.Preeti Bala Sharma 9636187643
Mr.Manish Mani 9166273767
Mr. Rakesh Israni 9414364221
Mr. Himanshu Khatore 9461616782
Instructions against Ragging:
We take pride in informing all those desirous of seeking admission, that over all these years, our
University has the best traditions of maintaining a healthy and congenial academic environment. We
are also glad to convey that with the determined and sincere efforts of our senior students and faculty,
our campus has been free from the menace of Ragging.
What Constitutes Ragging?
Ragging constitutes one or more of any of the following acts:
(a) 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;
(b) 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;

(c) 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;
(d) any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of
any other student or a fresher;
(e) exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks
assigned to an individual or a group of students;
(f) any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher or any other
student by students;
(g) any act of physical abuse including all variants of it : sexual abuse, homosexual assaults,
stripping, forcing absence and lewd acts, gestures, causing bodily harm or any other danger to
health or person;
(h) any act or abuse by spoken words, e-mails, 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;
(i) 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.
All the senior students are advised to guide and treat junior students affectionately.
Junior students may contact their Deans / HODs or other University functionaries like Chief Proctor,
Hostel Superintendent, Wardens or Administrative Officer for help and guidance.
Copies of the above are forwarded to:
1. PS to Chancellor
2. PS to Vice-Chancellor
3. PS to Pro-Vice Chancellor
4. Persons concerned
5. Dept. of Web development
Sd/-
(Prof.V.K.Agarwal)
Vice Chancellor
(Dr. Anand Prakash)
Deputy Registrar