GOVERNMENTOFKARNATAKA

No: ED 439 UNE 2015 Karnataka Government Secretariat,M. S. Buildings,

Bangalore, Dated: 07-12-2017.Circular

In pursuance to the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the SLP No: 24295/2006,dt: 16-05-2007 and the dt: 8-5-2009 in Civil Appeal No: 887/2009 and directions from theMinistry of Human Resources Development, Department of Higher Education, New Delhi,State Government vide circular No: ED 43 URC 2009, dt: 4-08-20 I0 has constituted aAnti-ragging Committee at the State Level under the Chairmanship of Honble Chancellorand Governor of Karnataka and a District Level Committee under the Chairmanship ofDeputy Commissioner of the concerned District, to check the menace of ragging andalcoholism in the campus by providing data base and wide publicity.

On the same line, the University Grants Commission has also framed "UGC Regulationon curbing the menace of ragging in Higher Educational institutions, 2009" which wasnotified on 17th June, 2009 and are to be mandatorily followed by all higher Educationalinstitutions. The Regulations are available on the UGC website i.e. www.ugc.ac.in.A nation wide toll free anti-ragging helpline 1800-180-5522 in twelve languages has alsobeen established which can be accessed by students in distress due to ragging

In spite of these various efforts, State of Karnataka has recorded 191 cases of raggingsince 2009. The cases of ragging for the current year alone are 4l. This is a matter ofsenous concern.

Hence, it is reiterated that all the District Level Committees have to oversee and ensurethat.the "UGC Regulation on curbing the menace of ragging in Higher Educationalinstitutions, 2009" are impl.emented in toto by the Higher Educational Institutions and takestern measures to prohibit, prevent and eliminate the scourge of ragging and makeKarnataka a ragging free State.

Yours faithfully,

~~~ac ary),Under Secretary to Government,

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kHigher Education Department (Universities)~'-~ To, ~\.../'

-$-' The Compiler, Karnataka Gazette, Bangalore- with a request to publish this Notification inthe next issue of the Gazette and supply 100 copies to this Department.

Copy to :-I. Secretary, Ministry of Human Resources Department, Dept. Of Higher Education, Shastri

Bhavan, New Delhi-I I0 115.2. The Principal Sceretary to Governor, Raj Bhavan, Bangalore.

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3. The Chairman and Members of State Level and District Level Anti-Ragging Comm4. All the Principal Secretaries/Secretaries to the Government of Karnataka.5. All the Vice-Chancellor/Registrars of State and Central Universities in the State.6. All the Vice-Chancellor/Registrars of Private Universities in the State.7. Member-Secretary, Karnataka State Council for Higher Education, Banglaore.8. The Commissioner, Collegiate Education Department, Bangalore.9. The Commissioner, Technical Education Department, Bangalore.10. The Director, DSERT, Bangalore.11. The Commissioner, Dept. Of Public Instructions, Bangalore.12. All the Deputy Commissioners of the Districts.13. All the Superintendent of Police of the Districts.14. PS to Secretary to Hon'ble Chief Minister, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore.IS. Personal Secretary to Chief Secretary and Ex-officio Deputy Secretary to Government,

Vidhana Soudha, Bengalore.16. PS to Hon'ble Minister for Higher Education, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore.17. PS to Hon 'ble Minister for Primary & Secondry Education, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore.18. PS to Hon 'ble Minister for Home Affairs, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore.19. Press Table.20. Information Centre, Education Department.21. SGF/Spare copies.

PROCEEDINGS Of THEGOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

Constitution of Committees on Ragging . reg. ~Read:- .00 letter No. 16-{)7/2009-U-S, dated: 11-6-2009, from the

Joint Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of HRD,Department of HigherEducation, Shastri Bhavan, -New Delhi,

Preamble:-

The Joint Secretary, GoVt. ofIrdia, Ministry of Human Resource Development,

Dept. of Higher Educatfon"7S11XSStri7Bnafari;rfewDelh], in his tetter dt: 11·6·2009·~d;~:"··"'~.,~"..,

above has informed that, the Honble Supreme Court of India -in the matter of.University of Kerala vIs Council, principals, Colleges and others in SlP No.24295/2.006

\. dt: 16·5-2007 and the dt: 8·5-2009 in CivilAppeal No.88712009 has issued dir-ect:ionsto

the Central Government and others in regard to prohibitjon, prevention and., .

elimination of the ragging in educational institutions. The Government of India in the]Ministry of Human R6ources- oE!velopment, Department of Higher Education, New

Delhi, has informed of t~~~action to be taken ih..accordance with the directions issuedJ.by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. The Government of India has requested theDistrict LevelAntt-Raggtng. Committees should be constituted to 'be headed byDistrict

Collector/ Deputy Comrntssioner/ DistrictMagistrate and setting up monitoring cell at

the level of tbe Chancellor of thestateUniversfties for keeping. vigil on the Incidents'. .

of ragging takin'g' Iilrrriecflciieaction and appointingstate lever committees to 'examine

the problem -o.~aU:oh61 ismon the campuses and to suggestinimediatede·addiction

measures and a; cornrntttee on study the psychological impact of ragging on students

and recommend "Urgent and mandatory measures to be implemented in educational

institutions.

2. In View of the above directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court and <iovt. of

India, it has been -decided-to coostltute the following two committees ooewith the

kind approval :Of His" -Excellency' the {hanceUor in his Chairmanship and other

committee' at the district level ataU districts under the chairmanship of District

Magistrate. Hence, the following order.

(JOVT. ORDER NO. ED 43 URC2009, BAHGAlORE, OATED 4th AUGUST2010

In the above circumstances, Government ot K?rri~:ta~ahereby constitute Anti-

RL!g~jilg Committees at the state-level and at the distiictlevir as follows:~ "

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! 1 His Excellency the Chancellor ft Governor of: Karnataka.

Chairman

I 2 Hon'ble Minister for Higher Education, Government MemberI of Karnataka.I 3 'The Vice-Chancellor/Regtstrar; BangaloreI University, Bangalore.

h4.' The Vice-Chancellor/Registrar, University of, Mysqre, Mysore.~i.-t-:;;T-:!-h~e-;V~i;:-'c:":e~-C~h:=-:a:';'n"::'c':"e-;;ll-Q(-;/-;:::'Reg--:-is7tr-a-r.-:G:;::-ul-:-;-ba-r-g-a"7U-;""n"7iv-e-r-s7.jt-:y-,,+:-:M7-"'em--:be;--r---l·

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7 The Vice-ChancetlorlRegistrar,KuvempLi1Jriiversity iShankaraghatta, Shimoga Dist. ""'~'.

6 The Vice-Chancellor/Registrar; Mangalore MemberUniversity, Mangalore. ';:~, ',':' _,'

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8 The Vice~ChanceUd"I.Regi~tr~r •.-Kannada:' Untverstty; "Hampi.- ' .:'

9 The'Vice-Chancellor/Registrar,Kainataka State.',' -,WOn:lens UOlv,ersitY, ,BijaplJr.;. ' , ,

10 The Vice'-ChanceUoc/RegiStrar, TumkurUnive.rsity, "Tumkur,

11 The Yice:"ChancetlOr/~istrar,Karnataka StateOpen University. MystJfe. , ;

12 The Vice-ChancellOr/RegiStrar, Vishveshwara iahTechnologtcal University, Belgaurn.

13 The Vice-Chancellorvkegjstrar, DavanagereUniver-sity, Davanagere~

14' The Yjce-ChanceHot/Registrar, Dr. GangubaiHangalUntversity of Musk' arid f>erloOning Arts, Mysore.

15: The Vice-Chancellor/Registrar, KarnatakaSanskrltUniversity, Bangalore.

~: The PrincipaL~'to Government,Hi gher Education' Department;

17 ' The Principal Secret:ary to ,Government,Home Department.

18 The Comrnissiooer, Collegiate EducatiOnDepartment, Bangalore.

1,9 The Director, Technkal Educatioil Department,Bangalore. '

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20 The Director, DSERT, Bangalore. Member21 The Commissioner,Department of Ptblic Member

"'. .mstnxtions, 8angalore.22 The Commisstooer, Pre-UniversltyEducation Member

Department, ~gal()(e.23 The POlice.CommiSsiOoer,Bangalose, ' Member24 The Director.General of Potice & inspectOr General Member-

of Police,~ernmentof Kamataka~8angalore. Secretary.. ,~-"r.~':"'. ~ ¥,. •• :....:..;.:,;;.~ ,~~,~-", .__ ",.-' ~,._,

The terms and conditionsofState level Con:m1ittes are as follows:-

L To give dlrections frorn time to time to eUm~tethe menace of nggiog fn)mthe educational institutions.

ii. To review the efforts made by theinstitutioos to publicize th~ aotf-raggingmeasures, soliciting of undertaking from parents and students each year' toobstai~ from ra~ing activities or witlingnessto be penalized for violations.,

iii. To be prime mover for initializing actions on the part of the appropriateauthorities of the universities for amending the statute or ordinances or bye-:

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" - laws to facilitate the implementations ofanti-ragging meas~es at the level ofthe institutiOns.

iv. To co-ordinate with the Central Govemmeot Institutions located in the state in

anti-ragging measures.v.To .gtve suitable instructions-to state level institutions alerting in anti·ragging

measures .:.vi. .Co-ordinating with the office-of His ExceUencYthe President of India, in his.

'functions of Visitorof Central UniversitieSest~iShed in the state and also with

the Central Government in the "MinistrYof ~ Resource nevelopment.vii, To receive status report periodically from the'lIliverSities and the anti-ragging

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To_suggest the universities to have anti-ragging statutes and keep-them update.

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tx. To ensure -an the necessaryzrneasures to, be taken c~rbing the menace ofragging arid alcoholismin the -educational institutions, sam~, educ~tionalhostels and educational sectors where educational institttio~s ale located,

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x, To suggest universities to haveanti-ragglng cominiu:(:e<at the university:level."'; '.

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The Deputy Commissionerof the concerned District." Chairman,2 SuperintendentofPotice of the concerned Oistrict. }Aember3 Registrarls of the University - M~inber

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4 An,eminent.PsYcljiatilSt ..,.. ·~,ber5 District Health Officer ','

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I 6 Principal of Governrnen;Colleges in the District. Member-Secretary

The terms and conditions of Distdct Level Committes ar$ asfollowsr- .

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To oversee the anti-faggingmeasures taken by various(:ed~ational institutions

ii.situated in therespective.districts, ,.' ~.To send periodical status reports to the' state level' committee about anti-.

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ragging measures.. ,

jji.: To keep vigil on incidents of ragging andialcobolism .in.,the educationalinstitutions, and,

iv, To receive .distress messages from the victims of ragging and shall act as0- '.!.~. ••

appellate authorities:v.To. suggest anti-raggingtan anti-alcoholtsm measures in the campuses of

educational institutions.vi. To suggest mandatorymeasures to be implemented in educatiooat institutions.. .

vii. To ensure-every educational institution must have an' anti~raggingcommitteeand anti-ragging squad.

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-.viti.. To suggest constitution of anti-ra~ing committees at the level of institutiOns

consisting of representatives of dVil and police administration, local media,NGO's involved in youth qgani2::ation, representatives of faculty members,

" r~esenta4ves of parents. representatives of students, belonging to thefreshers, category as wett as seniors, non-teaching staff under chairmanship-ofthe Headof tnstttutioo.

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ix. To ensure constitution of anti-ragging squads as a ~ of vigil,with-overseeing,patrolling functions.

x. To hold preparatory meetings during summer vacations to, take stock ofprepareness of the institutions about presenting raggingmenace.

xi. To ensUre the educatiooalfnstitutlons to compliance of with the ptia;' andother appr0pr19te authorities.

• Ixii. To register privately managedhostels, todges, outside the campuses and also

according of permission to start such hostels and lodges by police authoritiesand send reports of:st,JCt!hostels and lodges tothe state'tevel committees.

\,;'~'- ,_,-xiiL -.~Toi4entify(,\r~ ..w~~·e9,ud!tional~"inS~itutioos are located as edocanooatsectors and monjtorra~lngJneasures and-maintain Vigiland to'5end~icalreports to the state level committee.

xiv, To jnstl1J.Ct the-:~tJQition(l.Ut)~ftutio.nstoObtajri unctertaking;fromthe studentsat the beginning·oLeach .academic- year, about obtaining undertaking not to

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indulge or about abetting in ragging; .,To t~ ,approp.riatJ;n:te~r~. in bui~ding confiderice and -encourage people

about rep9rtIw of inc~~ts-of raggingt~_ihootfearand de{ay~.' .' . ., ... ':! -,"

To maintain databaseabout'ragging-- alcooottsrn incidents and measures takenabout anti-~ing and ant~ak0h6.i#m~~estaken.

xvii. The xommittees _c;:af! ~ppo~nt''ernlnent Psychiatrists (0(, couoceUing in: theircommittees.

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To ensure there shall be wardensforeach hostel aridwardens 'of hostels are,': -; ':: '. ~~ •..~. ..-:~ . . ~.::

accessible at all the times to list. out there i~ephOn~, nu~befs r:esidential .-. ;:., ,-

addresses to publish their addresses and phone numbers widely. ,' ..

To publish free help-line for contact and communication of each university and

the committee.xx. To keep detailed records of ragging incidents.

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By order and in.the.name of theGovernor'of Kamataka,

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Deputy $ep"etary'lo Government.,.EdUcation~ent.~~Univers!ties)

: (lp/' '", ~'. ~,To ',~ ,!: ". _:: ~:'.'The Compiler, Kamataka Gazette} Bangalore.. to publish'an~,:supjJly 1000,.copies to thedepartment, -:-:-' .

"'... Copy to:

1. Sint. ..AnupamaShatnagar, Director - (HE), Room 'NoA25,'C' Wirig~Ministry ofHuman Resources Department, Dept. of Higher E~tiOn, Shastri Bhavan; NewDelhi-11Q 115.-

2. The Principal Secretary to Governor, Raj Bhavan, Bangalore. .3. TheCN.liQTlanand.Members of State .level, and' District Level. Anti·Ragging

Cornrnittees.: . .. . .'4. All theYlCe-C~ellors/Registrars of State and Central Universitles !n'the State.'S. All the Pri~pat Seqetaries/Secretaries to the Goveplm~tof~rnataka.-6. Member-'~Wy. KamatakaState Cou~l fOr-Hj~ Edlx:iitlon, Bangatore.7. The Direcfor. ~IISc.Bang'alore. .. . . ' . .' . ::. .8. The Director, ,lfI.t\r :8aJ'lOe(gbaUa .Road I Barigat6re~" ~~; .., ,- . .9. The.Directoc.lsEC:-fiagarbhavi, Bangalore.>. ' :: ',. ") ..10. The (OfOffiissioner, COllegiate Educat,onJ>epartm~~; ~~~_ore.

" 11., The Commissioner, Technical EducatiOO.'oepartment;-sangalore. ., ..'12. The Dir'ectot.DSERT{BngaIore'."" .. j:-:'; ,.,' "",,

13. The Commissi~er,Dept; of Public Instructions, BangalOre.14. All' the DeputyCommissioners "of the Districts. .15. All -the Superintenderit of POlice of the Districts •

•~'16. PS ;t~Secretary to Hon'ble Chief Minister, Yidhana SoOOha,Bangalore;'17~ .PS to Hon'bleMjniSterfor Higher Education, Vtdlana Soudha.,Bangalore.18 •. PS to Hon'bleMinistef fOr Primary &. 5econdary..Edocatioo, Yidhana Soudha,

Bangaloro, . ' ,19, PS to Hoo'bleMinister for Home Affairs, Vidhana Souciha,Bangalbre.20. Press Table..21. Information Centre, EdUcation Department.22. SGF/Spare,copieS.

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