What Constitutes Ragging? UGC Explains
According to the UGC, any of the following acts will be considered ragging: Intentionally or unintentionally attempting to undermine the mental state and confidence of a new or existing student. This occurs when a student harasses another student using their power, seniority, or for amusement. Any form of physical violence such as assault, sexual harassment, forced undressing, forcing obscene acts or displays, causing bodily harm, etc. Forcibly extorting money or imposing unnecessary expenses on a student. Abuse, insulting language, emails, posts, or publicly humiliating someone. If this causes mental or emotional distress, it will also be considered ragging.
Forcing new students to do any academic or other work that has already been assigned to someone else as an assignment. The UGC stated that ragging remains a serious problem in India’s colleges and universities.
