What is the phone number of national anti ragging help line

– In cases of emergencies, students can contact Centre for Youth (the UGC monitoring agency) on its mobile number +91 98180 44577 – The students can also visit the UGC website – ugc.ac.in and antiragging.in for more information regarding ragging. What is defined as ‘ragging’? – Any conduct by a student or group of students where words spoken, written or an act has the effect of teasing, treating or handling someone with rudeness. – A student or group of students indulging in rowdy or indiscipline activities causing annoyance, hardship, physical or psychological harm, raise fear or apprehension to other students Read | – Asking any student to do an act that generates a sense of shame, torment or embarrassment adversely affecting the physique or psyche of a student – Any act by a senior student that would prevent, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any student – Exploiting services of a student for completing academic tasks assigned – Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on other students by students – Any act of physical abuse: sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, forcing obscene and lewd acts, gestures, causing any kind of bodily harm or any other danger to health or person – Any act of abuse by spoken words, emails, posts, or public insults which would also include deriving perverted pleasure, vicarious or sadistic thrill from actively or passively participating in the discomfiture to any student – Any act that affe...

Premium UGC reiterates anti-ragging regulations, ask to ensure all necessary measures in place, changes procedure to file complaints Students in distress can call on the National Anti-Ragging Helpline– 1800-180-5522, or email at [email protected]. In cases of emergency UGC’s monitoring agency, Centre for Youth (C4Y) can be contacted on 09818044577. The University Grants Commission issued a notice on September 16 reiterating that ragging is a criminal offence and there are regulations framed to curb the menace of ragging. The notice read, “These regulations are mandatory and all institutions are required to take necessary steps for its implementation in toto.” The notice further stated that if any institution fails to comply with it or take adequate action to prevent ragging or punish the perpetrators, UGC will take punitive action against the institution. The UGC asked the institutions to set up anti-ragging mechanisms through: Adequate publicity through various mediums Constituting an anti-ragging committee and anti-ragging squad Setting-up of an anti-ragging cell Installing CCTV cameras at vital points Conducting Anti-ragging workshops and seminars Updating websites with nodal officers’ complete details Display the email address and contact details of nodal officer of Anti-ragging committee on website and on campus (Admission centre, departments, library, canteen, hostel, etc) Alarm bells Regular counselling and interaction with the students Identification of troub...