Anti Ragging

UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009

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
For every single incident of ragging, an 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 for 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 a period ranging from 1 to 4 terms
• Expulsion from the institution and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution.
• Collective punishment: When the individuals 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.

ANTIRAGGING DECLARATION
Ragging is totally prohibited in Goa College of Hospitality and Culinary Education, 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 a 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. The Goa College of Hospitality and Culinary Education ensure that a safe and secure environment is provided to every student. To achieve this objective the following committees have been formed by the Institute as per the UGC Regulation 2009:

• Anti Ragging Committee
• Anti Ragging Squad

ANTI RAGGING COMMITTEE
As per GCHCE, the Composition for Anti Ragging Committee at Institute Level

Principal	Chairman
Executive Secretary	Member
Faculty Members (5)	Member
Student Representatives 4 boys 4 girls	Member

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ANTI-RAGGING COMMITTEE

• To ensure compliance with the provision of UGC regulation 2009 at the institute level.
• To monitor and oversee the performance of the anti-ragging squad entrusted with the responsibility for prevention of ragging at the institution.

S.No	Name	Designation	Landline	Mobile	Email
1.	Mrs. Zarine Lobo	Principal / Chairperson	0832-2456549	9850902471	principal@gchce.com
2.	Mr. Dhananjay Vaidya	Asst.Professor/ Member	0832-2454541/ 5699(Extn)	9623887951	asst.professor1@gchce.com
3.	Mrs. Cyanna Hoogewerf	Faculty/ Member	-	9822983502	cyannahoogewerf@gmail.com
4.	Mr. Alfwold Silveira	Professor/Member	-	9881901269	prof.alfie25@gmail.com
5.	Mr. Jayesh Bondre	Professor/Member	9422449058	8999472811	jayeshbondre@gmail.com
6.	Mr. Padmakar Bachhav	Faculty/Member	-	9404211190	faculty@gchce.com

IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY PLEASE CONTACT:
Anti Ragging Helpline – 9850902471
Ms. Zarine Lobo
Principal, GCHCE, Goa

ANTI RAGGING SQUAD
Roles and Responsibilities of the Squad

• To make surprise raids on class rooms other places vulnerable to incidents of ragging.
• To conduct on the spot enquiry at every instance of ragging

AGAINST-SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMMITTEE

With regard to the Supreme Court Judgment and guidelines issued in 1997 to provide for the effective enforcement of the basic human right of gender equality and guarantee against sexual harassment and abuse, more particularly against sexual harassment at work places, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued circulars since 1998,, to all the universities, advising them to establish a permanent cell and a committee and to develop guidelines to combat sexual harassment, violence against women and ragging at the universities and colleges. It has further advised the universities to be proactive by developing a secure environment on the campus, where the status of woman is respected and they are treated with respect and dignity. Keeping the above guidelines in view GCHCE has constituted a Committee against Sexual Harassment since 2011.

AGAINST-SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMMITTEE
As per GCHCE, the Composition for Anti sexual harassment Committee at Institute Level

S.No	Name	M/F	Designation
1.	Mrs. Zarine lobo (Principal)	F	Chairperson
2.	Mr. Prasanna Merchant	M	Member
3.	Mrs. Cyanna Hoogewerf (Faculty)	F	Member
4.	Mrs. Anisa Shaik (Faculty)	F	Member
5.	Mrs. Nisha Raj (Faculty)	F	Member
6.	Mrs. Lorraine Correa	F	Member
7.	Ms. Snehal Gawas	F	Member

IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY
Against-Sexual Harassment Helpline- 9850902471
Contact person: Mrs. Zarine Lobo
Chairperson, Anti-Sexual Harassment Committee, GCHCE, Goa

S.No	Name	Designation	Landline	Mobile	Email
1.	Mrs. Zarine Lobo	Chairperson	0832-2456549	9850902471	principal@gchce.com
2.	Mr. Prasanna Merchant	Member	-	9049040624	asst.professor2@gchce.com
3.	Mrs. Cyanna Hoogewerf	Member	-	9822983502	cyannahoogewerf@gmail.com
4.	Mrs. Anisa Shaik	Member	-	9923134243	anisarshaik@gmail.com
5.	Ms. Nisha Raj	Member	-	9225902046	nisha_nair112000@yahoo.com
6.	Ms. Muriel Rodrigues	Member	-	7083941740	admin@gchce.com
7.	Ms. Snehal Gawas	Member	-	9673308467	gawassnehal@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE

• Prevent discrimination and sexual harassment against women, by promoting gender amity among students and employees;
• Make recommendations to the Director for changes/elaborations in the rules for students in the prospectus and the bye-Laws, to make them gender just and to lay down procedures for the prohibition, resolution, settlement and prosecution of acts of discrimination and sexual harassment against women, by the students and the employees;
• Deal with cases of discrimination and sexual harassment against women, in a time bound manner, aiming at ensuring support services to the victimized and termination of the harassment;
• Recommend appropriate punitive action against the guilty party to the Director.

PROCEDURE FOR APPROACHING THE COMMITTEE
The Committee deals with issues relating to sexual harassment at the Goa College of Hospitality and Culinary Education. It is applicable to all students, staff and faculty. A complaint of discrimination or sexual harassment may be lodged by the victim or a third party. A written complaint may be addressed to the Chairperson of the Committee. If the complaint is made to any of the Committee members, they may forward it to the Chairperson of the Committee against Sexual Harassment.

Here it should be noted that according to the Supreme Court guideline Sexual harassment can be defined as "unwelcome" sexually determined behaviour (whether directly or by implication) as:

• Physical contact and advances;
• Demand or request for sexual favours;
• Sexually coloured remarks;
• Showing pornography; and
• Other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature. (Vishaka judgment by Supreme Court)

THE FOLLOWING IS ALSO SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND IS COVERED BY THE COMMITTEE:

• Eve-teasing,
• Unsavoury remarks,
• Jokes causing or likely to cause awkwardness or embarrassment,
• Innuendos and taunts,
• Gender based insults or sexist remarks,
• Unwelcome sexual overtone in any manner such as over telephone (obnoxious telephone calls) and the like,
• Touching or brushing against any part of the body and the like,
• Displaying pornographic or other offensive or derogatory pictures, cartoons, pamphlets or sayings,
• Forcible physical touch or molestation and
• Physical confinement against one's will and any other act likely to violate one's privacy.

RTI

Right to access information held by public bodies is a fundamental right guaranteed under the Constitution of India. Supreme Court of India accepted this right as an inherent part of Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression and the Right to life and personal liberty. The court judgments are not sufficient to provide transparency, openness and accountability at the gross root level. There was a need to enact a separate legislation to guarantee right to information to each and every citizen.

In this direction the Union government made the Right to Information Act, 2005. The main purpose of the Act is to bring transparency, openness and accountability in administrative process in each and every department. This Act came in to force on 12th October 2005.

Under the RTI Act Sec.5 (1) imposes a duty on the Public Authority to designate State Public Information Officers in all administrative units or offices as may be necessary to provide information to persons requesting for the information under this Act.

To comply with the above section Goa College of Hospitality and Culinary Education has designated the following authorities in providing information on request to the Indian Citizens.

Public Information Officer - Mr. Prasanna Merchant - HOD, Associate Professor (Phone No: 0832 2454560)

Aggrieved person can prefer an appeal against the PIO to the First Appellate Authority

First Appellate Authority – Mrs. Zarine Lobo - Principal (Phone No: 0832 2454561) INDIA