1. This policy shall be called as the "Anti-Ragging Policy of the Lovely Professional University".
2. This policy shall be applicable to all the students of the Lovely Professional University.
3. This policy shall come into force with immediate effect.

This policy aims at:
Discouraging, prohibiting and preventing acts of ragging on the part Of students;
Providing information about preventive, procedural and punitive aspects of ragging;
Creating and encouraging a healthy and conducive socio-academic environment within the student community; and
Generating and maintaining a high level of confidence within students and their parents/guardians.

As per UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Education Institutions, 2009, as amended vide University Grants Commission Notification No. F. 1- 15/2009 (ARC) dated 29th June, 2016, Ragging constitutes one or more of any of the following acts:

1. 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;
2. 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;
3. 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 sense of shame, or torment or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the physique or psyche of such fresher or any other student;
4. Any act by a senior student that prevents, disrupts or disturbs the regular academic activity of any other student or a fresher;
5. Exploiting the services of a fresher or any other student for completing the academic tasks assigned to any individual or a group of students;
6. Any act of financial extortion or forceful expenditure burden put on a fresher on or any, other student by students;
7. Any act of physical abuse including all variants of it; sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, forcing obscene and lewd acts, gestures, causing bodily harm or any other danger to health or person;
8. Any act or abuse by spoken words, email, post, public insu1ts, 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;
9. Any act that affects the mental health and self-confidence of a fresher or any other student;
10. Any act of physical or mental abuse (including bullying and exclusion) targeted At another student (fresher or otherwise) on the ground of colour, race, religion, caste, ethnicity, gender ( including transgender), sexual orientation, appearance, nationality, regional origins, linguistic identity, place of birth, place of residence or economical background:

Certain measures for prohibiting and preventing its occurrence in the Universities are as below:

1. The Vice-Chancellor shall address meeting of various staff and senior officers, representative of students, parents, faculty, local media, civil and police administration during every session to review and discuss the anti-ragging measures.
2. The Anti-Ragging Committee of the University shall be constituted and headed by the Vice Chancellor and shall comprise of representatives of civil and police administration, local media, non- government organization, faculty members, students, parents and non-teaching- staff.
3. The Anti-Ragging Squad shall be constituted by the Vice-Chancellor to maintain vigil and keep check on the menace of ragging. The Anti-Ragging Squad shall make raids in academics, residential and other areas in the campus.
4. Fresher(s) and other student(s), whether being victims or witnesses in any incident of ragging are advised to promptly report such occurrence to the Anti-Ragging helpline. The students may also contact the concerned University officials in this regard.
5. All the students and their parents/guardians shall submit undertaking as Prescribed by the University with regard to the student not to indulge in any behaviour/act of ragging.
6. Details of members of Anti-Ragging Committee and Anti-Ragging Squad should be given on the University website.
7. Printed booklet containing UGC Regulations on curbing the menace of ragging in full along with additional leaflet drawing attention of the students to consequences of ragging and advising to restrain from indulging in ragging will be given at the time of admission.
8. Induction and orientation programme for fresher students may also be conducted.
9. Contact numbers of the security officials, residential staff and concerned officials may also be placed on the University website for the information of the students.
   
   

The aggrieved student or parent/guardian may report the occurrence of an incident of ragging to Anti- Ragging Squad which shall conduct enquiry into the incident and the enquiry report along with recommendations shall be submitted to the Anti-Ragging Committee.
The Anti-Ragging Squad shall conduct enquiry by observing a fair procedure and principles of natural justice and after giving adequate opportunity to the student(s) accused of ragging and other witnesses to place before it the facts, documents and views concerning the incident of ragging and considerations such other relevant information as deem necessary.

1. The University shall punish a student found guilty of ragging after following the enquiry procedure and in the manner prescribed hereunder:
1. The Anti-Ragging Committee shall take an appropriate decision With Regard to punishment or otherwise, depending on the facts of the incident of ragging and nature and gravity of the incident of ragging in consideration of the recommendations of the Anti- Ragging Squad.
2. The Anti-Ragging Committee may, depending on the nature and gravity of the guilt established by the Anti-Ragging Squad, award, to those found guilty, one or more of the following punishments, namely;
1. Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges;
2. Withholding/withdrawing scholarship/fellowship and other benefits;
3. Debarring from appearing in any test/examination or other evaluation process;
4. Withholding results;
5. Debarring from representing the University in any regional, national or international meet, tournament, youth festival etc.
6. Suspension/Expulsion from the hostel;
7. Cancellation of admission;
8. Rustication from the University;
9. Expulsion from the University and consequent debarring from admission to any other institution;
10. Other disciplinary action(s) as deem appropriate;
Provided that where the persons committing or abetting the act of ragging are not identified, collective punishment may be awarded.

Appeal against the order of the punishment awarded by the Anti-Ragging Committee shall lie to Pro-Chancellor of the University, which should be filed within a period of fifteen days from such order.

1. The University reserves the right to update, revise, modify, amend, repeal and/or revoke this policy at any stage in whole or in part(s) and make the same effective from such a date as it may deem appropriate from time to time.
2. This policy is in supersession of the Anti-Ragging Policy of the University earlier in force.
3. The University official as prescribed herein may delegate respective power(s) and function(s) to other University official(s) for the purpose of this policy and matters related thereto as may deem appropriate from time to time.
4. This policy does not limit or restrain in any manner the University's right to take any measure(s) to consider, deal with and redress any/all the complaint(s)of ragging and matter relating thereto and the University shall reserve that right at all time.
5. The University reserves the right to remove any difficulty in the course of implementation of this policy and/or to exercise its discretion with respect to any or all of the clauses of this policy as it may deem appropriate from time to time.
6. Notwithstanding anything stated in this policy or anywhere else, for any unforeseen issues arising that are not covered by this policy or in the event of conflict of the opinion with regard to interpretation of any/all provision of this policy and in respect to all the maters concerned with this policy, whether expressly provided herein or not, the Registrar may take such decision as deem appropriate for the purpose.