ANTI RAGGING ACT OF GOVT. OF TAMIL NADU
EXTRACT OF ACT. No.7 OF 1997
An Act to prohibit "Ragging" in educational institution In the State of Tamil Nadu.

I. SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT
    1. This Act may be called the Tamil nadu Prohibition of Ragging Act 1997.
    2. It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.
    3. It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 19th of December 1996.

II. DEFINITION

    In this Act unless the context otherwise requires, 'Ragging' means display of noisy, disorderly conduct doing any act which causes or is likely to cause physical or physiological harm or raise apprehension or fear or shame or embarrassment to a student in any educational institution and includes.
             a) Teasing, abusing, of playing practical jokes on, or causing hurt to such students.
             b) Asking the student to do any act perform something which such student will not, in the ordinary course, be willing to do.

III. PROHIBITION OF RAGGING

   Ragging within or outside any educational institution is prohibited.

IV. PENALTY FOR RAGGING

    Whoever directly or indirectly commits, participates in, abets or propagates "Ragging" within or outside any educational institution, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term upto 2 years and a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees.

V. DISMISSAL OF STUDENT

    Any student convicted of an offence under section 4 shall also be dismissed from the educational institution and such student shall not be admitted in any other educational institution.

VI. SUSPENSION OF STUDENT

    Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, whenever any student complains of ragging to the Head of an educational institution, or any other person responsible for management of the educational institution, such Head of the educational institution or person responsible for the management of the educational institution shall inquire into the same immediately and if found true, shall suspend the student , who committed the offence, from the educational institution. The decision of the Head of the educational institution or the person responsible for the management of the educational institution that any student has indulged in ragging under subsection (1) shall be final.

ANTI RAGGING COMMITTEE

Chairperson:

        Dr.R.Vijayan, Principal

Nodal Officer

        Dr.I.Ashokkumar, Asst. Professor / EEE - 9443694823

Members

• Dr.P.Thirumal, Professor / Mech - 9443455580
• Dr.J.Nafeesa Begum, Professor / CSE - 9486254133
• Mr.M.V.Chakravarthy, PA to Principal - 9444563231​

​Student Members

ANTI RAGGING SQUAD

Chairman & Associate Warden:

        Dr.P.Thirumal, Professor / Mech - 9443455580

Members

​Contact: antiragging@gcebargur.ac.in

Antiragging events conducted in the academic year 2023-24