The committee headed by former CBI chief RK Raghavan met here on Wednesday, and asked the regulatory bodies to take punitive action against errant institutions.
A Supreme Court-appointed anti-ragging panel has rapped the UGC, MCI and other regulatory bodies for poor implementation of anti-ragging measures. The committee, headed by former CBI chief RK Raghavan, asked regulatory bodies to take punitive action against errant institutions on Wednesday.
“We have not seen regulatory bodies taking punitive action against erring institutions. We told them we want to see punitive action being taken against institutions that haven’t implemented anti-ragging provisions,” the panel said.
Punitive action could include curtailing grants to the institutions and withdrawing their recognition. The regulatory bodies could also withdraw grants to institutions for not taking anti-ragging measures.
Besides, the panel also favoured the idea of starting a national call centre to assist students. Rajendra Kachru, father of medical student Aman, who allegedly died after he was brutally ragged by seniors in Himachal Pradesh earlier this month, attended the meeting and suggested starting a national call centre to assist students who face ragging.
“The suggestion is feasible. We are considering it and follow-up action would be taken,” Raghavan said.
The panel felt the institutions showed laxity in implementing anti-ragging measures. “Monitoring could be better. Regulators can set up a mechanism to monitor implementation of anti-ragging provisions,” Raghavan said. Regulators could set up special cells for the purpose.
Two years ago the committee had submitted a series of recommendations to the SC on curbing ragging. The recommendations stipulated that institutes should form anti-ragging committees and squads and ragging should be made a criminal offence. The UGC, MCI and other regulators had at that time asked the institutes to implement the recommendations. “But asking is not enough. The regulatory bodies need to constantly monitor the efforts,” Raghavan said.
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