OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF STUDENTS JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY KOLKATA-700 032 Minutes of the Meeting of the Anti-Ragging Committee of the University held on 10-09-2013 at 4:30 p.m. at Committee Room No-I. Members Present:1. Vice-Chancellor, Chairman 2. Pro Vice-Chancellor 3. Registrar 4. Dean of Students 5. Prof. Shibnath Chakraborty, Civil Engg. 6. Prof. Chandan Majumder, Computer Science Engg. 7. Dr. Anupam Deb Sarkar, Civil Engg. 8. Prof. Bivas Dam, Dept. of I.E.E 9. Dr. Partha Ghosh, Construction Engg. 10. Dr. Subrata Konar, Chemistry 11. Prof. Sadhan Chakraborty, Philosophy 12. Dr. Samantak Das, Comparative Literature 13. Smt. Aparna Kar Choudhury, Hostel Superintendent 14. Sri Goutam Mukherjee, Hostel Supdt. 15. Sri Souvik Mukherjee, G.S., FETSU 16. Sri Tanmoy Patra, G.S., SFSU 17. Sri Mithun Biswas, A.G.S, FETSU, Salt Lake Campus 18. Smt Riya Dutta, Student of Dept. of Sanskrit 19. Sri Siddhanta Gupta, Student of Dept. of Computer Science 20. Smt Shreya Som, Student of Dept. of Economics The meeting was presided over by Prof. Souvik Bhattacharyya, Vice-Chancellor. The Committee members noted the following:1. Report of the Enquiry Committee, constituted by the Vice-Chancellor on 26/8/2013, on the incident of alleged ragging of Shri Pritam Subba, a student of Department of Information Technology, UG-II (Roll No. 001211001046) and boarder of Salt Lake Campus Students’ Hostel of Jadavpur University. 2. UGC Regulations on curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009. 3. Members expressed their views for punishment to the guilty students ranging from expulsion from the university permanently to Rustication from the institution for few semesters. 4. AGS, FETSU, Salt Lake Campus expressed his opinion for hostel expulsion only to the guilty students. 5. Pritam Subba’s act of keeping freshers illegally should be noted and University should take proper action against him. 6. Siddhanta Gupta noted that through such punishments a clear message should be sent to all those involved in illegal activities. The Committee resolved the following:(A) The Report of The Enquiry Committee on the incident of alleged ragging of Pritam Subba, a student of the Department of Information Technology, UG-II (Roll No. 001211001046) be and is hereby accepted. (B) The Anti-Ragging Committee decided to award the following punishments to those found guilty of ragging. 1. Shri. Anupam Ghosh (Construction Engg., UG-IV, Roll No. 001010601015) (a) Expulsion from the hostel permanently. (b) Rustication from the institution for a period of two semesters (including the current semester), i.e. Semester 1 and 2 of 2013-14 session. 2. Shri. Manik Halder (Printing Engg., UG-IV, Roll No. 001011601006) (a) Expulsion from the hostel permanently. (b) Rustication from the institution for a period of one semester (this means semester 1 of 2013-14 session). The General Secretary, FETSU, wished to record his note of dissent to the above decision. He was of the opinion that no punishment should have been awarded to Shri Anupam Ghosh & Shri Manik Halder. The meeting ended with thanks to the Chair. ----------------------------------Chairman of the Anti-Ragging Committee --------------------------Convenor of the meeting