The Dental Council Of India issues guidelines to curb the menace of ragging in dental colleges.
DCI made it clear that it is the responsibility of the institutions to ensure that no ragging occurs in their insititution.
As per section 11.3 of ‘DCI Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Dental Colleges, 2009’, the authorities or management, especially the Head of all the dental institutes are responsible for avoiding any incidence of ragging and taking prompt and appropriate actions against the responsible person if any such incidence ever happens.
Furthermore. DCI has also instructed all the institutions to issue a strict advertisement against ragging through mediums such as signboards, pamphlets etc. This should be done both, before the commencement of new year as well as during the session.
DCI has also requested to issue booklets that contain information such as:
- What constitutes ragging?
- What are the punishable ingredients of ragging?
- What would be the punishments and penalties for ragging?
- Names and mobile numbers of the members of the Anti-Ragging Squad.
- Anti-Ragging Helpline.
- Contact numbers of Wardens and Deputy Wardens of both, boys and girls hostel.
All dental institutions are instructed to appoint one or more of their faculty members as the "Counsellor" for new and senior students to frequently coordinate the student batches about day-to-day issues and make them aware of their part in minimizing the ragging concern.
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