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Anti Ragging Cell

National Ragging Prevention Programme

National Anti-Ragging Helpline

24x7 Toll Free: 1800-180-5522

Email: helpline@antiragging.in

Website: www.antiragging.in

UGC Monitoring Agency – Centre for Youth (C4Y)

Email: antiragging@c4yindia.org

Website: www.c4yindia.org

University Nodal Officer

Dr. Anurag Vijaywargiya – Nodal Officer of Anti-Ragging Committee and Squad

Contact: +91 9109977001

RAGGING IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE AND THE CULPRITS WILL ATTRACT PUNITIVE ACTION AS MENTIONED IN THE UGC REGULATIONS.

UGC Regulation PDF: www.antiragging.in/assets/pdf/annexure/Annexure-I.pdf

UGC Official Website: www.ugc.ac.in

Anti-Ragging Policy

SCOURGE OF RAGGING IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE AS PER DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY THE HON’BLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA. THE UGC HAS ALSO FRAMED REGULATIONS FOR CURBING THE MENACE OF RAGGING IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

What Constitutes Ragging?

  • Teasing, treating, or handling with rudeness.
  • Causing annoyance, hardship, physical or psychological harm or fear or apprehension thereof.
  • Creating a sense of shame, torment, or embarrassment that affects the physique or psyche.
  • Disrupting or disturbing regular academic activity.
  • Exploiting students for completing academic tasks.
  • Financial extortion or forceful imposition of expenditures.
  • Sexual abuse, homosexual assaults, stripping, obscene or lewd acts and gestures, bodily harm.
  • Verbal abuse through spoken words, emails, posts, or public insults.
  • Acts affecting mental health and self-confidence.
  • Criminal intimidation or wrongful restraint.
  • Any behavior undermining human dignity.

Administrative Measures

A student indulging in ragging shall be subject to:

  • Cancellation of admission
  • Suspension from attending classes
  • Withholding or withdrawing scholarship/fellowship and other benefits
  • Debarring from appearing in any test/examination or evaluation process
  • Withholding results
  • Debarring from institutional representation in events, meets, and festivals
  • Suspension or expulsion from the hostel
  • Rustication from the institution for a specified period

Need Help? Feel free to contact in person or email: helpline@opju.ac.in

Anti-Ragging Committee (ARC) & Anti-Ragging Squad (ARS)

S. No. Name of the Faculty Designation Contact No. E-Mail Id
01 Dr. Anurag Vijaywargiya
Registrar & Nodal Officer		 Registrar & Nodal Officer 9109977001 registrar@opju.ac.in
02 Dr. Mahesh K Bhiwapurkar
Professor & Dean - Mechanical		 Member 9109977029 mahesh.bhiwapurkar@opju.ac.in
03 Dr. Ashish K Sharma
Professor & Dean - CSE		 Member 9637266268 ashishk.sharma@opju.ac.in
04 Dr. P Srikar
Dy Registrar & Associate Professor - Mechanical		 Member 7993029129 Srikar.p@opju.ac.in
05 Dr. Mukesh S. Desai
Sr. Associate Professor - Mechanical & Chief Warden		 Member 9109977045 mukesh.desai@opju.ac.in
06 Dr. Trinath Talapaneni
Associate Professor - Metallurgical Engg. & Warden - Boys Hostel		 Member 8763333171 trinath.talapaneni@opju.ac.in
07 Prof. Rakesh Patidar
Asst. Professor - EE & Warden - Boys Hostel		 Member 8109040096 rakesh.patidar@opju.ac.in
08 Dr. Vikash Kumar
Associate Professor - Management & Warden - Boys Hostel		 Member 9039642356 vikash.kumar@opju.ac.in
09 Dr. Mahasakti Mahamaya
Associate Professor - Civil & Warden - Girls Hostel		 Member 8895841504 mahasakti.mahamaya@opju.ac.in
10 Prof. Sujata Panda
Sr. Asst. Professor - Management & Warden - Girls Hostel		 Member 9098736646 sujata.panda@opju.ac.in
11 Dr. J P Rath
Sr. Assoc. Professor - Management		 Member 9437165222 jp.rath@opju.ac.in
12 Dr. Sushree Diptimayee Swain
Associate Professor (Sr. Grade) – EE		 Member 9109977009 sushree.swain@opju.ac.in
13 Dr. Saumya Singh
Professor – Mathematics		 Member 9109977041 saumya.singh@opju.ac.in
14 Prof. Vinod Nagpure
Asst. Professor (Sr. Grade) – Civil		 Member 9109977037 vinod.nagpure@opju.ac.in
15 Dr. Vatsala Chaturvedi
Asst. Professor (Sr. Grade) – Metallurgical Engg.		 Member 9140480421 vatsala.chaturvedi@opju.ac.in
16 Dr. R N Shukla
Associate Professor – CSE		 Member 9109977050 rnshukla@opju.ac.in
17 Nominee of Police Administration – Ex-Officio To be nominated – –
18 Nominee of Civil Administration To be nominated – –
19 Mr. Balvinder Singh
Parent’s Representative		 – 7000183083 –
20 Nikhil Kumar Singh
Student’s Representative		 – 8809721661 nikh.bt22ee16@opju.ac.in
21 Suhani Ghode
Student’s Representative		 – 9685034849 suha.bsc23ma08@opju.ac.in
22 Aditya Narayan Singh
Student’s Representative		 - 9617211583 adit.mba2402@opju.ac.in

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