In observance of ‘Anti-Ragging Week’, the P. G. Department of Home Science, University of Jammu organized  an Awareness Programme on Anti Ragging Laws in collaboration with District Legal Services Authority, Jammu. The purpose of organizing a programme was to sensitize the students about different regulations related to ragging.

Prof. Samridhi Arora, Head, Department of Home Science in her welcome address emphasized that ragging has been a persistent issue that has marred the educational of many students. It not only inflicts emotional and psychological scars but disrupts the pursuit of knowledge and personal that should define our academic institutions. Further, she added that that “let us be the change makers who contribute to the eradication of this social issue from our campuses, ensuring that every student’s journey through education is marked by positivity and growth”.

 Legal Aid Panel Lawyers and members from DLSA Jammu namely Adv. Deepali Arora, Adv. Deepali Kapoor, Adv. Mamta Kumari and Adv. Karan Nagpal were the resource persons for the awareness programme on anti ragging laws.

Ms. Deepali Arora, Advocate , J&K High Court gave a detail presentation on anti ragging and its laws. She provided insides on what is ragging, and its effects and repercussion of ragging. She emphasized that ragging is any disorderly  conduct whether by words  spoken or written, or by an act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness any student, indulging in rowdy or undisciplined activities which cause or are likely to cause or are likely to cause annoyance , hardships or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension thereof  in a fresher or a junior student and which has the  effect of causing or generating  a sense of shame or embarrassment  so as to  adversely affect the psyche of  fresher or a junior student. She urged the youth to stay away from the criminal act of ragging and also to enlighten others towards the resultant penalties.

Prof. Neeru Sharma, Senior Faculty member of the Department highlighted that University has zero tolerance for ragging and the Anti-ragging committees and squads have already been constituted in university to monitor and generate awareness regarding anti ragging.

The other resource persons  had a healthy  interaction with the students and staff and they responded to queries from students with respect to anti ragging. 

The Faculty members from the Department of Home Science, JU, also graced the occasion and prominent among them were Prof. Neeru Sharma, Prof Shashi Manhas, Dr. Charu Mohan, Dr,. Priyanka Sharma, and Ms. Anu Choudhary.

The Programme was attended by students, scholars and non-teaching staff of the Department of Home Science, JU

A formal vote of thanks was presented by Dr. Charu Mohan, Sr. Sceintist in the Department