Battle against Ragging

The Union HRD Ministry has launched a new web portal for students and families to lodge complaints against acts of ragging.

With universities and colleges set to begin new sessions for the season, the Union HRD Ministry has launched a new web portal for students and families to lodge complaints against acts of ragging. The portal has been designed by Rajinder Kachroo, father of Aman Kachroo, who died in 2009 after being brutally ragged by seniors at Dr Rajendra Prasad Medical College in Himachal Pradesh. As part of a Supreme Court order, the Government has also set up a national helpline: 1800-180-55-22. Students can lodge their complaints, and Kachroo promises to ensure that these are addressed immediately. “We will also put all communication related to [every] complaint on record for access, till it is addressed completely,” he says.

Kachroo was earlier running an anti-ragging helpline commissioned by the University Grants Commission . According to data collected by the Trust between June 2009 and May 2012, Uttar Pradesh topped the list of complaints, with as many as 307 made. West Bengal was second with 200 complaints registered.

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Aanchal Bansal