Ragging is one of the most shameful issues India has been facing for years. It has ruined countless valuable lives. The educational institutes run by Ramakrishna Mission are exceptions in case of occurrence of ragging as administration is prompt, sincere and dedicated to uphold the dignity of every person and the students and teachers are tied up with the bond of love.

As per the UGC notification, Narendrapur Campus of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI) observed Anti-Ragging Day on 12th August, 2023. On this day, UGC anti-ragging posters were displayed. An extempore competition and an essay writing competition were also conducted to spread awareness about the issues of ragging among the students. The topic of extempore competition was given as – “Value Education and Sensitization can completely eradicate ragging from educational institutions” and the topic of topic for essay writing competition was – “Is Ragging a manifestation of Inferiority complex and Personal frustration?”. At the beginning of the programme, the students, teachers and staff members observed one minute silence in memory of Swapnadip Kundu, the student of Jadavpur University who was a victim of ragging recently. The programme started with Shanti Mantra Chanting by the students followed by a speech from Dr. Tapash Dasgupta (Dean, RKMVERI, Narendrapur Campus). He said that in the history of RKMVERI not a single incident of ragging took place and everyone should try to keep this culture of ragging free campus intact. He also requested the students to protest against ragging whenever they came to know any such incident in any other institutes too. Mr. Kalyan Roy (PhD Research Scholar) delivered a power point presentation on the issues of ragging, legal safe guards to strictly handle ragging and role of institutions to curb the menace of ragging. After that extempore competition was held where two students participated and voiced their views on the given topic. The essay competition was held just before the commencement of the programme where six students participated. After the extempore competition, a drama on issue of ragging and cyber bullying was played by the students. Nine students took part in that drama. At last, prizes were conferred to the winning candidates of extempore and essay writing competition. Total ten faculty and staff members (nine male and one female) were present at that event. The no. students attended the programme was 32 (23 from Agriculture and Rural Development, 1 from Environment and Disaster Management, 4 from Agronomy, 1 from Medical Biotechnology, 3 from Agricultural Biotechnology). Out of 32 students, 14 students were male and 18 were female.

Below are some photos of the programme