The Dental Council of India on 25th April 2022, has directed all dental institutions to issue advertisements against ragging through signboards, pamphlets etc. before the commencement of academic year as well as during the midst of the session.
The institutions shall issue booklets to all the students containing the details about what constitutes ragging, punishable ingredients of ragging, punishments and penalty for ragging, names and mobile numbers of the members of the Anti Ragging Squad, Anti Ragging Committee (Anti Ragging Helpline), Wardens, Deputy Wardens of Men’s and Women’s hostel.
As per DCI Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Dental Colleges, 2009, it is the responsibility of all the institution to ensure that no incident of ragging takes place in their dental institution and measures taken to curb it may be reviewed.
All dental Institutions shall designate any of their faculty member(s) as “Counsellor” for fresher and senior students to co-ordinate the batches of students (Counselees) regularly about day-to-day problems and also to sensitize their role in curbing the menace of ragging.
The institutions shall obtain and file undertaking, on anti ragging, from all parents/guardians and students (1st year to final year) studying in BDS/MDS/PG Diploma/Para Dental Courses or any other course approved/recognised by DCI, online through www.antiragging.in / www.amanmovement.org.
Further, every institution shall submit its reports in prescribed format (Annexure-II) to the Secretary, Dental Council of India, Aiwan-E-Galib Marg, Kotla Road, New Delhi-110002, by 30th April of every year in respect of the previous academic session, indicating the requisite information.
