Prof Rajendra Kachroo lost his son to ragging. Akshit Srivastava, another ragging victim, was let down by his college after he lodged a complaint against his senior for ragging. In Haldwani in Uttarakhand, many students were forced to shave their heads and were paraded with their hands tied on their backs. A homoeopathic medical college developed a ragging manual, and in another case, a student’s body was chopped into pieces because he resisted ragging.

In the name of breaking the ice, the lives of numerous students and their families continue to be broken in India because of ragging. In this Podumentary, we speak to ragging victims and experts on why the instances of ragging in colleges are not receding despite steps initiated by the University Grants Commission (UGC).  

Speakers: 

Dr Akshit Srivastava

Ragging victim

Dr Kushal Banerjee

Co-founder, SAVE
(Society Against Violence in Education)

Meera Kaura Patel 

Advocate, Supreme Court 

Legal head, SAVE
(Society Against Violence in Education)

Prof Rajendra Kachroo

Ragging victim Aman Kachroo’s father

Founder, Aman Movement

Rakesh Kumar Mishra, IPS (retired)

Chairman, Anti Ragging Committee 

Tejeswar Parida

Convener, Ragging Free Campus Abhiyan (RFCA)

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