UGC plans anti-ragging regulations before new session
Chandigarh: Admitting that mere Supreme Court guidelines are not enough to prevent ragging from spoiling the careers of students, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to convert these into strict regulations before the next academic session. "We have realised that more than a decade-old guidelines are not enough to curb the menace of ragging. So, we have formed a four-member committee that would convert these guidelines into regulations as regulations are more strong and easier to enforce on the accused students or the institution," UGC chairman Sukhadeo Thorat told reporters here on Sunday. "The committee will submit its report in the next one or two months and we would circulate it in all the colleges and universities. We are taking this issue very seriously and the new regulations would be implemented before the start of next academic session." This month alone, ragging caused the death of a medical student in Himachal Pradesh and led a girl engine