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@article{175854,
        author = {Hevin Ujwal Vas and Niketh P S},
        title = {Awareness on Laws Relating to Ragging Among Undergraduate Science Students in Mangaluru City},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {11},
        pages = {4465-4471},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=175854},
        abstract = {Ragging is a practice where new students are subjected to harassment, abuse, or humiliation by their seniors in educational institutions. This phenomenon, though prevalent worldwide, is particularly notable in South Asian countries, including India. Ragging can range from mild forms of teasing to severe instances of physical and psychological abuse, sometimes leading to tragic consequences such as suicide. To address this issue, in India various laws and regulations have been established. For example, the University Grants Commission (UGC) and other state authorities have introduced strict anti-ragging measures. 
After the analysis of secondary data about the ragging cases, it is clear that there is a need to diminish ragging to lead a joyful student life and to safeguard the youths. Hence, the researcher had planned to take up a study with the objective to ascertain the awareness on laws, to find out the necessity of improvement in laws, to spread awareness. This study aims to measure students’ knowledge of these laws, assess the sources from which they obtain this information. The Undergraduate science students of Mangaluru city are respondents for this study and the data was collected through interview method. Simple random technique is adopted for the selection of sample.  The present study focuses on the students’ perception about the role of laws in preventing ragging in the city of Mangaluru which would also give an insight to the various stakeholders of Law enforcement agencies to work together to reduce the ragging problems in the society. This study emphasizes on need of creating more awareness about anti-ragging laws and provisions of support system for the victims.},
        keywords = {Ragging, Awareness, Anti-ragging laws, Punishment.},
        month = {April},
        }