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Prospectus 2022-23

▪ Formally notified last date of admission is the day prior to the class commencement date.
▪ The refund information given above is indicative only and Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University
reserves the right to make changes as per the notifications received from the concerned statutory /
regulatory authorities from time to time. Any changes in the above will be updated.
▪ Above mentioned refund rules may vary due to COVID 19 pandemic & as per UGC guidelines.

Ban on Ragging:

Ragging is any disorderly conduct whether by words spoken or written or by an act which has the effect of
teasing, treating or handling with rudeness to any student, indulging in rowdy or undisciplined activities
which cause or likely to cause annoyance, hardship or psychological harm or to raise fear or apprehension
thereof in a fresher or a junior student and which has the effect of causing or generating a sense of shame
or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the psyche of a fresher or a junior student. Supreme Court of
India has defined ragging as a criminal offence.
Ragging is not only anti-social activity but also a criminal offense. SDM University campus is declared as
ragging free. The management and students are striven hard so far to maintain this status. Any activity
which may be construed as ragging, will attract severe action including expulsion and criminal charges. The
University condemns this in human behavior of ragging and has taken steps beyond the obligatory
requirements as directed by Courts / Governments / Regulatory Bodies / Universities to prevent and make
this campus free of ranging. However, students’ co-operation is very essential to maintain this as a campus
free from ragging. The students are requested and not to hesitate to bring to the notice of the management
any such activity one which himself / herself faced and having seen without any fear.

Ragging is a Criminal Offence as per Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and Karnataka Educational Act 1983. SDM
University ensures Strict Compliance on the Prevention of Ragging of any Form.

Penalty for Ragging
No person who is a student of an educational institution shall commit ragging. Supreme Court of India has
ordered that “if any incident of ragging comes to the notice of the authority, the concerned student shall be
given liberty to explain and if his/her explanation is not found satisfactory, the authority would expel
him/her from the institution”.

Compliance to Anti-Ragging Regulations of Regulatory Bodies:
1. SDM University complies with the regulations prescribed in the UGC Notification No.F.1-16/2009(CPP-II)
dated 21/10/2009 related to UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational
Institutions, 2009.
2. SDM University complies with the regulations prescribed in the MCI Notification No. MCI- 34(1)/2009-
Med./ 25453 dated 03/08/2009.
3. SDM University complies with the regulations prescribed in the DCI Notification No DE-167- 2008 dated
31/07/2009.
4. SDM University complies with the regulations prescribed in the INC Notification F.No.22-10/2015-INC
(AR) dated 19/09/2017.

Warning
No leniency will be shown to the offenders involved in ragging. All students are requested to note and co-
operate in keeping our university and its constituent colleges free from ragging. Names of the officials with
photograph and telephone number to be contacted in case of emergency and regulations are printed in the
orientation handbook given by the institution.

As per the statutory requirement candidate & parent has to submit the anti-ragging affidavit / undertaking
at the time of admission.

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