Approved on 11th BOG

HOSTEL RULES
HOSTEL ROOMS 1. Students should not change their officially allotted hostel rooms without prior approval of the Administrative Officer (Hostels) or Hostel-In-Charge. 2. Students are required to take adequate care of their personal belongings and should not keep their living rooms unlocked at any point of time. They may do so at their own risk and the hostel administration will have no responsibility for any losses, if so causes. No Complaints in this regard will be entertained. 3. If any student does not require any item provided to his/her room, he/she should request the Hostel In-Charge to take back the same. 4. Shifting of existing furniture from one room to another can only be done with the prior permission of the Hostel authorities. 5. Students should not share their rooms with any person without approval of the competent authority. 6. As and when students are away from their rooms, they must put off the lights and fans for the purpose of conserving electrical energy. 7. Proper care is to be taken of the immersion heaters, if provided, so that there is no wastage of electrical energy and no damage to the equipment. 8. Guests, visiting students in the hostel rooms will sign the Check-in and Check-out registers specially provided for this purpose. The registers will be with the Security Guard-on-Duty. 9. It is the students responsibility to take proper care of any equipment/ furniture allotted to him/her by the Institute. The damage or destruction of Institutes property will be treated as a serious breach of discipline and full charges for repair or replacement with penalty, if imposed, will be recovered from individual students or the students committee/ club as the case may be. 10. Normally the hostel rooms should be vacated by the students during summer vacation for maintenance as per the notification before summer vacation every year.

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11. Students should obtain hostel clearance certificate from the hostel in-charge on completion of the programme and hand over possession of the room to the authorities. 12. Complaints of any nature regarding the maintenance of the hostels should be submitted to the Hostel In-Charge. Complaints of a serious nature may be brought also to the notice of the Vice President-Administration and the Director. 13. Cooking is not permitted in the Hostel Room. 14. No pets are permitted in the Hostel Complex. MESS 1. Food will not be served outside the dining room except in the case of illness. For Such cases the Mess In-Charge should be informed at least four hours before the meal service time. 2. All students must have their meals in the dining room at the hours stipulated by the Mess Committee. These hours must be adhered to strictly. 3. Students are not allowed to take items of Crockery & Cutlery from the mess/ dining hall to their rooms. 4. Mess Charges for any time should be paid along with term fees. No student will be allowed to attend classes or appear at any mid-term/end term examination, if fee is not paid.

DISCIPLINE 1. Ragging and gambling in any form and consumption of any narcotic drugs is strictly prohibited in the campus. Smoking and consumption of alcohol are strictly prohibited inside the class rooms, office areas and the hostel rooms. 2. If a student is found to be disturbing peace and tranquility in hostel/campus, under the influence of alcohol or otherwise, appropriate action will be taken against him/her. 3. The students will not carry firearms of any kind with them in the campus. If found, appropriate action will be taken against him/her. 4. When a student finds it necessary, due to special circumstances, to spend one night or more outside the campus, within or outside the city, he/she should seek permission from
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Vice President (Administration) well in advance. The VP-Administration Office will provide a form which should be filled up in triplicate and all the copies should be signed by the Vice President (Administration) signifying his assent. One copy should be retained in the VP Administration Office, the second with the Hostel Office and the student should return the third copy to the VP-Administration Office on his/her return. 5. Common room chairs, furniture, newspapers and magazines are not to be removed/ displaced under any circumstances. If anyone is found to engage in such activities, appropriate action will be taken. 6. Playing cricket/hockey/football etc in the corridors must be avoided to safeguard the glass panes around. 7. Glass panes and walls of the dining hall and other places at the hostel premises must not be used for displaying notices/posters (for which separate notice boards are available in the hostels) without prior permission of the hostel superintendent / hostel representative. In case posters are put after such permission is obtained, care must be taken not to damage the walls and they must be removed promptly after the event. 8. Students must not litter the campus and must use the dustbins provided around the campus to dispose of refuse. 9. The students will be responsible individually or collectively, as the case may be for littering, breakages and damages of any property of the Institute, for which appropriate fine will be imposed. 10. Hacking in any form and sending spam emails inside or outside the Institute is strictly prohibited. 11. Students are expected to maintain proper decorum in the matter of dress and conduct both inside and outside the Institute campus. 12. No loud music will be played after 09.30 p.m. 13. The terms and conditions of offer of Admission is absolutely clear. The campus rules clearly states that Students are NOT allowed to bring their Motor Vehicles (Cars and Motorcycles) inside the Campus. Violation of Campus rules will invite disciplinary action. Further Para 1 of offer of Admission clearly mentions that All admissions to t he Institute are treated as provisional in the sense that a candidate who is admitted on the basis of this
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offer must satisfy all the eligibility conditions, otherwise, his/her candidature would automatically stand cancelled and he/she would be required to withdraw from the programme forthwith. 14. Boys are strictly prohibited from entering the Girls Hostel and similarly Girls are strictly prohibited from entering the Boys rooms. Any violation of this instruction will be viewed seriously & respective parents will be informed immediately. ANTI RAGGING POLICY Causing, inducing, compelling or forcing a student, whether by way of practical joke or otherwise, to do any act which detracts from human dignity or violates his/her person or exposes him/her to ridicule from doing any lawful act. By intimidating, wrongfully restraining, wrongfully confining, or injuring him or by using criminal force on him/her or by holding out to him/her any threat of intimidation, wrongful confinement, injury or the use of criminal force. Ragging in all its forms is totally banned in this institution including in its departm ents, constituent units, all its premises (academic, residential, sports, kiosks, cafeteria and the like) whether located within the campus or outside and in all means of transportation of students whether public or private. The institution shall take strict action including but not limited to criminal proceeding and/or cancellation of admission against those found guilty of ragging and/or of abetting ragging and the burden of proof shall hereby lie on the perpetrator of alleged ragging and not on the victim. An offence of Ragging may be charged either on a written complaint by the affected or on independent finding of the Anti Ragging Squad. Punishable Ingredients of Ragging: Abetment / Instigation to ragging Criminal conspiracy to rag Unlawful assembly to plan for ragging and rioting while ragging Violation of decency and morals through ragging Injury to body, causing hurt/mental trauma or grievous hurt Wrongful restraint Wrongful confinement Use of criminal force Assault as well as sexual offences or unnatural offences.
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Extortion Criminal trespass Offences against property Criminal intimidation Attempt to commit any or all of the above mentioned offences against the victim Physical or psychological humiliation

Complaints Committee against Sexual Harassment Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination. It is behavior that is not welcome, is personally offensive, destroys morale and interferes with Institutional effectiveness. Sexual harassment is an unlawful employment practice as per the directive of the Supreme Court. Sexual harassment includes such unwelcome sexually determined behavior (whether directly or by implication) as: (a) Physically contact and advances (b) A demand or request for sexual favours; (c) Sexually coloured remarks; (d) Showing pornography; (e) Any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature. It is the policy of the Indian Institute of Management Ranchi to provide and maintain a working environment free from sexual harassment for its participants, faculty, employees, vendors, contractors, citizens and all other programme Participants and employees. In compliance with the Supreme Court Directive, the Institute has constituted a Complaints Committee against Sexual Harassment (CCASH) consisting of senior Faculty members, social activists and staff. The Committee against Sexual Harassment shall address discriminatory behavior, including sexual harassment that they observe or of which they become aware.

The Committee will also advise the remedial actions in case of any Complaint including punishment to the offender.

(Col. B K Nair) VP- Administration

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