With the UGC stepping in for strict monitoring of ragging and setting up a National Call Centre to lodge complaints, the Bharathiar University has asked all its affiliated colleges to form committees to prevent ragging.
   
Each committee would comprise a representative from the management, two senior staff, a woman staff and an SC/ST member, with the College Principal heading it.

According to University Vice-Chancellor Dr G Thiruvasagam, the committee, to be set up soon, will meet once a month or whenever a ragging incident was reported.
  
The University felt the need to prevent ragging, following an incident where a BBA student of a city college lost his eyesight when five senior students 'ragged him in a brutal manner' when he reportedly refused to part with money.
  
The students, hailing from Kerala, are still at large and police have failed to trace them. Since the university has over 600 foreign students and candidates from other States, a coordinator representing foreign countries and other states would also be a member of the committee.
   
Besides the committee, a 'grievance black box' would be placed in front of the college office, in which students could drop their complaints and their identity kept secret, Thiruvasagam said.