- Any act of misconduct committed by a student inside or outside the campus shall be an act of violation of discipline of the university, such as disruption of teaching, student examination, research or administrative work, curricular or extra-curricular activity, or residential life of the members of the university, including any attempt to prevent any member of the university or its staff from carrying on his or her work or engaging in any act that is likely to cause such disruption.
- Damaging or defacing university property, the property of members of the university, or any other property inside or outside the university campus.
- Engaging in any attempt of wrongful confinement of teachers, officers, employees, and students of the university or camping inside or creating nuisance inside the boundaries of the houses of teachers, officers, and other members of the university.
- Use of abusive and derogatory slogans, intimidatory language, incitement of hatred and violence, or any act calculated to further the same.
- Ragging in the following terms :
- Display of noisy, disorderly conduct, teasing, or excitement by rough or rude treatment or handling, including any indisciplined activities that cause or are likely to cause annoyance, undue hardship, physical or psychological harm, or raise apprehension or fear in a fresher, or asking the students to do any act or perform something that causes him or her shame, embarrassment, or danger to his or her life.
- Coercing to address a senior as ‘Sir’, perform mass drills, copy class notes for the seniors, run various errands, do menial jobs for the seniors, ask or answer vulgar questions, forcing to look at pornographic pictures, forcing to drink alcohol, scalding tea, etc., to do acts that lead to physical injury, mental torture, or death, strip kissing or doing other obscenities.
- Eveteasing or disrespectful behaviour towards women or girl students.
- An assault upon, or intimidation of, or insulting behaviour towards a teacher, officer, employee, student, or any other person.
- Causing or colluding in the unauthorised entry of any person into the campus or the unauthorised occupation of any portion of the university premises, including hostels or halls of residence, by any person.
- Getting enrolled in more than one programme of study simultaneously is a violation of the university’s bylaws.
- Committing forgery, tampering with, or misuse of university documents or records, identification cards, etc.
- Furnishing false certificates or false information to any office under the control and jurisdiction of the university.
- Consuming or possessing alcoholic drinks, dangerous drugs, or other intoxicants on university premises.
- Indulging in acts of gambling on the university premises.
- Possessing or using any weapons, such as knives, lathes, iron chains, iron rods, sticks, explosives, and fire arms, on the university premises.
- Arousing communal, caste, or regional feelings or creating disharmony among students.
- Not disclosing one’s identity when asked to do so by an employee or officer of the university who is authorised to ask for identity.
- Tearing of pages, defacing, burning, and destroying books in any library.
- Unauthorised occupation of hostel rooms or unauthorised acquisition or use of university furniture in one’s hostel room or elsewhere.
- Accommodating guests or other persons in hostels without permission of the Warden.
- Improper rendering of accounts for money drawn from or through any office under the control and jurisdiction of the university.
- Any act of moral turpitude.
- Any offence under law.
- Committing any of the offences specified in the examination bylaws.
- Violation of the traffic bylaws as notified.
- Improper behaviour while on a tour or excursion.
- Pasting of posters, distributing pamphlets, handbills, etc. of objectionable nature, or writing on walls and disfiguring buildings.
- Any other act that may be considered by the Vice-Chancellor or the Disciplinary Committee to be an act of violation of discipline.
Code of conduct for students
SRMIST Vadapalani, has developed this policy, and the students are expected to follow these guidelines to conduct themselves as law-abiding citizens of India.
- At the time of application and admission, each student, along with his or her parent, is requested to sign an affidavit willing to abide by this Code of Conduct.
- Every student shall uphold this code of conduct and refrain from engaging in any form of misconduct that can affect the institute’s interests and reputation.
- Adhere to any reasonable pattern of behaviour accepted by society for professional persons.
- Respect the community in which you are employed and be loyal to the institute system and the country.
- Render possible assistance to the development of society and use your knowledge and skills for enhancement of human welfare.
DO’S
- Be aware of this code of conduct, disciplinary rules, procedures, policies and processes.
- Be informed that any indiscipline or misconduct will be recorded in the Student ERP to trace the history by the Directorate of Student Affairs.
- Respect the wellness, privacy and safety of others and abstain from unwanted behaviour, thereby not supporting, participating in, or committing any violation of this code.
- Visibly display the SRMIST Student Identity Card when entering and exiting the campus 24/7 in all locations. Produce/hand-over the ID card when requested by the authorities.
- Follow the proper, formal dress code.
- Visibly display the vehicle pass on the vehicle.
- Compulsorily wear a helmet and seat belt as appropriate.
- Follow and keep all rules regarding hostels, campuses, academics and examinations.
- Cooperate and provide information at a disciplinary hearing.
- Acknowledge that the decision of SRMIST is final and binding.
- Understand and acknowledge that sanctions, as deemed essential, will be imposed on violating any of the disciplinary policies.
- It is a mandate to complete the sanctions (punishments) imposed by the university.
DONT’S
- Avoid dark-tinted glass window vehicles, tampering with vehicle silencers, triples in biking, rash driving, non-use of helmets, speeding and vehicle stunts. (Level 1)
- Avoid indiscipline in areas such as the gym, food courts, shops and stores, transport areas, sports areas, etc. (Level 1).
- Avoid bringing passed-out students and/or outsiders inside the campus without proper permission. (Level 1)
- Avoid improper and informal dressing (shorts, exposed and transparent clothes, etc.) (Level 1).
- Avoid roaming on campus without an ID card. (Level 1)
- Avoid misuse or tampering with ID cards. (Level 2)
- Avoid any complaints of misconduct outside the campus. (Level 2)
- Avoid disgraceful public displays of affection (indecent position, objectionable pose, etc.) (Level 2).
- Avoid damaging any campus property (e.g., books, buildings, gadgets, fire extinguishers, elevators, plants, vehicles, etc.). (Level 3)
- Avoid discourtesy and disrespect towards any SRMIST official, faculty, staff or support services person on campus. (Level 3)
- Avoid using abusive language, threatening, or intimidating any person. (Level 3)
- Avoid causing an alarm through any expression or communication to anyone, either physically or by electronic or social media platforms. (Level 3)
- Avoid giving bribes, theft, forgery and gambling. (Level 3)
- Avoid groupism of any kind with a view to taking the law into one’s own hands. Avoid arrogant behaviour and arguments with any authority or staff. (Level 3)
- Avoid physical fights with other students or with any faculty, staff or security. (Level 3)
- Avoid disobeying institutional orders alone or with others (including instigating and/or participating). (Level 4)
- Avoid shouting slogans and raising voices in a group or making group complaints. (Level 4)
- Avoid the possession or distribution of banned items such as fire crackers, weapons, sharp objects and pornographic materials. Avoid possession, consumption, transportation, or distribution of tobacco, gutka and similar banned substances. (Level 4)
- Avoid misconduct resulting in a complaint. (e.g., cheating with shopkeepers, teasing girls, stalking and/or sexually harassing the opposite gender in any way, creating nuisance in public areas, etc.). (Level 4)
- Avoid physical fights, especially serious ones leading to injury. (Level 4)
- Avoid coming to the campus, attending classes or driving in an inebriated state under the influence of alcohol and/or other drugs. (Level 5)
- Avoid forgery of signatures of authority, producing false documents, or giving false information pertaining to academics and hostels. (Level 5)
- Avoid possessing, distributing, consuming, and transporting alcohol, drugs or narcotics within and outside the campus. (Includes compelling or threatening fellow students to bring the material inside campus.) (Level 5)
- Avoid being charged for a criminal offence by the state or police by filing an FIR and subsequent arrest for possessing drugs, narcotics, alcohol, rioting, assault, unlawful assembly, theft, molestation, threatening or grievous harm, or any other offence considered criminal in nature under the Indian Penal Code. (Level 6)
- Avoid dangerous habits that may adversely affect other students’ behaviour and safety (e.g., influencing other students by making their private videos, blackmailing, involving or pressurising pornography, or having connections with potential drug uppliers). (Level 6)
- Avoid collecting money in any form or involving in any trading transactions (influencing parents during admission for better branches and confirming admission into this campus by taking money from them, etc.). (Level 6)
- Avoid entering the campus when under suspension and/or facing disciplinary charges or a criminal offence. (Level 5)
- Avoid utilising SRMIST premises without the knowledge and consent of the concerned authority. Avoid exhibiting any notices or publicising any event in any form in any part of the campus without proper approval. (Level 5)
- Avoid unauthorised use of SRMIST’s name or its campus in any form of online media (email, blogs, websites, chats and social networking sites like WhatsApp, Instagram, etc.). Avoid sharing or transferring pictures, voice or video of any individual(s) on the SRMIST campus. (Level 5)
- Avoid any activity disrupting the law and order of SRMIST that needs police reporting and intervention. (Level 5)
- Avoid creating a statement about SRMIST without prior approval from the concerned authority and communicating any statement to a third party. Avoid spreading rumours about SRMIST and its functioning. (Level 5)
- Avoid any anti-institutional, national, communal or political voice. (Level 5)
- Avoid interfering or giving false testimony or evidence in a disciplinary proceeding, and avoid harassing or intimidating any participant in the disciplinary process. (Level 5)
- Avoid repetition of any misconduct. (Level 6).
- Avoid noncompliance or non-completion of any sanctions meted out earlier. (Level 6)
- Avoid ragging, a criminal offence that is prohibited in any form. (Level 6)
The disciplinary committee will decide the punishment as deemed fit, which is based on a case-by-case scenario that may include any one or more of the following:
- Warning & Reprimand: A student is formally warned and reprimanded to indicate that continuing the misconduct will further escalate to more repercussions.
- Task assigned: A student is assigned tasks or assignments aimed at imparting skills that may educate a student about the difficulties and consequences of their actions to avoid further violations.
- Fines: A financial method is used as a deterrent to stop a violation. A maximum of once per person is permitted with other academic sanctions.
- Restitution: Restoration or compensation for the damage or loss due to the violation of this code by repayment to SRMIST or to any affected student, faculty, and/or staff.
- Interim Restrictions: Denial of parking space, change of room, hostel room suspension, expulsion from hostel for a certain time, use of university gadgets or facilities, etc.
- Declaration and Undertaking by the student and the parent : The student and the parent must give an undertaking that no such repetition of the offence will ever happen and if does, they will abide by any action the University undertakes, including expulsion of the student from the Institution.
- Suspension till the completion of Disciplinary Committee hearing : Indefinite suspension till the completion of hearing.
- Barring from placement or examination process : The student is barred from any placement and/or examination process depending upon the severity of the indiscipline.
- Rustication : The student is expelled temporarily from the university for a period up to one year for the misconduct.
- Expulsion : The student is expelled permanently from the University for misconduct. The consequences for the various misconducts are listed below
| LEVEL – 1 | |
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| MISCONDUCT | CONSEQUENCE |
| 1. Failing to give attendance/ log-in inside the hostel and reporting late after the permitted time. |
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| 2. Use of electrical appliances in the room without the approval of the hostel authority (other than laptop/cell phones/etc.) Disturbing others by loudly playing music in the room. | |
| 3. Unauthorized function, meeting or gathering. | |
| 4. Non-Resident student(s),ex-hostel student found in the hostel room (action against both hosteller and non-resident) | |
| 5. Indiscipline in the gym, food courts, dining areas, shops & stores, transport areas, sports areas, etc. | |
| 6. Not following proper, formal dress code inside the campus. (E.g.- wearing short or transparent /exposing clothes) | |
| 7. Not wearing ID card during class hours & not producing ID after class hours when asked. | |
| 8. Not wearing helmet, triple riding, tampering silencer, speeding / vehicle stunts inside the campus, rash driving, non-display of vehicle pass, dark tinted glass window vehicles etc | |
| LEVEL – 2 | |
|---|---|
| MISCONDUCT | CONSEQUENCE |
| 1. Misuse or Tampering of ID cards. |
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| 2. Any complaint of misconduct received from outside the campus. | |
| 3. Found in indecent position/objectionable pose with a fellow student. | |
| LEVEL – 3 | |
|---|---|
| MISCONDUCT | CONSEQUENCE |
| 1. Damage to the campus property (eg- books, buildings, gadgets, fire extinguishers, elevators, plants, vehicles, etc.). |
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| 2. Possession or distribution of banned items such as – fire crackers etc | |
| 3. Discourtesy, disrespect, using foul language/ gestures & threatening fellow students/ staff/ faculty/ security. | |
| 4. Causing an alarm through any expression or communication to anyone physically or by electronic or social media platforms. | |
| 5. Stealing, bribing, forgery and gambling etc. | |
| 6. Making a group with a view to take law into their own hands, arrogant behavior and arguments with any authority and staff. | |
| 7. Physical abuse among students or with any faculty / staff / security. | |
| LEVEL – 4 | |
|---|---|
| MISCONDUCT | CONSEQUENCE |
| 1. Refusing to obey institutional orders alone or with others. Shouting slogans and raising voice in a group or group complaints (includes instigating and/or participating). |
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| 2. Any complaint of major misconduct received from inside or outside the campus (E.g. – cheating shopkeepers, teasing girls, stalking and/or sexually harassing the opposite gender in any way, creating nuisance in public areas, etc.) | |
| 3. Physical abuse leading to injury among students or staff. | |
| 4. Utilizing SRMIST’s premises without the knowledge and consent of the concerned authorities. Exhibiting any notices or publicizing any event in any form in any part of the campus without proper approval. | |
| LEVEL – 5 | |
|---|---|
| MISCONDUCT | CONSEQUENCE |
| 1. Coming to campus/class/driving in inebriated condition under the influence of alcohol and/or other drugs. | Rustication for One Year OR Expulsion from University |
| 2. Forgery of signatures of authority/producing false documents /giving false information pertaining to academics and hostel | |
| 3. Possession/consumption/transportation/distribution of tobacco, gutka and similar banned substances. Possession/consumption/transportation/ distribution of Drugs/Narcotics within and outside the campus (includes making/ threatening fellow students to bring the material inside campus) | |
| 4. Dangerous habits which may adversely affect other students’ behavior and safety. Possession of weapons, sharp objects, pornographic materials. (E.g., influencing other students to make their private videos, blackmailing, involving or pressurizing for pornography, having connection with potential drug suppliers). | |
| 5. Collecting money in any form or involving in any trading transactions (influencing parents during admission for better branches and confirming admission into this campus by taking money from them etc.) | |
| 6. Entering the campus when under suspension and/or facing disciplinary charges/ criminal offence. | |
| 7. Unauthorized use of SRMIST’s name or its campus in any form of online media (email, blogs, websites, chats and social networking sites). Sharing / transfer of pictures, voice or video of any individual(s) in the campus. Defaming University through social media. | |
| 8. Interfering or giving false testimony or evidence at a disciplinary proceeding. Harassing or intimidating any participant in the disciplinary process. | |
| LEVEL – 6 | |
|---|---|
| MISCONDUCT | CONSEQUENCE |
| 1. Repetition of any misconduct at (level 5). | Expulsion from the University |
| 2. Non-compliance/non completion of any sanctions meted out earlier. | |
| 3. Any act by the student which management deems fit for expulsion. | |
| 4. Ragging * Hon’ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No. 887 of 2009 passed the judgment wherein guidelines were issued for setting up of a Central Crisis Hotline and Anti-Ragging database. * UGC guidelines notified vide no.F.1‐16/2009 (CPP‐II) dated 21‐10‐2009 on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions, 2009 (Under Section 26(1) (g) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956) shall apply. * The Anti-Ragging Committee will look into this. | |
Step 1: Student misconduct is reported to the Directorate of Student Affairs (DSA).
Step 2: If the issue is deemed fit to be in Level 1 & 2., the DSA convenes a meeting with the concerned academic department and/or the Director of Campus life in addition to informing the parents, after which the sanctions are meted out to the student(s).
Step 3: If the issue is deemed fit to be in Level 3–6, the DSA convenes a meeting of the Disciplinary Committee along with the parents, after which the sanctions are meted out to the student(s).
Step 4: Mail sent to respective HOD for the sake of information.
Step 5: Documented in Academia/ERP so as to keep track.
| SL. No. | Name | Position | Department | Faculty |
| 1 | Director – Student Affairs | Chairperson | Directorate of Student Affairs | – |
| 2 | Deputy Director – Student Affairs | Convener | Directorate of Student Affairs | – |
| 3 | Director Campus Life or representative *In case of misconduct by a hostel student | Ex officio Member | Campus Life | |
| 4 | Dean/HOD or representative *In case of misconduct by a day scholar student | Ex officio Member | Concerned Department | Concerned Faculty |
| 5 | Professor / Class In charge | Member | Concerned Department | Concerned Faculty |
| 6 | Hostel Warden or representative *In case of misconduct by a hostel student | Member | Concerned Hostel | – |
| 7 | Representative from Science and Humanities | Member | – | CSH |
| 8 | Representative from Hotel Management | Member | – | IHM |
| 9 | Representative from College of Engineering and Technology | Member | – | CET |
| 10 | Representative from College of Management | Member | – | COM |
Step 1: If a student is not satisfied with the decision of the Disciplinary Committee and the sanctions imposed by it, he or she can appeal for his/her case in writing to the Registrar, SRMIST Vadapalani.
Step 2: On receiving the request from the student, the registrar, after hearing the student, may decide to refer the case once again to the disciplinary committee for reconsideration or convene the Appellate Committee (VC, Registrar & Pro-VC) headed by the Vice-Chancellor.
Step 3: The decision of the Appellate Committee is final & binding.
*Note: An appeal is permitted for any misconduct at Level 5 and Level 6 only.