PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY
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Students’ ManualThis shall apply to all kinds of conduct of students that occurs within the University premises
including University sponsored activities, programs hosted by other recognized student
institutions and any off-campus conduct that has or may have serious consequences or adverse
implications on the Institute’s interests or reputation.
Presidency University is an educational institution dedicated to the pursuit of excellence andfacilitation of an environment that fosters the same. Indispensable to that institutional
commitment is the principle of treating each University Community member fairly and with due
respect, and embracing diversity and inclusion.
All students must duly uphold the academic integrity, respect all individuals and their rights andproperty and strive to ensure the safety of others; etc.
At the time of admission, each student must sign following five affidavits in original using nonjudicial stamp paper of value Rs 10/- or above:a) DECLARATION BY THE STUDENT AGAINST RACISMb) DECLARATION BY THE STUDENT ON SEXUAL HARASSMENTc) DECLARATION BY PARENT/GUARDIAN AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENTd) AFFIDAVIT BY THE STUDENT ON ANTI-RAGGINGe) AFFIDAVIT BY PARENT/GUARDIAN ON ANTI-RAGGING(i)

Any act of discrimination(be it through physical or verbal conduct) based on an individual’s

gender, caste, race, religion or religious beliefs, colour, region, language, disability, or sexualorientation, marital or family status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, etc. shall bestrictly condemned by the authority and prompt action against the concerned person will be taken.
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Intentionally damaging or destroying property belonging to the Institute or the personal

property of other students and/or faculty members will be considered as unbecoming of a student.
(iii) Participating in activities mentioned below will be considered as unbecoming of a student
which includes:
Accepting

membershipof

religious

orterroristgroupsbannedby

theInstitute/Government of India
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Unauthorized possession, carrying or use of any arms, ammunition, explosives, or
potential weapons, fireworks, contrary to law or policy.

Unauthorized possession or use of harmful chemicals and banned drugs

Possessing, Consuming, distributing or selling of liquor in the Institute and/or throwing
empty bottles on the campus of the Institute

Theft or unauthorized access to others’ property( physical or intellectual) or resources

Misbehavior at the time of student body elections or during any activity of the Institute.

Engaging in disorderly, lewd, or indecent conduct, including, but not limited to,creating unreasonable noise; pushing and shoving; inciting, participating or engaging
in a riot or group disruption at the Institute.

(vi) Unable to produce the identity card, issued by the Institute, or refusing to produce
it on demand by campus security guards will be considered as unbecoming of a student.
(iv) Making a video/audio recording, taking photographs, or streaming audio/video of any person
in a location where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, without that person’s
knowledge and express consent will be treated as unbecoming of a student.
Act of Misconduct
Any of the following acts of a student shall be construed as an act of misconduct:(i)

Plagiarism means the use of material, ideas, figures, code or data as one’s own, without

appropriately acknowledging the original source. This may consist of submission of material,
verbatim or paraphrased, that is authored by another person or published earlier by oneself.
Instances of plagiarism include:(a) Reproducing, in whole or part, text/sentences from a report, book, thesis, publicationor the internet.
(b) Reproducing one’s own previously published data, illustrations, figures, images, or
someone else’s data, etc.
(c) Taking material from class-notes or incorporating material from the internet graphs,
drawings, photographs, diagrams, tables, spreadsheets, computer programs, or other nontextual material from other sources into one’s class reports, presentations, manuscripts,
research papers or thesis without proper attribution.
(d) Self plagiarism which constitutes copying verbatim from one's own earlier publishedwork in a journal or conference proceedings without appropriate citations.

e) Submitting a purchased or downloaded term paper or other materials to satisfy a course
requirement.
f) Paraphrasing or changing an author’s words or style without citation.

(ii) Misconduct / Malpractice related to Examinations
A report against a student can be recorded by the invigilator and Centre-in-Charge and sent
to the Controller of Examinations (with a copy to Head of the Department) stating
malpractice (constituting misconduct) if – S/he is found to be in possession inside the examination hall of any book, or pageof any book, or scribbling, or written note, or typed sheet, that may have a bearing
on the subject in which s/he is appearing, irrespective of whether such book, or
page of any book, or scribbling, or written note, or typed sheet is used or not, or S/he writes answer on another examinee’s answer script or helps him/her in any
other manner in writing answer on his/her own answer-script or helps him/her inany other manner in writing answer or tries to obtain from, or to render to, any othercandidate or any other person inside or outside the examination hall, any help in
any manner, or S/he leaves the examination hall without submitting answer-script, or S/he leaves the examination hall before one hour, taking with him answer-script, orcarries from the examination hall the question paper during the hours of
examination without submitting the answer script or gets possession of question
papers outside the examination hall during the hours of examination or is not foundin possession of complete question paper after its distribution in the examination
hall or passes or tries to pass the question paper out of the examination hall or leaves
the examination hall taking with him/her answer paper or loose sheet, or If S/he allows somebody else to write answers on his/her behalf during
examination, or S/he leaves the examination hall without recording his/her attendance on theattendance roll, or S/he encloses currency note(s) with an answer-script or offers illegal gratification
or inducements to the Invigilator(s) or other persons connected with theexamination or, in anyway, tries to take illegal or unfair advantages, or S/he distorts his/her name, roll number or registration number in his/her answerscript, or S/he is found to be in possession of any question paper or any other paper
containing relevant answer or answers written on it, or S/he indulges in any kind of misbehavior, or intimidates or attempts to assault, orintimidates an invigilator or any other person connected with the conduct of theexamination either inside or outside the examination hall, or damages, or attempts
to damage, articles or furniture, equipment, stationery or any other property or thevenue or creates disturbances in the venue or refuses to comply with the instructionof the Invigilator regarding seating arrangements in the examination hall, or

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Any page(s) of the written answer-script(s) of a candidate is/are found to have been
replaced/torn/mutilated or found to contain handwriting different from that of thecandidate, orS/he attempts to violate any other provisions of these regulations, orIf s/he discloses his/her identity in any manner other than that provided in theanswer-scripts.

Nature of Malpractice:
Category I:
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Writing erratic / irrelevant matters
Writing obscene language / sketches
Disclosing identity in any manner other than that provided in the answer-scripts
and / or requesting for specific marks.
Leaving examination Hall without permission / not signing in the Attendance-sheet.
Possessing Printing / Handwritten Notes/ text-book / sizeable handwritten / printed
text/digitally displayed text
Copying or helping in copying/ Group copying

Category II:
Attempting to bribe/writing letter hinting at illegal gratification.
Mutilating the answer book issued.

Category III:
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Misbehaving / Threatening Examination Official or Other Examinees / Smugglingout Question paper.
Receiving outside help.
Assaulting Examination Official
Smuggling in / out answer script or attempting to do soTampering answer book issued and replacement of pages
Impersonation or helping others to impersonate.

Note: The Centre-In-Charge shall use his/her discretion to record in respect of any othermisconduct/malpractice that is not mentioned above.
Recommended Punishment:Category I – Cancellation of paper
Category II – Cancellation of entire examinations of that semester
Category III – Cancellation entire examinations of that semester with debarment fromappearing in any examination for 1 or 2 years excluding the current examination ORRustication from the University

For more on rules of examination following link may be followed:https://coe.presiuniv.ac.in/coepresi/exam/rules_exam.php(iii) Conflict of Interest: A clash of personal or private interests with professional activities canlead to a potential conflict of interest, in various activities such as teaching, research, publication,working on committees, research funding and consultancy. It is necessary to protect actual
professional independence, objectivity and commitment, and also to avoid an appearance of any
impropriety arising from conflicts of interest.
(iv) Conflict of interest is not restricted to personal financial gain; it extends to a large gamut ofprofessional academic activities including peer reviewing, serving on various committees, whichmay, for example, oversee funding or give recognition, as well as influencing public policy.
(v) To promote transparency and enhance credibility, potential conflicts of interests must bedisclosed in writing to appropriate authorities, so that a considered decision can be made on a caseby-case basis. Some additional information is available also in the section below dealing withresources.

Where to report for any misconduct(i) Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)
The committee will addresses all matters related to sexual harassment as guided in the UGC Act
2013 and UGC Regulations 2015.
(ii) Gender Sensitization and Prevention of Sexual Harassment Cell(GSPSHC)
The cell provides an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to understand the social and cultural
constructions of gender that shapes the experiences of women and men in the campus.
(iii) Internal Committee for Persons with Disabilities
This cell takes care of day to day needs of differently-abled persons in the campus andthe related issues.

addresses

(iv) Equal Opportunity Cell
Equal Opportunity Cell of Presidency University oversees and also ensures equity and equal
opportunity to every stakeholder of this university including the disadvantageous groups like SC,ST, OBC (non-creamy layer), minorities, women and physically challenged students and staff.
(v)Student Grievance Redressal Committee (SGRC)
Grievance Redressal Cell of Presidency University redresses the grievances of any student of theuniversity.
(vi) Anti-Ragging Committee & Anti-Ragging Squad
An active cell taking all, measures to prevent ragging in the campus and sensitization of antiragging methods of studentship

Disciplinary Action
If there is a case against a student for a possible breach of conduct, then the concerned committee
will recommend a suitable disciplinary action that shall inquire into the alleged violation andaccordingly suggest the course of action to be taken against the said student

Disciplinary Authority
Different committees are formed by the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor to investigate each case and toproduce the recommendations of taking action for the same.
On the basis of the recommendation of the concerned committee, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor willbe the apex authority on taking any action.