Nellore Information

Group discussion: Students of Brahmaiah College of Engineering in Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district.

The series of attacks on girl students, harassment and ragging incidents in and around the educational institutions are disturbing students. The recent acid attack on engineering students – Praneetha and Swapnika – in Warangal district shows how cruelly some youth are behaving, in the name of love, say the students of Brahmaiah College of Engineering.
Participating in a discussion organised at the college in Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district, the students held the police and the government equally responsible for the acid attack. They criticised the police for their inaction.
A first year Electrical and Electronics Engineering student, I.V.N. Vidya, said the government should take stringent measures to ensure that teasing, ragging and the scenes of sadistic behaviour are not glamourised in films as most of the youth are highly influenced by them. In many movies, the relationship between students and lecturers depicts more as buffoonery than of comedy. This is leading to dilution of respect shown to the teachers.The officials should also censor the obscene scenes in films and televisions to prevent attacks on women, she opined.
Another student, N. Alekhya, said the police should react immediately when a student complains of harassment or ‘eve-teasing’. The college managements should not feel that their responsibility is limited up to college premises and the management and police should arrange vigil near bus stops and other public places.
In some cases, indifference of the parents is also responsible for spoiling the life of youth. Parents should also spend some time with their wards and prevent them from getting addicted to bad habits. The students, particularly girls, should be courageous and discuss their problems with friends. If problems faced by them are brought to the notice of the college managements they should respond immediately, said a Computer Science Engineering student L. Rajesh.
M. Venkata Varun, a first year CSE student said the courts should treat evils like ragging, teasing and attacks on girls as special cases and give expeditious judgements, which will help in curbing such incidents to some extent. The involvement of political leaders should be viewed seriously. The college managements should organise counselling for students, parents meetings to prevent attacks on girls and avoid suicides. The media should also concentrate on giving information for students on the consequences of ragging and eve-teasing cases and its impact on the accused rather than highlighting the gory incidents, said a CSE student G. Divya Sri.
Other students K. Srikanth, C. Ramana, P. Varma, G. Bhargavi, V. Sailaja, N. Mahendra Babu, S. Suhasini, G. Suresh and P. Pullaiah participated in the discussion. The students took an oath not to resort to ragging and teasing and have friendly relationship with each other. College principal N.R.M. Reddy, administrative officer Allam Mallikharjuna, lecturers G.V. Ramu, Y. Prabhakar Reddy and other faculty members participated.