Friday, August 27, 2010

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST RAGGING by MUTHOOT PAPPACHAN FOUNDATION


Muthoot Pappachan Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Muthoot Pappachan Group, today, flagged off India ’s first national campaign against ragging at St. Joseph ’s Arts and Science College , Richmond Road , Bangalore . After the successful flag off in New Delhi , Jaipur, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad the bus will visit colleges in Bangalore for two days. This ongoing month long campaign is a platform for student communities across the nation to speak up against ragging and take a pledge that they would not rag their juniors. Mr. Shankar Bidari, Commissioner of Police, Bangalore flagged off the event along with Mr. Pravin Salian, Executive Vice President, Muthoot Fincorp.



Speaking about the flag-off at Bangalore, Mr. Thomas George Muthoot, Director, Muthoot Pappachan Group, said, “Year-on-year, after the commencement of the new academic year, the menace of ragging is ever increasing. Having understood the intensity of this menace, as a socially responsible organization, we wanted to approach this issue and take action. We are serious about the anti-ragging campaign; all of us are affected by the menace, a lot more than many students or their parents are willing to admit.” He also added, “We have received good response from New Delhi , Jaipur, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad colleges so far and have received more than 12,000 signatures from students who have pledged that they will not rag their juniors.”

India’s proposed longest running anti-ragging bus will be traveling across eleven cities in India and covering over 45 colleges to garner support from student communities through a signature campaign.


The ‘Bus Aur Nahin’ anti-ragging roadshow will be supported with two short public service films that will be telecast over major national news and youth-focused channels. The entire campaign is spearheaded and rolled out by Muthoot Pappachan Foundation.


Students across the nation can also express their solidarity about anti-ragging by logging into the Facebook page www.facebook.com/busaurnahin2010

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