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{{Infobox organization
|name=Coalition to Uproot<br />Ragging from Education
|logo=Coalition to Uproot Ragging from Education.jpg
|type=[[Research and Advocacy]]
|founded_date=2001
|founder=Harsh Agarwal, [[Varun Aggarwal]],<br />[[Mohit Garg]], [[Rajiv Ram]]
|location=[[New Delhi]]
|origins=
|key_people=Harsh Agarwal, [[Varun Aggarwal]], [[Mohit Garg]], [[Naveen Kumar (activist)|Naveen Kumar]]
|area_served=[[India]]
|focus=[[Ragging]], [[Bullying]], [[Hazing]] in Educational Institutions
|method=Research, Government Policy,<br />Media Attention, Direct-appeal<br />Campaigns
|revenue=
|endowment=
|num_volunteers=
|owner=
|Non-profit_slogan=
|homepage=[http://www.noragging.com www.noragging.com]
|tax_exempt=
|dissolved=
|footnotes=
}}
The '''Coalition to Uproot Ragging from Education''' (CURE) is a [[Volunteering|voluntary]], [[non-profit]] [[NGO]] in [[India]], dedicated to the elimination of [[Ragging#Ragging in India|ragging in India]].

==History==
CURE began in July 2001,<ref name="crusade">{{cite news
| url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070220/asp/calcutta/story_7415926.asp
| title= Crusade to put an end to ragging
| author= Deepankar Ganguly
| date= 20 February 2007
| accessdate= 2007-06-01
| location=Calcutta, India
| work=The Telegraph
}}</ref> in Delhi, and has grown to a membership of 470, mostly students.

In February 2007, CURE reported to the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] appointed [[Raghavan committee]] on ways to prevent ragging in Indian universities,<ref name="crusade" /> highlighting the prevalence of physical and [[sexual abuse]] in the name of ragging.<ref name="sex">{{cite web | title=Sex, crime in the name of ragging
| url= http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/05_2007/sexual-abuse-in-the-name-of-ragging-40692.html
| author= Divya Iyer
| publisher= CNN-IBN
| date= 2007-05-16
| accessdate= 2007-06-01
}}</ref> CURE also highlighted institutional unwillingness to acknowledge ragging,<ref name="committee">{{cite web
| title= SC committee wants a law to curb ragging
| url= http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=86888e6b-ba03-4829-bd3a-ff085522d9b5&&Headline=SC+committee+wants+a+law+to+curb+ragging
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930034623/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=86888e6b-ba03-4829-bd3a-ff085522d9b5&&Headline=SC+committee+wants+a+law+to+curb+ragging
| url-status= dead
| archive-date= 30 September 2007
| author= Chetan Chauhan
| publisher= Hindustan Times
| date= 2007-05-15
| accessdate= 2007-06-01
}}</ref> citing loss of reputation as their reason.

==Goals and research==
CURE's stated goals are to create awareness about ragging and its ill-effects, provide alternate means of interaction to Indian students and censure those involved in ragging. Their research points to ragging as not being "harmless fun",<ref name="severe">{{cite news
| title= Severe ragging is very much prevalent
| url= http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/03/stories/2007040315610400.htm
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070907105728/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/03/stories/2007040315610400.htm
| url-status= dead
| archive-date= 2007-09-07
| author= Parul Sharma
| date= 2007-04-03
| accessdate= 2007-06-01
| work= [[The Hindu]]
| location=Chennai, India
}}</ref> but the cause of 25 suicides in 7 years<ref name="committee" />

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.noragging.com CURE Website]

[[Category:Organisations based in Delhi]]
[[Category:Educational organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Ragging]]

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