First-year MBBS students of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) were told about dos and don'ts, including ragging, during an induction event at the institute on Tuesday.

Senior teachers told the students to be prepared to face the music if they indulged in ragging or bunked classes. IGIMS director N.R. Biswas, medical superintendent Manish Mandal, dean in-charge H.K. Raghvendra and head of the microbiology department S.K. Shahi were present at the event.

IGIMS officials said giving instructions to students about ragging was part of every year's induction meeting. Sources said the college administration was extra cautious this time as a few ragging incidents had been reported in the past two years.

Medical superintendent Mandal told the students closed-circuit television cameras had been installed at places like library, canteen and the boys' and girls' hostels. 'Don't get carried away. Don't complain of ragging by your seniors out of personal problems. Report genuine incidents,' Mandal said. 'You all are under CCTV surveillance. If you try to be smart, you will be caught. Action would be taken against both seniors and juniors, whoever is found guilty.'

Mandal told The Telegraph that the ragging incident reported at the institute last year was bizarre. A second-year MBBS student had accused interns of ragging. 'This is why we stressed that new MBBS students should not unnecessarily drag their seniors' names into ragging cases,' said Mandal.

Head of the microbiology department S.K. Shahi said letters would be sent to parents of students found bunking classes. 'If the student continues to bunk classes, he/she would later not be allowed to write exams,' he said.

Earlier, IGIMS director N.R. Biswas spoke about IGIMS's history, how it was started and where the institution stands now. 'The college has started many super-speciality departments. Your aim should be to get admission into those,' he said.

Teachers' day was also celebrated on the day. Guest speakers included physicians like C.P. Thakur and Gopal Prasad Sinha who spoke about PMCH's past glory. Patna Medical College principal Vijay Kumar Gupta asked students and teachers to work together for the success of PMCH. The 2015 batch of MBBS students of the college, who had organised the programme, honoured teachers with mementos on the occasion.