President Pratibha Patil, who has voiced concern over the rising incidents of ragging, has assured the parents of 19-year-old Aman Kachru who died March 8 due to ragging by seniors in a Himachal Pradesh college that universities across the country would be sensitised about the rules on ragging.

The president gave this assurance to Rajendra Kachru, the father of Aman, and said she would write to all the governors, who are also chancellors of universities in their respective states, to sensitise the institutions on the menace, officer on special duty (OSD) at Rashtrapati Bhawan Archana Datta said.