IIT-K takes measures to reduce students’ stress

The academic senate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, has decided that there will be no termination from the undergraduate academic programmes at the end of 2020-21 (second semester) based on the academic performance, said IIT-K director, Abhay Karandikar.

The Institute has taken “several extraordinary measures” to reduce the stress of its students following the surge in Covid-19 cases in the state, according to a social media post of Karandikar.

He said, “The graduating students will be able to avail waiver for lab courses that were not offered in either semester of the 2020-21 academic year and will not be offered in the Summer Term 2021.” “The graduating students may avail waiver of 18 credits (or 2 courses) for any course type,” he said.