IIT Kanpur: No Termination, Waiver Of Courses For Students Amid COVID Surge

IIT Kanpur has announced that will be no termination from the undergraduate academic programmes and the graduating students can avail a waiver of 18 credits (or two courses) for any course type.

Taking into account the difficulties posed by the second wave of COVID-19, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has announced a slew of measures taken by its academic senate ‘to reduce the stress of our students’. There will be no termination from the undergraduate academic programmes and the graduating students can avail a waiver of 18 credits (or two courses) for any course type, IIT Kanpur Director Abhay Karandikar announced. Last 3 weeks have been depressing. The #secondwave of #Covid19 has paralyzed the country. In these extraordinary times, we need to be together and help one another. The Academic Senate of @IITKanpur has taken several extraordinary measures to reduce the stress of our students. “Last 3 weeks have been depressing. The second wave of COVID-19 has paralyzed the country. In these extraordinary times, we need to be together and help one another. The Academic Senate has taken several extraordinary measures to reduce the stress of our students,” Karandikar tweeted. There would be no termination from the undergraduate academic programmes at the end of 2020-21-II based on the academic performance.