IIT Delhi plans offline classes from January

By November, we will have the first-year students attending in-person classes, and by January 2022, we are expecting to go back to the normal mode of teaching, of course following all the precautions

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi aims to fully resume physical classes from January following all the Covid-19 related precautions, its director said.

IIT Delhi director, V Rampgopal Rao said, “By November, we will have the first-year students attending in-person classes, and by January 2022, we are expecting to go back to the normal mode of teaching, of course following all the precautions,”

Shantanu Roy, dean academics, said onboarding of students into hostels will take place in a graded manner to ensure compliance with all safety measures and protocols.
“Over a period of time, if things remain well, we expect the DDMA (Delhi Disaster Management Authority) order to offer further relaxations. We will then start moving to actual classrooms. Not all courses will go offline immediately. Core courses in different disciplines will go offline first and the elective courses will be continued online,” he said.
Roy said that they were discussing plans of holding offline examinations in the future. However, a cap on 50 per cent occupancy in classrooms will continue at all times.

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