IIT Kharagpur to remain closed for a week amid increasing coronavirus cases in campus
IIT Kharagpur has directed employees to not leave its campus unless it is an emergency.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has announced that it will remain closed from September 6 to 13, owing to rising coronavirus cases inside the campus. It has also asked all its employees who are staying in the campus to not venture out, unless it is an emergency, during this period of closure. Faculty members will continue to conduct classes online from home, the institute said.
"The institute shall remain closed for one week. All offices of the Institute will also remain closed including Saturday and Sunday. The outpatient department (OPD) of BC Roy Technology Hospital will remain closed except the emergency unit until further orders,"the institute said.
The institute has also issued a list of do's and don'ts which also include a ban on entry of outsiders, except those attached to essential services, during the period when all offices inside the campus will remain closed.
"No employee of the institute will be permitted to leave or enter the campus until further orders, except for any emergency situation. Those employees who are presently outside the campus are advised to remain in the present place and work from that place," it said.
In the market inside the campus, shops dealing in essential items only will be allowed to remain open till 2 pm every day during the period. The outpatients' department of the hospital inside the campus will remain closed, the institute said in a statement.
About 20 coronavirus cases have been reported from the campuses since August 19, IIT Kharagpur official said. They have either been taken home or to a hospital and most of them have recovered from the disease. IIT Kharagpur had asked all students, who got stranded because of lockdown, to leave the campus by June 30, but a few of them had remained there. Schools, colleges, Universities and Educational Institutions across the country have been kept closed since mid-March due to coronavirus outbreak.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 days ago
To get BTech fee refund at IIT Kharagpur, students have to apply online through JoSAA portal if withdrawing before counselling ends, or via IIT Kharagpur ERP/Academic portal before classes start, which includes INR 1,000 processing fee deduction.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
Yes, you can get admission to IIT Kharagpur with a rank of 200 in the IIT JAM exam if you belong to the General AI category. For this category, the last round cutoff ranged from 100 to 894. Students can take a look below to know which courses can be availed in the last round with the attained rank.
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The needed rank would differ based on the category, course and branch. For the General AI category, the overall IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2026 ranged from 509 (BTech CSE) in the first round to 24582 (Bachelor of Architecture (BArch Hons) in the last round. Hence, overall, a rank below 24582 could help yo
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As per the IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2026 for the OBC AI category, the closing ranks ranged from 241 (CSE) in the first round to 7973 (BArch Hons) in the last round. Students can check the table below to see the round 1 and last round closing ranks for various branches.
| Course | Round 1 (Closing Rank) | Last Round (Closing Rank) |
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| B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering | 2347 | 2423 |
| B.Tech. in Agricultural and Food Engineering | 4467 | 4671 |
| B.Tech. in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering | 3842 | 3928 |
| B.Tech. in Civil Engineering | 3102 | 3271 |
| B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering | 2442 | 2501 |
| B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering | 241 | 258 |
| B.Tech. in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering | 703 | 735 |
| B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering | 941 | 946 |
| B.Tech. in Instrumentation Engineering | 1259 | 1348 |
| B.Tech. in Industrial Engineering | 2268 | 2278 |
| B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering | 1840 | 1875 |
| B.Tech. in Manufacturing Science and Engineering | 3173 | 3361 |
| B.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 3316 | 3584 |
| B.Tech. in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture | 4018 | 4173 |
| B.Tech. in Mining Engineering | 3881 | 4047 |
| Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch. Hons.) | 7444 | 7973 |
| B.S. in Chemistry | 5504 | 5798 |
| B.S. in Economics | 3207 | 3213 |
| B.S. in Physics | 4755 | 5182 |
| B.S. in Mathematics and Computing | 709 | 709 |
| B.Sc. in Applied Geology | 5275 | 5803 |
| B.S. in Exploration Geophysics | 5210 | 5548 |
| B.Tech. in Artificial Intelligence | 427 | 432 |
| B.Tech. in Biomedical Engineering | 4057 | 4171 |
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Answered 2 months ago
IIT Kharagpur JEE Advanced cutoff 2026 ranged between 4182 and 4588 for the Mechanical Engineering branch. This the cutoff range for the General AI category. For the other categories cutoff range, students can check the table below.
| Category | IIT Kharagpur JEE Advanced cutoff 2026 |
|---|---|
| General | 4182 - 4588 |
| OBC | 1840 - 1875 |
| SC | 1037 - 1052 |
| ST | 567 - 595 |
| EWS | 733 - 733 |
| PWD | 277 - 297 |
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To get admission to the MSc Physics course (MSc + PhD in Physics) at IIT Kharagpur, a rank of at least 409 is required to be eligible for admission in the General AI category. Students who belong to other categories can see below to know the highest rank acceptable.
| Category | IIT Kharagpur MSc cutoff 2026 |
|---|---|
| General | 409 |
| OBC | 868 |
| SC | 1990 |
| ST | 3644 |
| EWS | 747 |
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The IIT Kharagpur CSE cutoff 2026 was 509 for the General AI category in the first round. The IIT Kharagpur JEE Advanced cutoff 2026 was announced for admission to the BTech course and its various specialisations for the first round.
Students can check the table below to know the IIT Kharagpur categ
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