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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No, generally candidates cannot get direct admission in IIT Kharagpur. However, candidates can apply through the SCOPE (Science Olympiad) and SEA (Sports Excellence) schemes without standard JEE ranks. IIT graduates with a CGPA of 8.0 or higher, you can get direct admission to M.Tech programmes with
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Students can check the table below for IIT Kharagpur total tuition fees:
| Course | Total Tuition Fee |
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| BTech | INR 8 lakh |
| BArch | INR 10 lakh |
| MTech | INR 20,000- INR 39,900 |
| MBA | INR 5 Lacs - INR 25 lakh |
| MSc | INR 30,000 - INR 10 lakh |
| EMBA | INR 8 lakh |
Note: This number is taken from the official sources of college. It can change.
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IIT Kharagpur accepts national-level entrance exams depending on the specific programmes. Candidates can check below the entrance exams and counselling process accepted for admission into different programmes:
- BTech / BS / BArch / Dual Degree: JEE Advanced, followed by JoSAA counselling
- MTech / MS (En
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- Offers many majors within School of Engineering.
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