Delhi University to open research labs for PhD students, check details here

With this, the PhD students will become the first students to return to the varsity after the lockdown.

DU Research Labs: The University of Delhi is mulling to open its research labs in a phased manner for its PhD students. With this, the PhD students will become the first students to return to the varsity after the lockdown. “ Registered bonafide senior PhD students, whose presence in the research laboratory is essential, may join their research laboratories after obtaining a certificate from their respective supervisors and further endorsed by the Head of the Department or the Director of the Center to this effect,” read a notice by proctor Neeta Sehgal on this matter.

According to the official notice, the total number of students in a research lab at any given time should not be more than two or three. The decision is taken considering the precautionary released by the Ministry of Health in order to contain the COVID-19 spread.

Other safety precautions that the students would be advised to take while attending lab sessions are “ social distancing, face mask, sanitization, etc., While entering the academic area and while working in their respective research laboratories.

Earlier this week, the university also issued a notice allowing for the phased return of PhD students to their hostels, beginning with senior PhD students. The returning students will have to undergo a 14-day mandatory self-quarantine in their hostel rooms, and following the quarantine period, the students will be screened by the university’s health centre.

Just like other academic institutions, DU is also closed since the month of March due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus followed by the nationwide lockdown imposed in order to contain the virus.

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