IISc Bangalore to reopen from May 18; Aarogya Setu app a must

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru will be resuming some of its academic activities from May 18 under strict physical screening. 

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru will be resuming some of its academic activities from May 18 under strict physical screening. 

All those students who will be coming to the campus from outside Bengaluru will have to undergo a mandatory home quarantine for 14 days. The institute has made it mandatory for every individual working in the institute as an employee or a student must have the Aarogya Setu app on their smartphone.

Following the coronavirus outbreak, IISc along with other academic institutions has been kept closed since mid-March.

The first semester of the academic year 2020-2021 will begin from September 1, 2020. The institute released a notification, in which, it stated that the campus will reopen for business but it will not be as usual.

The institute has laid down stringent measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on the campus.

Anyone who will be visiting the campus will be thermally scanned and their vehicles disinfected at the entrance. They also need to carry their identity card and a letter issued by the head of the department, which has to be shown when asked. Also, one should have their face masks on when inside the campus, outside of their room or their houses. Those violating the rule will be fined Rs 1,000 for the first time and Rs 2,000 for repeating the violation.

The institute has set up a special security group on the campus,  ‘COVID Brigade’, to make periodic checks for violation of rules and impose fines when necessary.

“Please do not argue with them; they are trying to keep everyone safe,” the notification added.

Other measures like washing and sanitizing hands a number of times and sticking to social distancing norms like maintaining a distance of 6 feet between two individuals have also been mentioned.

Five task forces have been set up to ensure monitoring and smooth functioning of activities on campus. They will monitor “campus protocol”, keep track of supplies and medical needs, and coordinate for the residences on campus and with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Bengaluru’s municipal corporation.

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