IIM Calcutta: Executive programme students to return to campus

NEW DELHI: Students of the one-year Post Graduate Program for Executives (PGPEx) programme at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta are to return to campus in small batches, the institute said in a statement on Tuesday.

This batch of the executive MBA programme has 62 students who have been attending online classes for the past four months.

Educational institutes across the country have been physically shut since March in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the latest Unlock 4.0 guideline, only research (PhD) scholars and postgraduate students of technical and professions programmes who need access to laboratories and experiments are permitted to visit their campuses.

The PGPEx programme at IIM Calcutta was inducted four months ago. The statement said that the administration plans to follow all central and state government advisories and guidelines. “Students will be permitted to arrive back in small batches and be quarantined in campus hostels while continuing their classes online. Mandatory protocols will be followed in the campus entry process that includes COVID-19 testing, quarantine measures, and other campus protocols for their and all other campus residents’ safety,” said the statement.

IIM Ahmedabad too has had around 140 students of one-year post graduate programme in management for executives (PGPX) come back to campus recently. Students returned to stay on campus due to accommodation and internet connectivity issues.

But on September 4, a student from the batch was tested COVID-19 positive. The institute, too, followed the guidelines by allowing students to return “in groups of a-few-a-day to space out the arrivals”, testing for COVID-19 symptoms followed by self-quarantine for 10 days.

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