After Serving Notices To 136 Students In December Over “Poor Academic Performance”, IIT Kanpur Expels 18 Of Them

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) has expelled 18 of the 136 students who were served termination notice in December last year, over “poor academic performance”, reports The New Indian Express.

The institute had served notices to 136 students, including 73 undergraduates and 63 pursuing postgraduate and PhD courses, over their academic performance. The institute has already expelled 18 of these students. However, institute’s deputy director, Manindra Agarwal, informed that the students can re-appeal.

According to the report, nine postgraduate students were terminated in a senate meeting held in December while nine undergraduates were expelled in a senate meeting held on Tuesday (8 January).

“It was more on a temporary basis. The students then appealed against the termination. In the senate meeting held last month, an appeal by postgraduate and research students was heard, and nine of them got permanent termination. In Tuesday’s meeting, the senate heard appeals of undergraduate students. I was not part of that meeting, so I cannot confirm the exact number of students permanently terminated,” Agarwal was quoted in the report as saying.

“Although this time the termination is confirmed and permanent, there is still some chance that some of these students can re-appeal and might be reinstated. I am not sure about the number of terminations in the earlier years, but there is the possibility that the number is higher this year,” he added.