Clearing Entrance Exam Not Enough: IIT Kanpur May Terminate 135 Students For Poor Academic Performance

On Monday (17 December), the Senate of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT K) decided to terminate 135 students from the Institute for poor academic performance, reports Times Of India.

The administration said that the decision to terminate is temporary and final decision will be taken in the next senate meeting on 31 December.

The deputy director of IIT Kanpur Manindra Agarwal said, “135 students have been terminated for failing to perform well in academics. It is temporary. These students will get a chance to appeal for reinstatement. Those who failed to do well even in the past and have a poor track record will be terminated permanently. Others would be reinstated.”

The students can appeal against the termination in a week, and the appeal would be heard during the next senate meeting and then the final decision would be taken.

“Many a time students are unable to perform well due to sickness or other unavoidable reasons. Such students have a good track record otherwise so usually they get a chance to study again in their respective courses” Professor Agarwal said.