Mumbai: two weeks after the campus vaccination drives, Iit-Bombay has decided to relax several locking norms.
From Monday, a mess at a larger hostel and canteen, some of which only distribute food, will allow dining options.
The seven-day soft quarantine period will be permitted, instead of 14, for students who are partially vaccinated who travel back to campus or for those who live outside the campus for more than one day.
The negative RT-PCR test report will also be searched from the student.
Last year students tend to be called to campus this month, even though it will voluntarily.
“With most students vaccinated partly now, the campus plans to take gradual and careful steps to calm some norms.
Student security will remain a top priority.
For citizens of campus, government norms will apply, but we raise some limitations in the area Dormitory, “said Tapanendu Kundu, Dean, student affairs, adding dining options in some larger hostels will be available with several conditions.
, With strict locking rules, some students have undergone more than three to four full quarantine 14 days each.
It has also increased their mental stress, a professor said.
Some rules are being relaxed by taking all precautions.
Students who go outside the campus but back on the same day will not be quarantined.
From their experience in recent months, the authorities have found quarantine seven days can also help.
Only for students who return to campus, he added.
In an article in campus magazines, insights, students have mentioned that laboratories are expected to be opened too.
“The last year students will remain a top priority as before (for the campus reboot committee).
Other students will be called only when the case continues to fall and a significant percentage of the campus population and entry students has been fully vaccinated,” the article.