Mumbai: After more than 20 months giving online lectures, IIT Bombay will shift to hybrid mode from January, but with a difference.
So far, students on campus also attend online classes.
In the new semester, starting January 3, the Institute has asked faculty members to provide at least an hour of contact lectures a week for students on campus.
This tutorial or lecture recording will be available for students outside the campus.
Lectures for smaller classes, where all students are available on campus, it will be taken offline.
One of the professors said there was a difficulty that the school experienced classification only in hybrid mode.
“It is also a loss for students who attend classes online.
Many cannot hear or focus when lectures occur simultaneously in online and offline mode.
So, the Institute has decided to provide as much flexibility as possible to faculty members,” said a professor.
Classrooms at the Institute will be opened to study for the first time in a pandemic in the new semester.
The Institute has established a ventilation committee to ensure that there is a constant fresh air supply in a closed room.
Administration also arranged for sufficient exhaust fans and changed fresh air intake on AC which was ducted to increase ventilation, said Sudarshan, Deputy Director (academic and infrastructure).
In addition, the ventilation committee also plans to monitor the levels of carbon dioxide using iot-based sensors (Internet) in a closed space to ensure sufficient fresh air supply, he said.
So far, several classrooms are used for examinations carried out in hybrid mode in November.
In addition to students who are on campus, the people who receive a ticket to Btech in Iit-B last year, will be allowed to join for the first time from December 26.
As part of the campus reboot plan, the Institute is all regulated to welcome these students, who are now in their second year.
However, the decision to return to campus will remain voluntary, mention the Director of the Chaudhuri Subhasis Institute, during interaction with students and parents.