IIM Calcutta to conduct online exams collaborating with Mercer

IIM Calcutta has partnered with Mercer | Mettl to conduct its examinations online amidst the pandemic.

IIM Calcutta, one of India’s premier business management institutions, has recently achieved the distinction of successfully conducting 45,000 exams virtually across various programs since June 2020. Mercer | Mettl, a global online examination, and remote proctoring platform is IIM-C's exam partner in leading the latter’s shift to the digital mode of education. The transition to the online education ecosystem, amidst the prolonged pandemic-induced disruption, helped the B-School maintain academic and examination continuity. It also strengthened the institution's vision of adopting modern-age technology to enable world-class digitized education while adhering to its strictest code of conduct in education. To ensure a smoother transition of its students, administrators, and educators to the virtual education environment, IIM-C conducted multiple dry-runs and platform walkthroughs in the weeks running up to the exams. The holistic walkthroughs helped students and faculty gain familiarity and comfort in the end-to-end exam-taking experience, customized in multiple formats and question types, such as quizzes, classroom assessments, mid-term and term-end semester exams.