IIT Bhubaneshwar first-year BTech students start returning to campus

With Covid-19 on the backfoot, first-year BTech students of IIT Bhubaneshwar have started to return to campus.

IIT Bhubaneshwar has asked its first-year BTech and dual degree students to start returning to campus for 2021-22 from November 21 to 24. A total of 472 students, amongst whom 90 (20%) are women, and 139 (29%) are under 18, were offered admission on November 20 after the sixth and last round of JOSAA counselling. The IIT counselling had begun on October 27.

Till the end of November 22, 226 students (182 boys and 44 girls) had reported at the campus already. The option for online classes from home was kept open for students who had not turned 18 yet. Only 20 (4%) of them opted to stay back at home.