IIT Kanpur acts against failed students

IIT Kanpur acts against failed students
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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) has terminated dozens of students who failed in their respective course examinations, the authorities said. While not disclosing the number of students who have been terminated, the institute\'s director Indranil Manna said \"Every year some students fail in their examination at IITs. It\'s a routine exercise like any other institute.\"

Kanpur: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) has terminated dozens of students who failed in their respective course examinations, the authorities said.

While not disclosing the number of students who have been terminated, the institute's director Indranil Manna said "Every year some students fail in their examination at IITs. It's a routine exercise like any other institute."

"They (students who fail) get terminated from their programmes. Then they go for mercy appeal. IIT committee studies their cases, which is then forwarded to the Senate which decides on their appeals," he said. The authorities said the terminated student are from under graduate, post-graduate and research programmes.

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