IIT Bombay Pauses Harsh Exam Penalties and Adds Counsellor Support
In short
- The Senate paused July 2026 rules and returned to its April 2015 framework for exams held on 10 and 11 October.
- Students caught with unauthorised material can finish their paper with a fresh answer booklet.
- A Quick Response Team of counsellors is alerted when a student leaves the hall after an incident.
Why the Good News Desk likes this one
The review followed the death of a second-year student after he was allegedly caught using a phone during an exam. The interim procedure separates the invigilator's documentation from the decision on what the incident means. The protocol is interim, and the stricter July rules were only set aside temporarily.
From The Better India
A student is caught with a phone in an examination hall while the paper is still unfinished. At IIT Bombay, the answer to what should happen next has been rewritten since July. This October, the institute's Senate has paused its harshest penalties and backed a procedure that lets the student finish the paper, hear their side later, and have a counsellor waiting outside. What prompted the review The review began with a death. Sahil Ravindra Wakode, a second-year BTech student in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, died by suicide on 18 September, hours after he was allegedly...
