Following government advisories to avoid public gatherings amid the Covid-19 (novel coronavirus) scare, top education institutions and universities, including the IIMs and IITs, have either cancelled or deferred campus gatherings such as convocations and classroom lectures.
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, for instance, has cancelled its convocation programme scheduled for March 21. IIM Bangalore has deferred the same scheduled for March 20 till a later date, according to campus sources. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has suspended class work and examinations until March 31, while refraining faculty and students from organising any event on the campus that