IIT Kharagpur creates online forum to reach out to stranded foreign students at institute
Hindustan Times (April 26, 2020)
The Office of International Relations (OIR) is reaching out to the foreign students and is also sharing academic information on the forum, he said.
The IIT Kharagpur has created an online forum to help stranded foreign students at the institute share their problems faced during the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of novel coronavirus, a spokesperson of the institute said on Sunday.
The Office of International Relations (OIR) is reaching out to the foreign students and is also sharing academic information on the forum, he said.
The institute is presently hosting students and post-doctoral fellows from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Columbia, Ethiopia, France, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, the spokesperson said.
The OIR is also helping the students get an extension of their visas and is processing their scholarships so that they don't face difficulties during the lockdown, he said. (Read More) (The KGP Chronicle article)