Jul 10 2015 : The Times of India (Delhi)

73 IIT-Roorkee students expelled for poor grades





In an unprecedented action for any IIT, the institute at Roorkee on Thursday expelled 73 students who failed to secure the minimum grade in the first year of BTech, reports Shivani Saxena.Parents had, at the time of admission, signed a declaration agreeing to expulsion of students if they performed poorly . Students are required to score a minimum CGPA (cumulative grade point average) of 5 in their exams.“These 73 students could not attain the required credits and had CGPAs lower than 5, which qualifies for expulsion,“ the institute's registrar, Prashant Garg, said.
Students have been expelled from IITs but taken back eventually , except in one instance each in IIT-Kharagpur and IIT-Kanpur.