IIT-Kharagpur facilitates return of 35 students to hometown, more to follow

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : May 16 2020 | 9:28 PM IST

IIT-Kharagpur on Saturday said
Talking about the initiative, Kinjal Bhattacharyya, a student at the Department of Chemistry said, "My decision to move to Kolkata was to support my parents in daily activities during this time of crisis. The institute was kind to make arrangements for medical checkups and travel in sanitied buses."
Ankita Gupta, who recently reached her home at Basirhat in North 24 Parganas district, said, "... Being a first year MSc student and with my friends already away from the campus, I felt being at home would be happier though campus was safer."

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First Published: May 16 2020 | 9:28 PM IST

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