Coronavirus impact: IIT Kanpur, IIM Lucknow defer flagship events

All schools and colleges in Uttar Pradesh will remain shut till March 22

Amid the coronavirus scare, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) and Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) have either cancelled or deferred their flagship events slated to be held in March.

While, IIM-L postponed its 34th convocation ceremony scheduled for the evening of March 21 following the health advisories by the central government and the World Health Organisation (WHO), the IIT-K has cancelled its annual technical and entrepreneurial fiesta ‘Techkriti 2020’, slated to kick off from March 19.

According to the IIT-K communique, the Institute was in constant touch with the district epidemiologist as well as the state health department regarding