The Examination Wing, the Administrative Offices in the entire University Campus including those in the Teaching Departments shall resume their normal functioning from Monday, 19” of April, 2021.
As ordered earlier, employees of essential services like University Health Centre, Sanitation, Arboriculture and Landscaping Unit, University Works Department, Security etc., shall
continue to perform their duties uninterrupted.
Employee(s) who were tested COVID positive during RAT/RT-PCR testing, shall be required to isolate/quarantine themselves as prescribed under COVID norms at their homes till they become COVID negative, under intimation to their respective Controlling Officers. At the timing of resuming their duties, they shall be required to produce COVID negative report issued by the authorized Lab./authorized Medical Officer.
Offline teaching activities in the Teaching Departments shall continue to remain suspended. However, online teaching activities of all the semesters, including research work by the research scholars in consultation with their supervisors, shall continue to be held online as an interim safety measure.
The reading facility in the Dhanvantri Library, offline activities in Auditoriums, University Guest House, Cafeteria etc. shall also continue to remain suspended, in order to reduce footfall, as an interim safety measure. Wherever the postponement of M.Phil/Ph.D Viva Voce examinations is unavoidable, same may be conducted online.
The decisions with regard to conduct of various examinations shall be notified separately by the Examination Wing of the University.
The students with genuine issues related to examinations etc. shall be entertained only at the specially created Information Counter/Help Desk behind Office of Dean Research Studies. The entry of such students shall be regulated only through the University Gate near J&K Bank building, subject to production of valid Identity Proof and thermal screening by the concerned staff on duty besides adherence to all COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) by the students. No student shall be allowed to enter the University Campus beyond this point.
The movement of outsiders in the Campus shall not be allowed under any circumstances.
Since the COVID restrictions have not been lifted completely by the District Administration, the employees residing in the campus, including their families and students/scholars residing in the hostels shall take all precautions, follow SOPs strictly and restrict their movement outside the campus. However, in case it is absolutely necessary to move out, the Dean Students Welfare shall issue passes to the employees, valid for 7 days for facilitating the movement. For students residing in the hostels, the Identity cards shall be treated as passes to move in and outside the University.
While the University is taking adequate measures for the safety and health of all its employees, it is expected that employees also conduct themselves in a responsible way by following COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and COVID appropriate restrictions for their own safety, as well as the safety of their families, their colleagues and the Society at large. The respective Controlling Officers shall ensure that safety measures including social distancing norms are followed in letter and spirit.