Dhanbad: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)–Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad has terminated as many as 214 students in the academic session 2020-21 for defaulting on registration and semester fees during COVID-19 lockdown.
A list of debarred students has been released by the institute. “These students have not deposited pre-registration and monsoon semester fee. So, they have been terminated from taking part in academic programme of institution in 2020-21,” an official notice read.
Students have been allowed a week’s time to appeal against their name in the list.
Among the total, 129 students from undergraduate and postgraduate courses had made the payment for registration fee but failed to clear the monsoon semester fee while 85 had not paid both, reports said.