IIM-K postpones convocation in wake of coronavirus scare

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IIM-K postpones convocation in wake of coronavirus scare
Kozhikode, Mar 15 (): In the wake of the coronavirusscare, the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K)has indefinitely postponed its annual convocation, which wasto be held on April 4.

The two-day ceremony was to begin from April 3 with apre-convocation cultural night for students, their familiesand the IIMK community, followed by the Main ceremony, on thefollowing day, an IIM-K press release said.

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Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIM Kozhikode, said"Considering that the World Health Organisation has recentlydeclared COVID-19 as a pandemic and the advisories issued bythe Health Ministries of Union of India and Government ofKerala advocate avoiding public gatherings, we have taken thedecision to postpone Convocation 2020 scheduled for April 3and 4 indefinitely.

At a time when the world is combating an unprecedentedchallenge of this magnitude, we at IIMK will stand by theguidelines issued by the governing bodies in nationalinterest.

As dutiful citizens, we are vigilant towards thedeveloping situation and have also geared up internally totake on the challenge.

We will be announcing the new dates for the convocationto the students in due course of time," Chatterjee said.

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A total of 663 students from various programmes of IIMKwere expected to be awarded degrees at the 22nd AnnualConvocation Programme. UD APRAPR APR
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