With Covid cases declining across the country and students and teachers getting their doses of anti-Covid vaccines, several state governments and higher educational institutions have resumed classes offline, while several others are making announcements as to when they intend to reopen colleges for face-face learning. While universities including Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi University (DU) and Jamia Millia Islamia are mulling to resume classes offline and reopen the campus for physical resumption of classes in a phased manner, colleges in Tamil Nadu, Odisha have already opened their gates for offline classes.

Delhi University Vice-Chancellor in a statement said: "Our students are located all over India and we do not want to create a panic situation for them. We will reopen in a phased and careful manner so that no student is put in danger or inconvenienced. We will be reopening after discussions and in a systematic manner.”

Students of several universities and institutions including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have been demanding the reopening of their campuses in a phased manner.

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