Archive · 9 Oct 2026
IIT Bombay Resumes Exams With Tighter Checks, Softer Penalties
IIT Bombay plans to continue its mid-semester exams on October 10 and 11.
The exams had been paused after student Sahil Wakode died by suicide on September 18.
The article says he was allegedly found using a mobile phone during an exam hours before his death.
Students and teaching assistants have been told to arrive early.
Students must leave phones and bags outside the exam building.
They may also be checked for unauthorised materials.
Meanwhile, the institute’s webpage now shows older rules for cheating.
Those 2015 rules are described as less strict than the document that was previously listed.
IIT Bombay will resume its remaining mid-semester exams on October 10 and 11.
Students and invigilating teaching assistants must arrive 30 minutes early.
Phones and bags must be left outside the examination building, and students may be checked for unauthorised material.
The remaining papers were suspended after second-year BTech student Sahil Wakode died by suicide on September 18.
The institute’s linked academic-malpractice page now lists April 2015 rules, which prescribe comparatively lenient penalties, instead of the July 2026 document.
- Who
- IIT Bombay students and invigilating teaching assistants; the article also identifies student Sahil Wakode.
- What
- IIT Bombay is resuming remaining mid-semester exams with advance-arrival and screening instructions; its linked academic-malpractice page now lists the April 2015 rules.
- When
- The exams are scheduled for October 10 and 11; Wakode died on September 18.
- Where
- IIT Bombay.
- Why
- The remaining papers had been suspended after Wakode’s death.
- Exam dates
- October 10 and 11
- Arrival instruction
- Students and invigilating teaching assistants must report 30 minutes early.
- Items
- Phones and bags must be left outside the examination building.
- Screening
- Students may be checked for unauthorised material.
- Student named
- Sahil Wakode, a second-year BTech student
- Rules currently linked
- Academic-malpractice rules finalised in April 2015
- Previously listed document
- A July 2026 document titled “Disciplinary Actions for Acts of Academic Malpractices”