Students of IIM Calcutta’s executive MBA course who have been called to the campus to use the institute’s Net facility for online classes will start arriving from Sunday, an institute official said.

In the first batch, six students will reach the campus in Joka. They will attend online classes while they are in quarantine in the hostels for 14 days.

“Of the 62 students, 55 will reach the campus in four batches as part of a staggered entry during the pandemic. The remaining seven are still to decide on reaching the campus,” the official said.

On Friday, 61 of the institute’s 82 teachers wrote to the board of governors wondering if it was prudent to call students to the campus during the pandemic.

They are worried that the students’ presence on the campus could pose “grave health risks”. They have said the institute hadn’t consulted them on the matter.

The institute has prepared a campus entry protocol, including mandatory testing and quarantine, for the safety of students, another official said.

According to the protocol shared with the students, they will undergo thermal scanning to measure their body temperature, a health check-up and their luggage would be sanitised.

After completing the necessary formalities students will be allowed entry to their rooms. No Family member (parents/ spouse/children) will be allowed with the students on the campus, the official said.

During the quarantine period, food will be served on the room’s doorstep by members of the mess operator’s staff.

“Students will undergo regular health check-ups by a medical team of the institute. All students have to undergo a mandatory Covid test, in consultation with the team, within seven days of their arrival,” according to the protocol. “In case they have already undergone the test, they have to submit a copy of the report to the medical officer and hostel administration within 15 days.”

Students will not be allowed to venture out of their rooms except for using certain utilities and specific essential purpose, including medical requirements.

Students will be fined Rs 200 if they are found outside their rooms without a mask.

Second-year students of the two-year MBA course have demanded that they be allowed on the campus to use the institute’s Net facility for unhindered online classes.

“There are 462 students. If they start arriving in batches on the same ground, this would mean assembly on the campus. Unlike IIM Bangalore, the hostels of the MBA executive and the two-year MBA courses are on the campus at IIM Calcutta,” a teacher said.

Metro’s text messages to institute director Anju Seth asking her if students of the two-year MBA course would be allowed on the campus went unanswered. Calls to her phone, too, went unanswered.