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IIT Roorkee clarified that a viral social media advisory asking students not to support protests online is only a routine internal communication issued every academic session. The institute said it is based on existing conduct rules and is not a new policy.

New Delhi, July 21: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee on Monday clarified to ANI that the communication being referred to in connection with an advisory purportedly asking students not to support the ongoing student protests on social media is an internal advisory circulated among students, faculty and staff at the commencement of every academic session and does not constitute any new directive or policy.

According to ANI, the institute said the communication is circulated among students, faculty, and staff in accordance with its existing notified conduct rules and should not be viewed out of context.

In an official statement, the IIT Roorkee notice said, as per the ANI report, “The communication being referred to is an internal advisory circulated among students, faculty, and staff at the commencement of each academic session. Similar advisories are routinely issued every year in accordance with the institute’s existing notified conduct rules and do not constitute any new directive or policy. The communication should not be misinterpreted or viewed out of context.”

The statement was issued by Smt Sonika Srivastava, Media Cell Incharge, IIT Roorkee.