Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Banaras Hindu University (BHU) will conduct drug test of newly admitted students. IIT BHU is preparing to conduct urine based drug test for freshers. In this series, IIT BHU has constituted a 9-member committee on the directives of the Union Ministry of Education to monitor the drug test of freshers. This urine based drug test will be conducted for students taking admission in B.Tech, M.Tech, Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) and PhD programs at IIT BHU this year. The initiative aims to strengthen efforts to combat drug abuse among students in higher education institutions.

Let us understand the whole matter in detail. Let’s know who is who in the 9 member committee formed by IIT BHU to monitor urine based drug test for freshers. Know what the drug test protocol is.

For the first time the committee has been formed

IIT BHU has started the process of drug testing of freshers. In this category, following the directions of the Union Ministry of Education, a 9-member committee has been constituted to monitor the urine-based drug test of students. This is the first time that IIT BHU has formed a committee for this exercise. In this regard, the Deputy Registrar (Administration) of IIT BHU has issued a circular on Saturday.

Professor Rajesh Kumar will be the chairman of the committee

The 9-member committee constituted by IIT BHU will be headed by Prof. Rajesh Kumar, Dean of Student Welfare. In this committee Professor Devendra Singh, Professor Medha Jha, Professor Abhishek Kumar Srivastav, Dr. Ajit Kumar Mishra, Professor Kiran Giri (Department of Pharmacology, IMS BHU), Dr. Deepa Rani (Department of Pathology), Professor Kamlesh Palundurkar (Head of Department of Biochemistry) and Head of Department Tu Kumar Kumar.

Consent will be taken from students for drug test

According to the guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Education, urine-based drug tests of students are to be conducted. The ministry has issued guidelines for drug testing of students of higher educational institutions including IITs and IIMs. Under the proposed testing procedure, students’ consent to this is a prerequisite. For example, students must consent before taking a urine-based drug test.

More than 2200 new students

Every year IIT BHU admits students to undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs. For example, about 1,500 students take admission in B.Tech and integrated dual degree programs every year. Therefore, about 400 students in M.Tech and M.Pharm programs and about 300 PhD scholars enroll in IIT BHU every year.