The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee is contemplating taking action against those students who did not turn up for the week-long yoga sessions at the campus from June 18 to 24 as part of the International Yoga Day celebrations. This is according to the students at the IIT. They say that the institute is planning action against students who had less than 60% attendance in the yoga sessions. IIT authorities who said the data was just of record, however refused to acknowledge any action is contemplated against the students. "We did not pressure any student to attend the yoga sessions in the institute and there is no plan of taking disciplinary action against non-attending students. We are just compiling the records of students who did not attend as we wanted to know the reasons behind their absence," said DK Nauriyal, dean (students) of the institute.

Students also claim that the institute had made it mandatory for them to attend the sessions despite their hectic academic schedule.

"We always live under huge pressure of completing our studies on time, so participation in such extra-curricular programmes becomes difficult for us. The institute administration has to understand this and refrain from taking disciplinary action or forcing people to attend," a student who wanted to remain unnamed told The Times of India.

They also claim that fines are being imposed on students who did not attend the Yoga sessions.