Jadavpur University has decided to keep only departments providing emergency services, like audit and accounts and maintenance, open till May 7 with bare minimum staff because of the pandemic.

The university on April 23 had announced the closure of the campus exempting the emergency services till May 3. The closure was extended till Friday on May 3. The university had in mid April announced that all sections, departments and schools will remain open for only two or three days a week with skeleton staff.