At least 60 students, sources say, have tested positive this month.

IIT Madras has temporarily shut down its departments, centres, labs and the library citing Covid spurt in hostels according to an email sent to students which NDTV has accessed.

Sixty-six students, sources say, have tested positive this month, 700 others are being tested.

Faculty and students have been asked to work from home.

The premier educational institution, in a statement, said that hostels are functioning with only 10 per cent of their residents and testing was done for all after a few reported positive.