Times News NetworkKanpur: Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University will use artificial intelligence to generate question papers for odd-semester examinations in the 2026-27 academic session and pilot AI-based evaluation of answer books.The decisions were taken at the university’s 28th Examination Committee meeting on Saturday, chaired by vice-chancellor Prof Vinay Kumar Pathak at its Academic Centre. The committee said the measures were intended to make examinations more transparent, technology-based and systematic.The university will also expand digital evaluation of answer books and pilot the printing of question papers at selected examination centres. The committee discussed using modern technology while protecting students’ interests and ensuring the sanctity of examinations and reliability of evaluation.The committee also decided that eligible LLB and BA LLB students at affiliated law colleges who could not be promoted because their results were marked BPRD would be allowed to advance to the next semester, provided they were within the prescribed maximum duration of their courses.For BSc Agriculture and BEd students whose internal marks were not uploaded by affiliated colleges within the stipulated period, marks will be awarded based on the relevant written examination to complete their results. The university will take punitive action under applicable rules against colleges that failed to submit the internal marks on time.The committee stopped the process of filling first-semester examination forms at Dayanand College of Law, Kanpur, amid an inquiry into alleged admission irregularities in the 2026-27 academic session. It also decided to shift the college’s examination centre to another institution to maintain the sanctity of the examination.The committee reiterated its commitment to protecting students’ academic interests, ensuring transparency in examinations and maintaining institutional discipline.——-eom
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