India

Bengaluru Student Disqualified from Semester Exams for Wearing Smart Glasses

By Arun Dev

A student at Mount Carmel, a deemed‑to‑be university in Bengaluru, was barred from the remainder of his first‑semester examinations after an invigilator discovered he was wearing smart glasses in the exam hall. The invigilator noticed the spectacles were unusually bulky on November 3, monitored the student for about 90 minutes, then examined the glasses and heard a sound from the device. The authorities seized the glasses and prohibited the student from sitting in the remaining first‑semester exams, allowing him to take them only when the third‑semester exams are held. Prof. Lekha George, the institution’s vice‑chancellor, said the university was “committed to maintaining discipline during examinations and safeguarding the integrity of its evaluation process.” Smart glasses can embed cameras, audio and sometimes AI functions into ordinary frames, raising concerns that they could be used to capture question papers or receive external information without the wearer visibly handling a phone. The incident was reported by Arun Dev, Assistant Editor with the Karnataka bureau of the Hindustan Times.