Code of Conduct

Effective Date: June 15, 2020
Revised Date: April 30, 2025

We, the employees of IIT Madras BS DEGREE PROGRAM hold our work and activities in the promotion of online education with very high regard. For this purpose, we will maintain the highest standards of integrity, responsible behavior, and ethical and professional conduct. We agree to be bound by the following rules:

Be respectful of others

• We will respect others, including IIT Madras BS DEGREE PROGRAM employees, and will act in a professional manner while participating in its activities.
• We will respect the privacy of others and the protection of their personal information and data.

Treat people fairly

• We will not engage in harassment of any kind, including sexual harassment, or bullying behavior whether in person, via cybertechnology or otherwise.
• We will not discriminate against any person because of characteristics protected by law (e.g., age, ancestry, color, disability or handicap, national origin, race, religion, gender, sexual or affectional orientation, gender identity, gender expression, appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, marital status, social or professional status).

Refrain from retaliation

• We will not retaliate against any IIT Madras BS DEGREE PROGRAM employee or other person who reports an act of misconduct, or who reports any violation of this Code of Conduct.
• We will not retaliate against any person who makes IIT Madras BS DEGREE PROGRAM aware of the violation of any laws, rules or regulations in connection with IIT Madras BS DEGREE PROGRAM activities.

Comply with applicable laws

By submitting or distributing your User Postings, you hereby grant to IIT Madras (as described below) a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, sub licensable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to host, transfer, display, perform, reproduce, modify, distribute, redistribute, relicense, and otherwise use, make available, and exploit your User Postings, in whole or in part, in any form and in any media formats and through any media channels (now known or hereafter developed)

Certificates / Degrees and Other Products & Services

General

We will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations governing IIT Madras BS DEGREE PROGRAM's business conduct and all relevant procedures established by IIT Madras BS DEGREE PROGRAM whenever and wherever we are participating in IIT Madras BS DEGREE PROGRAM activities, including but not limited to the following:

• Rejecting bribery in all forms.
• Avoiding real or perceived conflicts of interest whenever possible, and disclosing them to affected parties when they do exist.
• Protecting confidential information belonging to IIT Madras BS DEGREE PROGRAM and personal information belonging to IIT Madras BS DEGREE PROGRAM employees and other persons.
• Not misusing or infringing the intellectual property of others.