thiruvananthapuram kerala technological university ktu has announced its decision to conduct 8th semester btech exams from july 1 the s7 honours and mba t5 exams will be conducted on june 26 students who have moved out to their hometowns during the lockdown can write the exams except for mba t5 exams at centres nearest to them said a university statement the exam duration has been reduced to two hours and fifteen minutes from the usual three hours the total marks will be reduced to 70 the forenoon exams will begin at 1015am but students are requested to report at 930am for the afternoon exams which begins at 215pm the reporting time is 130pm all safety precautions regarding covid19 will be ensured during the exams the statement said students unable to attend the s8 exams due to genuine reasons will be given another chance in october the semester 8 honours exams will be held on june 29 the university has also decided to conduct the revaluation of btech semester 7 supplementary exams on may 27 28 and 29