belagavi thousands of students in the state are upset about the two leaks of the ii puc chemistry question paper the revelation that this has been happening over several years is even more shocking with a view to checking such problems the visvesvaraya technological university vtu introduced the online question paper delivery system in 2012 now the system has emerged as a good one to cope with question paper leaks it was an ambitious project of former vicechancellor h maheshappa who initially faced criticism over it the university implemented a pilot project in 22 colleges in belagavi division as the results were good it was extended to all colleges affiliated to the vtu vtu conducts about 6000 semesterwise examinations annually without any question paper leakages this includes around 3500 question papers of ug courses 1500 of pg and 1000 phd question papers in this system question papers are distributed to different colleges through a main server just half an hour before the examination commences college managements download the question papers by entering a code given to them the university provides highspeed printers and computer systems at each college along with a representative from varsity cctv cameras are installed at the spot to monitor the question paper downloading process and its monitored from the main centre once the college downloads the question papers the main centre gets to know about it according to university sources the system is cost effective and requires less labour compared to the conventional systemvc hg shekharappa said over time some improvements have been introduced and these include introducing a strong password of 15 digits if any student comes late shehe is allowed in only after proper inspection