In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, educational institutions have been deeply impacted akin to several other industries in the country. Consequently, CBSE has not been able to conduct board examinations for students in Class XII, keeping their health and safety in mind Given the current circumstances, a clear and emergent need of designing a framework to augment the conduct of examinations was realized and key challenges in the conduct of these examinations were identified to overcome the overall dilemma.