IIT Delhi : Two days after MTech students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT Delhi) launched a protest against their fees being more than doubled, the institute has partially rolled back the hike. However, a number of students told ThePrint Friday that they weren’t satisfied with the partial rollback, since they had already paid the increased fees, and no refund has been announced for this.
The board of the institute, according to an earlier statement by officials, had hiked the fee for its M. Tech programme from Rs 24,650 to Rs 53,100 and the fee for full-time PhD students from Rs 20,150 to Rs 30,850 for the academic year 2022-23.
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In an email sent to students Friday afternoon, which ThePrint has seen, IIT Delhi announced its decision to partially roll back these hikes. MTech students will now have to pay around Rs 40,000 and PhD students around Rs 26,000 per annum.
“The chairperson, BoG [Board of Governors] has accorded his approval to the recommendations of the committee constituted by the director to look into the fee hike issue, as per which it has been decided that the enhancement of the fee made for the new students with effect from 2nd semester 2021-22 will be revised,” the email read.
Over 200 MTech students of the premier institute had launched a protest on campus Wednesday, demanding a refund. Those part of the protest said the increased fees could not only impact their own career plans, but also trigger a fee hike in other public engineering universities.
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Responding to their demands, IIT Delhi officials formed a committee to look into the matter and submit a report in this regard to the board.
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Just last month, IIT Bombay had to roll back a fee hike in the face of protests by students. Source: The Print
