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Indian Institutes of Technology propose fee hike
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NewsByte on 02 April, 2008 02:12:00
 
New Delhi: With the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) proposing to hike
fees, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) has come up with a similar
suggestion to augment their resources. Briefing the media in the national
capital on Tuesday, Director of IIT Delhi, Surendra Prasad said that there is a
proposal to hike the fee but the final decision will come from the government.
“The students in all the seven IITs are currently paying fee, which is Rs
25,000 per annum. It could be increased upto Rs 50,000”, he said.
“The government meets all our needs. But increasing the fee would help us
strengthen our economic health,” Prasad added.
The move to hike the fee comes a few days after the IIMs decided to increase
their fees for their two-year post-graduate programmes. The proposed fee
structure, once accepted, will be implemented in all the seven IITs.
Over 4,000 students take admission to courses in the IITs at Kharagpur, Mumbai,
Chennai, Delhi, Kanpur, Guwahati and Roorkee every year. IIT entrance
examination is scheduled for April 13, 2008 where about two lakh students are
expected to appear for the test to qualify for admission. (PTI)