(Chronicle note: Tuition Fees at IT-BHU is among the lowest in the country; it is about Rs. 16,000 per year compared to Rs. 27,000 per year at IITs.)
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IITs to double fees from next session
NDTV Correspondent
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 (
Following the IIMs, the IITs are slated to hike their fees from the next academic session.
Students who get admission to IITs will have to pay approximately Rs 50,000, which is almost double the present fee.
The IITs say that if they had got more funds from the government, they wouldn't have been forced to increase their fees.
They say that a lesser budget affects the research work and hinders the institutes from sending students and tutors to international conferences.
''The increase in fee won't be too high but it will be about double of what it is now. It may increase to about Rs 50,000 per annum in the next session,'' said Prof Surendra Prasad, director of IIT Delhi.
Four years ago, the government had agreed to give the IITs a fixed amount, known as a block grant. However, rising inflation levels had not been factored into that amount
