Iit Fee Hike

IIT Aspirants Stage Protest Demanding M.Tech Fee Hike Roll Back

Education | Edited by Shihabudeen Kunju S | Friday October 4, 2019

The IIT Council led by Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' had on last Friday approved a proposal to hike the fee of the masters programme and bring it to the level of the B.Tech courses.

Former Telecom Secretary Backs M.Tech Fee Hike

Education | Press Trust of India | Monday September 30, 2019

R Chandrashekhar, who was conferred Distinguished Alumnus award of IIT Bombay in 2010, backed the fee increase, saying it would also exert pressure on the IITs to make their programmes more market- and research-orientated to keep abreast with the changing times.

IIT M.Tech Fee Hike Not For Existing Students: Education Ministry

Education | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 29, 2019

The HRD Ministry said on Sunday that the recent hike in fees for M.Tech courses at Indian Institutes of Technology will not impact existing students.

New Measures In IIT M.Tech To Change Postgraduate Education: IIT Hyderabad Director

Education | Edited by Shihabudeen Kunju S | Sunday September 29, 2019

Members of the committee included Prof. B.S. Murty, Director, IIT Hyderabad, Prof. Manoj S. Gaur, Director, IIT Jammu and Prof. M. Balakrishnan, IIT Delhi.

IIT Delhi Director Supports M.Tech Fee Hike. His Reasons: Uninterested Students, HEFA Loan And More

Education | Edited by Shihabudeen Kunju S | Sunday September 29, 2019

The IIT Council led by Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' had on Friday approved a proposal to hike the fee of the masters programme and bring it to the level of the B.Tech courses.

IIT Council To Review 122 Per Cent Fee Hike Introduced By MHRD

Education | Edited by Anisha Singh | Monday April 24, 2017

IIT Council will meet in Mumbai on April 28 to review the decision taken by MHRD for increasing the tuition fee. The apex bodies of all the IITs would meet to take a decision about the 122 per cent hike in tuition fee and awarding financial concessions to special category students taken by MHRD when it was led by Smriti Irani.

IIT Fee Hike Not Applicable To Existing Students, Says Education Ministry

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 13, 2016

Amid protests by students of IIT-Kharagpur, the education ministry today clarified that students who are already enrolled in undergraduate courses have been spared from the 122 per cent fee hike.

Opinion: IIT Fees Hiked, But Still Too Many Exemptions. Why That's Bad.

Opinion | Nitin Pai | Thursday April 7, 2016

The actual problem lies in the sweeteners the government has felt necessary to include: full fee waivers for SC/ST, Dalit and physically challenged students and a 66% waiver for students whose family income is below one lakh.

IIT Fees More Than Doubled, Up From Rs 90,000 To Rs 2 Lakh

India News | Thursday April 7, 2016

The cost of studying at the prestigious IIT or Indian Institute of Technology will be more than doubled.

IIT Fee May Be Revised From Rs 90,000 To Rs 3 Lakh Soon

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday March 18, 2016

An IIT panel today approved a proposal for a three-fold hike in the annual fees all institutes.

IIT Delhi students become inventors

India News | Susmita Mukherjee | Wednesday April 8, 2009

Indian Institute of Technology may be in the news for the forthcoming fee hike but their students are busy at work. Delhi's IITians are breaking new grounds in innovation this session.

IITs fee hike reasonable, say academicians

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 8, 2009

Top academicians and administrators of the IITs, who recently proposed fee hike, have said that the hike was reasonable and inevitable as these institutions spend almost Rs two lakh on every student per year.

Fee hike: IIT panel likely to meet Arjun

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 10, 2009

Directors of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are likely to hold a meeting with the HRD Ministry soon on the issue of fee hike.