IIT Delhi announces reduction in Mtech, Postgraduate students' fee

IIT Delhi announces reduction in Mtech, Postgraduate students' fee

Last Updated Sep - 03 - 2022, 10:43 AM | Source : The FELA | Visitors : 51

IIT Delhi has reduced the fee for MTech and postgraduate students. The MTech full-time tuition fee has been reduced from Rs 25,000 to Rs 17,500 per semester.

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Delhi) has decreased the fee for MTech and postgraduate students. The fee that was charged to the PG students who joined during the second semester in the 2021-22 batch or later has been reduced. The reduction in MTech and PG program fees has been done on recommendations of the committee set up by the IIT Delhi Director to look into the representation made by a set of MTech students.

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As per an institute’s statement, the tuition fee and other charges have been reduced significantly. The MTech full-time tuition fee has been reduced from Rs 25,000 per semester to Rs 17,500 per semester, while the tuition fee of other postgraduate programs in IIT Delhi has also been reduced. Apart from the IIT Delhi tuition fee, there has also been a reduction in other components of fees, the institute added.

“As a result, the tuition fee and other charges have been reduced significantly. The MTech full-time tuition fee has been reduced from Rs 25,000 per semester to Rs 17,500 per semester. Similarly, the tuition fee of other PG programs has been reduced. In addition to the tuition fee, there is a reduction in other components of fees as well,” said the official statement.

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Earlier today, IIT Delhi said that they are waiting for the institute’s Board to approve the recommendation made by the committee to look into the matter. At the request of the MTech students to review the tuition fee, the institute formed a committee that looked into the matter. IIT Delhi said that the current fee was decided by the IIT Delhi Board and was implemented in January 2022. IIT Delhi MTech students began a silent sit-in protest against the 150 percent fee hike on Wednesday, August 31, 2022. The IIT Delhi students demanded an immediate rollback in the fee hike.

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