IIT Bombay fee hike issue | Institute unlikely to roll back the hike

IIT Bombay students recently staged a sit-in protest against the rise in fee hike in the MTech and PhD courses.

The Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Bombay, is unlikely to roll back the fee hike for its students. The institute for now feels that the hike is justified considering the current circumstances. There is a lot of resentment among the students over the fee hike, so much so that the students recently staged a protest in front of the management.

Sources at IIT Bombay told India Today that within twenty-four to forty-eight hours there will be a meeting of the fee committee that will look into the matter.

Another official on condition of anonymity said that it was unlikely that there will be a roll back.

When asked if the students would be given a chance to raise their concerns, the official added that the students haven't been promised any open forum and that the deputy directors have already had a meeting in this regard and heard from the side of the students.

On Tuesday, around a hundred IIT Bombay students staged a sit-in protest for over an hour in the main campus building against the rise in fee hike in the MTech and PhD courses. The students claim that the rise is up to 35-40 percent.

The protesting students also submitted a statement to the director. The students maintain that more signature support is being mobilised against the unreasonable hike in fees.

They say, among other things, there has been a rise in gymkhana and hostel rent fees as well, which will result in a lot of hardship for the students.