Proposed fee hike in NITs|Increase in tuition fee in nit and iit|

Tuition fees
for B.Tech and M.Tech courses at
the National Institutes of
Technology could be raised to Rs
50,000 a year from the 2012-13
academic year.
The council of the NITs, the body
to decide such matters, today
considered a proposal to hike
fees from the Rs 35,000 the
institutes charge at present. “The
proposal is under consideration.
The NIT council will take a
decision in its next meeting in
November,” a source said.
There are 30 NITs in the country.
Earlier known as Regional
Colleges of Engineering, these
are seen as second-rung
institutions after the IITs. They
admit about 12,000 students at
the B.Tech and M.Tech levels.
The IITs charge Rs 50,000 a year
in fees. A committee under Anil
Kakodkar had recently suggested
raising the annual fees in IITs to
Rs 2.25 lakh. The IIT council, the
apex body to decide such
matters, will consider the
suggestion in its next meeting.
In the NITs, scheduled caste and
scheduled tribe students will
continue to get fee exemption as
before, the proposal said. Needy
students will be given education
loans without being asked to
deposit any collateral security.
The NIT council meeting, chaired
by HRD minister Kapil Sibal,
approved a proposal to raise the
age limit of NIT directors from 65
to 70 years. The ministry has
already increased the age limit of
IIT directors and central
university vice-chancellors from
65 to 70 years.
To attract foreign students, the
council has approved a proposal
to conduct the All India
Engineering Entrance
Examination online at certain
centres in foreign countries.
The council also decided to
undertake a review of the
functioning of NITs and suggest
a roadmap to achieve excellence
in teaching and research. A
committee under Kakodkar may
be set up to carry out the review.
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