IITs to double fees from next session

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.

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.

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