IIT MTech student tuition fee hiked to `2 lakh per year

New Delhi: The IIT Council on Friday approved an “enormous” fee hike for MTech courses to bring it to the level of BTech courses (`2 lakh per year). The proposal has been made based on the recommendations of a three-member committee on reforms on MTech programme in IITs. The IIT Council was chaired by Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. “Currently, IITs charge between `20,000 and `50,000 as annual M.Tech tuition fee,” an IIT official was quoted as saying in media.

New Delhi, Sept. 28: M.Tech students in IITs will now have to pay more with the IIT Council on Friday approving a fee increase to bring it to the level of B.Tech courses.

The council chaired by Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal also approved the ‘’tenure track pathway’’ to decide whether a new faculty member is going ‘’up’’ or ‘’out’’ after a fifth-year review of his or her performance.

The agenda item ‘’Reform of the M.Tech Programs’’ stated that “Proactively increase the M.Tech fee and bring it at least to the level of B.Tech fee (`2 lakh per year) over the next three years. Simultaneously, the needy students should be supported directly by the government through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) or arranging educational loans.” The proposal has been made based on the recommendations of a three-member committee on reforms on M.Tech programme in IITs.

“The committee had recommended a uniform fee structure for M.Tech programme in all IITs and for charging the same fee for M.Tech as in B.Tech programmes. Institutions are encouraged to move towards sponsored students or even sponsored programmes as per the requirement of the industry,” the official said.