PU panel hike fee by 10 per cent

Chandigarh | Friday | 29th March, 2019

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A 10% fee hike is proposed for BE (chemical engineering) with MBA; 20% fee hike each for BE (chemical engineering technology and food technology); ME (food technology chemical engineering) and MSc Industrial Chemistry. However, it was finally decided that the amount should be need-based.“We have approved 10% fee hike for the new students from the 2019-20 session and 5% fee hike would be for the subsequent years. Sources said it was decided in the meeting that the departments, which have proposed fee hike more than 10%, would be given some part of the enhanced fee for development. However, members decided to stick to the senate decision after the fee hike clash of April 11, 2017, that stated PU won’t enhance fee more than 10% every year.UIPS has proposed that the fee for BPharm be enhanced by 70% and the fee hike for MPharm offered by UIPS is proposed to be 79%. These departments have themselves proposed a substantial fee hike..