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Alumni lend supportAbout 100 alumni signed an open letter supporting the student’s strike and condemning the decisions taken by the institute to deny the fee exemption given to SC, ST and OBC students. Shahjahan, dean of student affairs at TISS, told The Hindu on Wednesday that the strike took the administration by surprise. The striking students spent Wednesday night at the main gate of TISS and resumed their protest on Thursday morning. In their open letter, the alumni have demanded that the administration give fee exemption to SC, ST and OBC students who are eligible for GoI-PMS and extend financial aid mechanism for more students. more-inMumbai: On Thursday, the second day of the strike by students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, the administration agreed to exempt SC/ST students of the 2016-18 batch from paying hostel and dining hall fees..