Summary:
The budget for 2017-2018 was Rs 678 crore, Rs 29 crore more than this year’s budget. The budget for the 2018-19 academic year is, however, smaller than the previous budget. “On the one hand, the number of international students helps us improve our rankings while applying to various ranking frameworks and agencies, but then we reduce the budgetary provision for them. It was presided over by Vice-Chancellor Dr Nitin Karmalkar, and the budget was presented by Rajesh Pande, member of the management council. Meanwhile, even as most Senate members lauded various provisions of the budget for being pro-student, they also pointed towards certain lacunae in the provisions..