PUNE: Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and students pursuing bachelor's degree course in technology at the MIT World Peace University (MIT WPU) protested on the campus on Monday afternoon over unfulfilled promises made by the college management regarding international study tours.The students claimed that though the admission brochure made a mention of the tour and the fees that would be charged from each student, the tour was yet to be organised with only a few days left for the academic year to end.Over 200 students and members of ABVP gathered on the campus to protest against the failure of the management to conduct the tour.A statement issued by the university stated that there was misunderstanding among students and a discussion would be held with them regarding the tour.A student, pursuing BTech, said, "The university has been charging Rs2.60 lakh every year, out of which Rs50,000 has been earmarked for the international tour. So in four years, the university has collected Rs2 lakh from each student for the tour.." Another student said, "Recent interactions with the management indicated that the tour would be held for ten days." Samrudhi Mohol, from the Pune Mahanagar office of ABVP, said, "The students are being charged for the tour each year but the promises are not being kept. We urge the management to resolve the issue in seven days."Meanwhile, a statement issued by MIT WPU said, "This tour is ideally organised for third and fourth-year students. We would plan the tour by the end of this year."It added that at MIT WPU, students were pursuing BTech in the first and second year, while the third and fourth-year students studying the same course would receive their degrees from Pune University. "In such a situation, there were students among the protesters who were not even connected with this tour."

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