IIT Bombay students threaten to go on hunger strike over fee hike

[ad_1] Students of IIT-Bombay have threatened to go on hunger strike over the recent hike in fees for MTech and PhD programmes if their demands for a rollback are not met by August 5. On Thursday, following the announcement about the hunger strike, the institute accepted students’ demand to include their representatives in the Standing […]

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IIT Bombay students protest fee hike for postgraduate, PhD courses

[ad_1] Around 100 students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay staged a spontaneous sit-in protest at its main building Tuesday after they were allegedly not allowed to meet the director to submit an open letter against a hike in fees for postgraduate and PhD courses. The sit-in protest lasted for around an hour […]

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IIT Bombay plans mandatory course on caste awareness

[ad_1] The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, plans to introduce a mandatory course on caste awareness. It is one of the initiatives taken by the SC/ST Cell of the institute, which believes that sensitisation is a way toward inclusivity. According to information provided by the institute, the cell has recently conducted a few surveys […]

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