Online petition to protest against reduction in fees in IIMs

[MavericK]

Originally Posted by robinhood

there is story today in TOI (Mumbai edition) that the IIMs might go to court regarading the recent decision by Government to reduce the fees.Yesterday there was an report on CNBC regarding the protest by student community against the govenment descion

well now they seem to have backed out !

http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/$All/7F1251EBB8C8213165256E3300303A4F?OpenDocument

Ahmedabad, Feb 7 (PTI) Indian Institutes of Management today ruled out taking a legal recourse against the drastic reduction in fees "at the moment" but said all aspects of the government step will be discussed by the Board of Governors soon.
"It (legal recourse) is totally out of question at the moment. Unless the board meets and discusses all aspects, there is no question about taking the legal step", Bakul Dholakia, director of IIM-Ahmedabad said here reacting to the Union HRD ministry decision to drastically reduce the fees for IIMs.

Ruling out any compromise on the quality of education, Dholakia said the Board of Governors is likely to be convened 'earlier' than scheduled, to discuss implications of the step and decide future course of action.

"Generally, the Chairman convenes the meeting in the first week of April. But in the present situation, it is likely that the meeting is held earlier", Dholakia told PTI.

However, the date has not been fixed, he added.

The Board of Governors was scheduled to meet on April 2.

Though he was non-committal on financial consequences of the step, Dholakia said it was not an 'isolated issue' and asserted that the 'quality' of education will not be diluted.

"No matter what happens, we will not allow the quality of teaching in the institutes to be diluted. Therefore, the whole exercise, when the board meets, will focus on quality and brand image," he added. PTI

[dharamjeet prasad]

yaar i liked the idea of fees cut.......

atleast some students who r deprived due to financial reasons will get a chance to study there as well.....

anyways let's wait and see what happens in future....

[Jackal]

lets not discuss whether its right or wrong we will come 2 no conclusion look at poor sep22nd he is confused within himself (takin both the sides ) so the pt 2 b discussed is the interference in the workin of the IIMs right or wrong..

[niranjan]

yes i vote against the government even though its early days for this kindoff vote as girish said annual offsale prices neways the vote is there

niranjan...

[qwezark]

I guess the govt should concentrate on subsidising the primary education rather thn indulge in messing up with the b schools....wot say!!!!!!!!!!!

[MavericK]

finally someone comes out to challenge the decision to reduce the fees @ IIMs

http://www.business-standard.com/tod...mp;story=34135

and more good news in store.. praying that MMJ wont win the elections this time around

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...sid-489096.cms

[namita]

well.....the one thing i'm really happy abt is the PIL being filed and also the fact that MMJ may not get elected next yr.

i agree on the point that if FMS can maintain the quality and standard with an annual fee of just 11k, then IIMs too can do so with a fee of 30k per annum. But what i dont agree with is the interference of the govt. IIMs are an academic body with their own boards of directors which have respected ppl of our country in them. It is they who should decide matters like fees and things. After the fee reduction, MMJ had also mentioned that he's now looking at revising the curriculum. Now this is something i find totally un-acceptable. Its not his duty to revise curriculum of any B-School. what i strongly feel is that he is on a personal vendetta and the good of the people of the country has nothing to do with it.

I would also like to find out as to who is writing that petition and please count my vote as well.

till next time....ciao

[The Last d'anconia]

I do not think fee has anything to do with the Quality of Education.
Hope our junta remembers that the fee for B.Tech couse at IITs used to be a paltry 1500 INR till 1997.
In 1998, H D Devagowda government increase it to somthing around 15,000 INR per annum....

Has it effected the quality of education at IITs?

However, HRD ministry is not supposed to interfere with the affairs of IIMs as they are autonomous bodies.

whether it is 30,000 or 1,50,000....IIM is an IIM.....

Junta.....think ...this is much better than increasing the intake which will definitely dilute the quality...

some one spoke about FMS......what is the batch strnegth of FMS????

When the batch strength is less....there is focus on placements and course.....so...it is the secret of FMS.....and ofcourse of all the premiere institutes.....

I do not think any such decision by HRD could effect the quality of IIMs as far as the admission process is not changed.....

and.....is the fee cut implemented ....we do not know yet......

let us wait and c.....and ...

let us try to crack the CAT first......then ...this cud be a good GD/PI topic....

cheers.....

[spiff]

Hey there..

When i saw the topic name i thot what the hell..a "petition" again...

what happnd when the ame thing had taken place on our very own forum taking XAT..
many of the students who wud have signed the petition, now habve got calls and have started gearing up for the interviews..not thinking even once whether they are theer probly becoz they had seen the qs beforehand or whatever.. but does it really matter now??? i dont know how far has the petiotion reached.. but i know i was one of the victims of the exam..(yup cudnt manage a call) but then thats the system guys.. we need to chill...

about IIM fees to be reduced..I suppose the IIm faculty knows much better than us about it.. what are we gonna achieve by fees reducig or increasing..as someone above has mentioned about FMS..ok so the intake is small but then its name still is big...smae is the caswe with JBIMS..or for that matter even TISS with a beautiful campus..

and then when some of us (i wanna say ALL of us) are gonna get thru.. we all are gonna feel good that our dads have to pay lesser..none of us is gonna rethink abt taking admissions..so why???? why all the petition and stuff..

i have faith in mr. narayan murthy and mr. dholakia that they will take care of my future (provided i get thru).. so what i need to take care of is getting thru.. that it....not that a petiotin reaches anywhere

anyways..guess thats tooooo much 'GYAN'..hehe..

take care guys...and all the very best for taking the exam leading to 'cheap' institutes..hehe..

ciao

spiff

[romanov]

Again ..second Petition.
Sheer waste of time...I must say,
Great and Pure BC.
Though take Care.
I have another Idea Instead write a petition,headed tht "We are the members of PG Forum...It is a great Forum...and everyone who is in this forum ought to be given weightage in IIM' Interview."