The fee will be at par with other Central Universities of the country including Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and will be applicable only for the students from the next academic session and thus, the current student, enrolled in any course at AU will be extended No fees will have to be paid.
This follows the decision of AU’s Academic Council (AC), which was held on the campus on Saturday.
According to AU’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Prof Jaya Kapoor, “The AC was of the opinion that since there has been no change in university fees in the last several decades and the government is emphasizing on the need for universities to generate their funds, Fee hike was inevitable”. Besides, university grants have come down and it is important to revise the existing fee structure for effective management and operation of the institute. The details of increased fees will be announced later, he said.
“The fee structure of all regular UG, PG and PhD courses has also been revised in line with the recommendation of the Fee and Finance Committee (FC) of other leading central universities”, the PRO said. He said that this will be applicable for the students taking admission from the session 2022-23 and will not be applicable for the existing students.
Apart from this, the fee hike is also necessary because the hostels are in dilapidated condition and need to be renovated along with removal of illegal prisoners. The University has 20 hostels including the recently acquired Hindu Hostel. There is a need to increase the fees for newly inducted students to ensure smooth functioning of hostels to provide optimum facilities to the students.
The AC also approved the introduction of 10 new integrated 5-year courses from the upcoming academic session. These include BA/BSc and MA/MSc in Yoga and Meditation, BTech and MTech in CSE with Artificial Intelligence (AI), BA/BSc and MA/MSc in Disaster Management and Environmental Studies etc.
The AC also felt that there are several cases in which the reputation of the University has been tarnished after posting derogatory marks against the Institute on social media and media. “If any student is found continuously posting these comments, disciplinary action will be taken against the student concerned. If any faculty member is found making such remarks then strict action will be taken with the approval of the executive council, it was the decision of the AC”, said the PRO.