BANGALORE: Following continuous protests by students against the hike in fees at University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, under Bangalore University, revised the fee structure on Wednesday.
The annual fee for undergraduate engineering courses is now `22,430. It was increased by `2,000 recently.
As per BU’s new notification, students belonging to SC/ST, with a family income below `2.5 lakh per annum, need to pay `730 annually and the rest will be reimbursed by the government.
Students belonging to OBCs and categories 2a, 3b, 3a, with a family income below `1 lakh per annum need to pay `5,290 and the rest will be reimbursed.
“In case the amount is not reimbursed by the government, it is the principal’s responsibility to collect the fee from students,” said BU Vice-Chancellor Dr Thimme Gowda.