HYDERABAD: Members of the Students Federation of India (SFI) on Tuesday staged dharnas at several district collectorates, demanding release of pending scholarships and fee reimbursements that have been due for the past six years.
Protesters said that scholarships worth around Rs 8,158 crore are yet to be cleared by the state government. They also alleged that for the past nine months, mess and cosmetic charges in Gurukuls, KGBVs and Ashram schools have not been released.
Students further questioned how they were expected to study when textbooks and uniforms were not fully provided in KGBVs and SC Gurukuls.
SFI state president S Rajinikanth said, “There has been no Education Minister in the state for the last 20 months. Fees must be released and education sector problems resolved, otherwise we will intensify our struggles.”
During the protests, several SFI members were arrested in Hanamkonda and Sircilla districts.
JNTUH opens 3-day EV workshop
The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, JNTU-UCESTH, in collaboration with MathWorks, on Tuesday inaugurated a three-day workshop on “Systems Approach to Electric Vehicle Education.” Industrialists, research scholars and faculty from over 20 colleges participated in the inaugural ceremony. Principal Dr GV Narasimha Reddy said research in the EV sector is crucial for the Indian economy. The workshop, which will run from September 2 to 4, will train participants on multi-domain physical system modelling, control system design, hardware integration, battery modelling and system-level modelling.