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Admissions to BE computing, textile frozen over high fees

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July 05, 2015 VADODARA: The fate of 120 students, who had opted for two new programmes started by MS University's Faculty of Technology and Engineering (FTE) from this academic year, is hanging in balance.

Taking objections to the fees proposed by the FTE among other issues, Gujarat's Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) earlier this week decided to freeze admissions to BE (computing) and BE (textile processing) programmes for this academic year.

But on Friday, when the Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC) conducted the first round of admission for state-wide engineering programmes, the two courses were on the list of programmes offered to students seeking admission in engineering institutes.

It was after the admission ended that the ACPC decided to withdraw the two courses from those on offer at the FTE.

By then, a total of 60 students each had already opted for BE (computing) and BE (textile processing) programmes and many of them had submitted only one choice in the first round of admission � leaving them with no choice now to change their selection.

Sources suggest commissioner, DTE decided to freeze the two new courses because the FTE, a grant-in-aid institute, was offering the programmes under higher payment category � at par with fees charged by private institutes.

Commissioner, DTE objected to change in the fee structure of the BE (computing) programme from Rs 1,500 per annum (for boys) and nil for girls to Rs 1.20 lakh per annum (irrespective of gender) by the faculty.

The change in the fee structure was earlier approved by the FTE's faculty board and MSU syndicate.

The faculty had offered the courses as a part of Center of Advanced Studies in Design and Reconfigurable Computing which the faculty claims has been funded by Gujarat government.

Commissioner, DTE in its observations stated that All India Council for Technical Education had granted permission to the FTE to start the new programmes as a grant-in-aid institute.

"It is true that commissioner, DTE has freezed admission to the two programmes for this academic year. But we are pursuing the matter and requesting the DTE to allow our faculty to run the programmes in the larger interest of students, who had selected the programme for this year," professor Parimal Vyas, pro vice-chancellor of MSU, told TOI.

"If necessary, we are ready to keep the annual fee at Rs 1,500. But DTE has to take the final call," said Vyas.

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