Meeting with the Director - 18.07.2014

Meeting : Request to delay the ‘Fee Structure Revision Notice’

Date : 18 July 2014

Time : 5:40 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Venue : The Director’s Office, National Institute of Technology Calicut

Members Present :

Dr. M N Bandyopadhyay - The Director, NIT-Calicut
Dr. B Sukumar - The Registrar, NIT-Calicut
Mr. Bibin Thomas - Interim Students Affairs Council, NIT-Calicut
Mr. Achuth Jayakumar - Interim Students Affairs Council, NIT-Calicut
Mr. Abdul Wasih M - Interim Students Affairs Council, NIT-Calicut
Mr. Dilber Shahul - Interim Students Affairs Council, NIT-Calicut

The Interim SAC got reliable information from the Administration Department of NIT Calicut that a notice informing the implementation of the new fee structure to all (old and new) students will soon be put up. Considering the gravity of the matter and the problems that this would cause, they requested a meeting with the Director of NIT Calicut to directly notify him of the same. The minutes of the meeting thus convened,

MINUTES

The Director was notified about the seriousness of the issue and requested to delay the notice and request, on behalf of the students, to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
The Director directed the SAC to intimate MHRD of the issue through a proper channel.
The Registrar was called in by the Director immediately, to discuss the matter, in the presence of the SAC.
The Registrar informed the SAC that this matter has already come to their notice and was already conveyed to the MHRD.
The Registrar and the Director stressed on the fact that the Director has no authority to hold back a Ministry notification.
The Registrar assured SAC that he would inform the MHRD about the strong opposition from the students on the issue.
The Director and the Registrar assured the SAC that, in the event of retraction of MHRD decision, additional fee paid by any student, will be entirely refunded without delay.