The Hindu : IIM fee reduction

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Monday, Mar 01, 2004

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IIM fee reduction

Sir, — The curtains have come down on the IIM fee issue with the Supreme Court upholding the fee reduction announced by Murli Manohar Joshi. But the question whether the engineering and management courses should be subsidised at all remains and has not been adequately dealt with. And what happens to the private management institutes, which charge exorbitant fees?

V. Padmanabhan,

Bangalore

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Sir, — With the Court, after obtaining an assurance from the Government and presumably satisfying itself about the contents and efficacy of the same, endorsing Dr. Joshi's decision, the controversy should end. No further litigation should be allowed. If people can benefit without the quality suffering, why not?

G.M. Rama Rao,

Chennai

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Sir, — Can Mr. Joshi now ensure a seat to poor students in the IIM? Decidedly not; because between the seat and the student stands not money but CAT. Unless one takes costly coaching and has an English-medium schooling, one cannot expect to score the requisite marks in CAT.

If these parameters are fulfilled, one is no longer poor but potentially one of the richest employees in the country. Thus the controversy over the fee is irrelevant.

R.V. Chelam,

Visakhapatnam, A.P.

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