AKTU to bear academic expenses of those students who lost their parents to COVID-19

The provision will be provided to students of both private and government institutions associated with the university.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) has announced that it will sponsor the entire fee for the remainder of the sessions of those students who have lost their parents to COVID-19.

The provision will be provided to students of both private and government institutions associated with the university. Also, it has been decided by the university to provide assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the family members of teachers working in government and private institutions who died due to COVID-19 infection.

The decision was taken at the finance committee meeting of University held on Saturday. The meeting was held under Vinay Kumar Pathak, vice-chancellor of the University.

"The university has decided to bear the fees for all the remaining sessions of all such students whose parent passed away due to Covid-19," said Pathak.

It was also decided to establish a center of excellence to promote high-level research in the field of biotechnology. This center of excellence will be established at the university's Centre for Advanced Studies, Lucknow. A budgetary provision of about ₹6 crore has been sanctioned for setting up this centre.

During the meeting, a green signal was given to conduct the BTech Biotech course at the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Lucknow, in self-financing mode, said AKTU spokesman, Asheesh Misra. 

Those who attended the meeting included special secretary, technical education, Kripashankar, pro-vice-chancellor Vineet Kasal, university finance officer GP Singh, registrar Nand Lal Singh, controller of examinations Rajiv Kumar, dean, faculty of architecture, Vandana Sehgal and others.

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