Jadavpur University's economics department proposes lab fees for maintenance of its computers

A council member said the council had “taken note of the proposal” and was trying to negotiate the fees in consultation with students before making a decision about its introduction.

Jadavpur University's economics department proposes lab fees for maintenance of its computers

The Jadavpur University's economics department has proposed an INR 400 annual laboratory fee as they claimed that the University authorities are not paying for the maintenance of their computers. The department got the proposal approved by the board of studies and the faculty council. The proposal was placed during the university's executive council meeting.

A council member said the council had “taken note of the proposal” and was trying to negotiate the fees in consultation with students before making a decision about its introduction. A teacher of the economics department said since the university could not provide the funds required to install certain programmes on the computers, they have not been able to operationalize 46 new computers bought before the pandemic.

Saikat Sinha Roy, head of the economics department, said: “I detailed before the executive council what is the ‘real situation’ that prompted us to think of introducing the fees both at the undergraduate and postgraduate level from the next academic year. I also apprised them that the arts faculty students’ union is opposed to the introduction.”

“Now the executive council has to take a decision,” as reported by The Telegraph. 

JU vice-chancellor Suranjan Das said: “No decision has been taken so far. We are exploring the possibility of providing subsidy so the fees could be less than INR 400 that has been proposed”.

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