The students alleged that as per the varsity's rule, after the completion of the research, INR 15,000 per month will be given to the research scholars by the institute as maintenance expenses for the next six months.
Research scholars at IIT BHU stage protest over non-payment of maintenance expense
A group of research scholars of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) BHU staged a dharna at the director's office alleging that they have not been getting the maintenance expenses despite repeated requests to the administration.
The students alleged that as per the varsity's rule, after the completion of the research, INR 15,000 per month will be given to the research scholars by the institute as maintenance expenses for the next six months. They said that the research of 78 students from various departments of IIT has been completed, and they have not been given maintenance expenses from July 2021 to December 2021, as reported by Hindustan Times.
While speaking on the same, a research scholar, Neeraj Mishra said that they have demanded several times from the authorities to pay the maintenance expense, but their demand was left unheard. The officials told them that the payment would be made after the Board of Governors of the institute decides in this regard. The Board of Governors met three to four times in the last nine months, but this issue was not raised in the meeting, alleged the research scholars.
According to the students, the maintenance costs of their earlier two batches were paid on time upon the recommendation of the Board of Governors.
Commenting on the same, IIT-BHU registrar Rajan Srivastava said that the matter of students was reported to them on February 11, whereas the last meeting of the Board of Governors was held on February 8 itself. In such a situation, the allegation of the students is baseless that their demands were not raised in the meeting.
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