Southern States - Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram

Syndicate fixes engg. fees

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM June 8. Students securing admission to the merit seats in the University Engineering College, Kariavattom, will be charged fees as applicable to Government and aided engineering colleges.

A decision to this effect was taken by the syndicate of the Kerala University at its meeting held here on Saturday.

In this college, 50 per cent of the seats are to be filled on merit basis.

Even though the self-financing colleges charge a fee of Rs. 36,000, only around Rs. 4,000 will be collected from students getting admitted to the Kariavattom college, on merit basis this year.

In the remaining 50 per cent seats, all under the management quota, the fees will be Rs. 36,000.

The branches available for the B.Tech. course are Electronics and Communication, Computer Science and Information Technology.

More MBA seats: The number of seats for the MBA course at the Alappuzha and Poojappura extension centres of the Institute of Management in Kerala, has been enhanced from 40 to 50 each.

Medical scheme: The syndicate has also decided to launch a medical scheme in association with the Sree Chithra Thirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology and the NSS unit of the Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, for the employees of the university and to reintroduce the health scheme for students.

Information brochure

The information brochure containing details about the centralised allotment process for admission to the engineering and medical courses for the year 2003, is ready for distribution.

Candidates can get copies of the brochure from the LMS Compound at Palayam from June 8 onwards, on production of the admit card, or at the time of allotment of seats.

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