HPTU to waive 50% extra charges in fee

Our Correspondent

Hamirpur, May 31

Himachal Pradesh Technical University (HPTU) will waive 50 per cent of additional charges in the fee for the current session. The decision was taken at a virtual meeting of the Board of Governors here today.

Dr SP Bansal, Vice-Chancellor, said that the decision to waive additional charges in the fee was taken to provide relief to the students in the current session. He claimed that the HPTU would be the first university of the country to conduct online examinations. He added that preparations for online examinations had been completed and soon the date sheet would be released.

The board gave approval for starting BBA and BCA courses at its off campus institute at Nagrota Bagwan. It also decided to appoint project and estate officers for the university for better development works on the campus.

Local MLA Narender Thakur said that the university had set many milestones in the past three years. It was all due to the sincere efforts of the Vice-Chancellor and employees of the university that the HPTU had bagged the first position in utilising TEQUIP funds, he added.

The board was of the opinion that the state government be requested to release a matching grant to the university in time for its smooth functioning. Bansal said that Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur had sanctioned a Rs 10 crore annual matching grant for the HPTU.

New Courses

The board gave approval for starting BBA and BCA courses at its off campus institute at Nagrota Bagwan. It also decided to appoint project and estate officers for the university for better development works on the campus.