IIT-Delhi slashes tuition fee for foreign students from Rs 1.41 lakh to 10,000

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Talking to indianexpress.com, dean, academics, IIT-Delhi, Bhim Singh said, “While the institute already gets students from neighbouring countries including Bangladesh, Srilanka etc, the new programme will help attracting bright minds from other nations such as Iran, Egypt to also look at India as a study destination.”

He informed that if a foreign-based student wishes to opt for accommodation other than hostels, an additional house rent allowance (HRA) worth Rs 9,000 will be provided to them.

The dean said, “IIT-Delhi ranks 39^th in the world in terms of research. Also, the cost of living in India is also comparatively lesser than other nations. Quality of research and lesser living expenses would attract foreign students and also help India in increasing the quality of research.”

He called the slashed in prices to be similar to that of ‘tuition fee waivers’ provided by the US and UK for foreign students.

Meanwhile, IIT-Delhi is also constructing special hostels for foreign students.