Holding various placards reading ‘National Institute of Fees and Taxation’, ‘Hike jobs not fees’ and ‘Stop molesting our bank accounts’, students of Khargar’s National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) staged a protest yesterday at their college campus gate against the proposed fee hike to be implemented by the management from the next academic year. The high-voltage drama, which started from 9 in the morning continued through the day.

The management claims that there will be a 10% fee hike for both new and existing students in the general quota. “When we joined the course we were informed about a certain amount which we would be expected to pay as fees every semester. There was no mention at that time about there being any kind of fee hike.