IIM-Calcutta to hike session fees

The Indian Institute of Management - Calcutta (IIM-C) has decided to hike the session fee for its post graduate programmes from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 1.75 lakh.

The move was taken to usher in a common fee structure for all the IIM's in the country, sources said.

The decision taken by the board of IIM, Calcutta, at a meeting yesterday, would be implemented from the next session, the sources said.

Meanwhile IIM Indore has already hiked its post grapduate programme fees from Rs 1.25 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh while IIM, Ahmedabad, was may arrive at a decision today.

To a query, the sources said IIM, Calcutta "does not have immediate plans to foray overseas".