by Abhay Anand
C
. R. Radesh Kumar, an engineer-
ing college student at Tirupati
in Andhra Pradesh, wrote to us
in February this year, saying that he
wanted to withdraw admission from
his college (name withheld) to shift to
another college. However, he was una-
ble to do so because the college refused
to hand over his original documents
unless he paid the full tuition fee for
four years of his B. Tech programme.
Not so financially well off, Radesh was
shattered since he could not meet the
steep demand.
Careers360 steps in
Careers360 approached the college on
phone and through email to understand
their version of the story, but there was
no official response. One of the senior
officials of the college told us on con-
dition of anonymity that a number of
students take admission and then with-
draw it, causing financial loss as the seat
would remain vacant throughout the
duration of the course and hence the
demand for the full course fee. Mean-
while, we remained in constant touch
with a distressed Radesh who mailed
us that “I would rather die than study in
that college.”
RADESH GETS
BACK HIS
ORIGINAL
DOCUMENTS
Radesh, an engineering student in Andhra
Pradesh, is happy after our March 2019
story forced his college to return his
original documents that it had withheld
when he wanted to move out...
the University Grants Commission over
colleges withholding documents.The AICTE terms withholding of edu-
cational documents as a violation of
rules. “In case a student wants to with-
draw admission from a college, the col-
lege cannot charge the fee for the entire
duration of the course. If we receive any
such complaint about any college we
take immediate action,” AICTE Vice
Chairman M P Punia told us.The impact
As we relentlessly pursued the case, the
college agreed to return the educational
documents, asking Radesh to submit
the full fee for the first year of his stud-
ies. “They considered all my reasons
and said I should pay 1st year fee, com-
plete fee which is fair enough, and the
issue got resolved,” Radesh informed us.
Every month Careers360 receives doz-
ens of complaints like that of Radesh. We
try our best to get these resolved. It’s a
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TrohiFitedI told my problem
to you and you were
the only hope. I got
complete support from
Careers360 and my
parents. After so much
efforts, they considered
all my reasons and
said I should pay 1st yr
complete fee which is
fair enough and yeah,
that’s how the issue was
resolved (sic.)C. R. Radesh Kumar
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We also approached the regulatory
authorities concerned, the All India
Council for Technical Education andCareers360 IMPACT