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Karthik Murugan
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India·3/1/2026

Private university demanding ₹5 lakh 'donation' for engineering seat despite qualifying score

My son qualified with 89 percentile in JEE Mains. Applied to a private engineering college in Chennai. They're demanding ₹5,00,000 'donation' over and above the regular fee of ₹2,40,000. Told verbally — 'no receipt for donation, pay in cash'. If we don't pay, 'seat goes to someone else'.
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Report to Tamil Nadu Admission Committee for Professional Courses — capitation fees are ILLEGAL.
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File complaint with AICTE at aicte-india.org — demanding donations violates approval conditions.
File with Anti-Corruption Bureau Tamil Nadu — demanding cash
Report to Directorate of Technical Education Tamil Nadu.

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Comments (5)

Mia Anderson3/1/2026

My neighbor had the exact same problem. It's systemic.

Anonymous3/2/2026

Same thing happened to me! This is outrageous.

Arjun Menon3/2/2026

How is this legal? Someone needs to take this to court.

Yuki Tanaka3/3/2026

Been fighting the same battle for 2 years. Don't give up!

Anonymous3/4/2026

This is exactly why I support this platform. Our voices need to be heard.