I did not fix fees provisionally: K T Thomas

KOCHI: Even as the new fees ‘provisionally’ fixed by the Justice R. Rajendra Babu-led Fee Regulatory Committee for self-financing MBBS has caused heartburn among several parents and students, Justice K.T. Thomas who led the first fee regulatory committee in the state in 2002-03 says that he did not fix fee provisionally during his term. The first fee fixed for the management seat was Rs 1.30 lakh and I arrived at it after assessing the income and expenditure of the medical colleges and their attached hospitals. Justice Thomas also said that he is not aware of the nittie-gritties of the self-financing medical education sector currently and hence is not in a position to comment on the new fees fixed by the Justice Rajendra Babu Committee.