India, July 14 -- Several members of Delhi University's (DU) Executive Council (EC), a top decision making body of DU, on Saturday objected to a proposal which was approved by the council regarding the diversion of a significant portion of the University Development Fund (UDF) built from student tuition fees, towards infrastructure projects.

Rajpal Singh Pawar, an EC member, submitted a dissenting note mainly against two key proposals: one to spend Rs.46.5 crore from the UDF for new constructions, and another to take a Rs.938.33 crore loan from the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA). Pawar argued that these moves would burden students with fee hikes and demanded that the EC push for stronger funding from the University Grants Commi...