<p>Hundreds of B.Tech students of Delhi University today staged a protest outside the Vice Chancellor's office, demanding that their four-year B.Tech course should not be scrapped.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Protesters raised slogans against Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smirti Irani and University Grants Commission (UGC) and held placards like -- "We want B Tech", "UGC down down", and "Hum hamara hak mangte nahi kisi se bhik mangte".Students began their protest from the VC's residence and ended it outside his office.<br /><br />They even tried to enter VC's office, but were stopped from doing so by the personnel of Delhi Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF).<br /><br />The agitating students demanded that their course should not be converted to B.Sc citing it will hold no value for them.<br /><br />"We don't want Delhi University to scrap the B.Tech course. If B.Tech gets scrapped, our future will get destroyed. We will not sit silent till our demands are met," Rajesh Choudhary, a protester.<br /><br />"We had enrolled in DU for a four-year B.Tech programme and we expect to obtain the same. We have no problems if all the other courses are of three years' duration. But our course should remain a Four Year course," Arjun Malhotra, a student of B.Tech in Computer Science, said.<br /><br />The students had staged a protest outside the UGC office yesterday demanding the same.<br /><br />Under pressure from UGC to act on its directive, DU yesterday scrapped its four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) and reverted to the previous 3-year structure.</p>
<p>Hundreds of B.Tech students of Delhi University today staged a protest outside the Vice Chancellor's office, demanding that their four-year B.Tech course should not be scrapped.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Protesters raised slogans against Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smirti Irani and University Grants Commission (UGC) and held placards like -- "We want B Tech", "UGC down down", and "Hum hamara hak mangte nahi kisi se bhik mangte".Students began their protest from the VC's residence and ended it outside his office.<br /><br />They even tried to enter VC's office, but were stopped from doing so by the personnel of Delhi Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF).<br /><br />The agitating students demanded that their course should not be converted to B.Sc citing it will hold no value for them.<br /><br />"We don't want Delhi University to scrap the B.Tech course. If B.Tech gets scrapped, our future will get destroyed. We will not sit silent till our demands are met," Rajesh Choudhary, a protester.<br /><br />"We had enrolled in DU for a four-year B.Tech programme and we expect to obtain the same. We have no problems if all the other courses are of three years' duration. But our course should remain a Four Year course," Arjun Malhotra, a student of B.Tech in Computer Science, said.<br /><br />The students had staged a protest outside the UGC office yesterday demanding the same.<br /><br />Under pressure from UGC to act on its directive, DU yesterday scrapped its four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) and reverted to the previous 3-year structure.</p>