kolhapur ninety firstyear students from five branches of the master in technology mtech course of the department of technology dot shivaji university kolhapur suk will receive a monthly assistantship remuneration of rs 8000 the assistantship has been offered under the technology education quality improvement program teqip of the union ministry the mode of payment and date of commencement of the actual remuneration is yet to be decided the dot hosts five mtech courses in food technology electronics technology computer science technology environment technology and energy technology each with a maximum intake capacity of 18 students the varsity was granted rs 10 crore under the teqip from the ministry of human resource development we have received the amount late by almost a year hence students enrolled in the firstyear course will be getting the assistantship which will be continued next year s r sawant executive director dot told toi on sunday the objective of the pg assistantship is to let the student pursue the degree independently without any financial burden the amount is enough for a student sawant said the assistantship is a big amount for students and will be useful in various expenses mostly academic ones now experiments that require financial help may be easier to take up said a mtech student shortlisted for the assistantship