* a business idea with tuition fees
Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Alex. Filed under IISc.
Since I am a foreigner in India pursuing my PhD, I have to pay Rs.200,000 tuition fee every year. If I delay the payment, a fine of Rs.20 is added for every week. A year has 52 weeks, hence the fine will be Rs.1040 per year. So let’s do a little bit mathematics.
Instead of paying the tuition fee, I open a fixed deposit account at a bank. ING Vysya offers an interest rate of 6.75%, if the deposit is fixed for one year. The interest is calculated quarterly and paid annually. So if I put Rs.200,000 into that fixed deposit, I will get Rs.213,846 in the end. So, after subtraction of the fine, Rs.12,806 will be mine. So, I am going to open an account there and see, if it works.
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:20 am
Very clever
. i was delighted to reed this. india should know there’re better ways of dealingwit foreign exchange than charging foreigners high tuition fees and charging tourists impossible rates at tourist spots,
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