Mumbai University's attempt to save some money has proved to be costly for lakhs of students. Response to an RTI application has revealed that it handed over the contract for providing technology for the On-Screen Marking system to the lowest bidder solely on the basis of the rate it promised, as opposed to Tata Consultancy Services' 'higher' price. The varsity ignored Merit Trac's failure to meet the required technical score. Activist Anil Galgali said MU tweaked tendering pro-cess in Merit Trac's favour.

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