Is BITS Pilani losing its charm due to high fees and other factors?

On the contrary, I feel BITS Pilani has been able to maintain its standards because of its high fees. Unlike IITs, BITS are not funded by the government so they need to charge high fees in order to improve the infrastructure and quality of campus life here. In fact, BITS Pilani is the only private institute that is almost at the same level as old IITs.

But I think BITS is behind IITs in a few aspects such as the qualifications and the research grant that the professors get. I heard of a professor getting a 50 lakh grant for conducting research. This entire amount came from the government. The reason IITs have a rich research culture is because they are constantly backed up by the government while BITS fails to receive such grants and thus charges high fees for research. Thus the high fees charged by BITS Pilani are completely justified and do not affect the BITS charm in any way.