Yay ! it’s IIM-Kashipur now …..
If the setting up of six new IITs marked UPA-I, expansion of IIMs is likely to mark its second stint. Extending the reach of IIMs, the HRD Ministry is learnt to have approved sites for the proposed IIMs in Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu.
While Uttarakhand’s IIM is likely to come up at Kashipur, about 30 km from the Corbett National Park, the one for Tamil Nadu is likely at Tiruchirapalli.
HRD Ministry had registered the two IIMs under the Societies Act earlier this month, sources said. These are among the six new IIMs that will come up in the next few years.
The IIMs in Tamil Nadu, Ranchi, Raipur and Rohtak in Haryana will start functioning from the 2010-11 academic session. The IIMs in Uttarakhand and Rajasthan will come up in 2011. Each of these institutes will begin with 140 seats.
Proposal for an IIM in J&K was withdrawn last year after the state could not decide on its location as people in both Jammu and the Valley wanted the IIM in their respective regions. The state was instead promised two central universities.
IIM Ahmedabad will mentor the IIM in Rajasthan and IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode will jointly look after IIM Trichy in the initial years. IIM Indore will mentor IIM Raipur and IIM Lucknow will focus on IIM Rohtak. The IIM in Jharkhand will be looked after by IIM Calcutta. The mentor for Uttarakhand IIM has not been decided yet.
Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/now-iimkashipur-iimtrichy/613308/
