IIMC appoints Sahadeb Sarkar as Director-in-charge, accepts Uttam Kumar Sarkar’s resignationSahadeb Sarkar has a PhD in statistics from Iowa State University, USA. He joined the Operations Management group of IIM Calcutta in 1997. ...
07 Nov, 2023, 09.33 PM IST
Why government should not have interfere in running of the IIMsIndia must learn from Singapore and China. Both have built excellent educational institutions by providing funds on a no-questions-asked ba...
31 Aug, 2023, 11.24 PM IST
NITIE to be the 21st IIM; renamed IIM MumbaiThe National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) will officially be renamed the Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai (IIM Mumbai)...
09 Aug, 2023, 04.15 PM IST
IIM amendment bill proposing power to Prez to audit, order probes, appointments triggers autonomy debateA new amendment bill of the Centre that proposes the President will be Visitor to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) with powers to...
30 Jul, 2023, 04.05 PM IST
Debashis Chatterjee re-appointed as director of IIM KozhikodeA Vellayan, Chairman IIMK BoG said in a statement: "IIMK Board of Governors is delighted to have Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, continue his jo...
07 Apr, 2023, 07.23 PM IST
IIMs defend single-year MBA Degree citing IIM Act, National Education PolicyIn July this year, the education ministry had told the IIMs that their decision to award a degree instead of diploma for the course violate...
27 Nov, 2020, 04.18 PM IST
IIM autonomy in doubt after 1 year degree orderDirectors of leading IIMs said the issue will be discussed within the institutes and with the government in the context of the autonomy pro...
08 Jul, 2020, 09.27 AM IST
Stop one-year PG degrees: HRD Ministry to IIMsThe HRD ministry says one-year executive MBAs degrees violate UGC regulations.
06 Jul, 2020, 10.14 AM IST
Forum nudges older IIMs for uniform admission processET has learnt that the government representatives asked the directors of the older IIMs to deliberate on the issue and consider the best po...
24 May, 2019, 11.47 PM IST
Playing fair: IIMs take the lead, open boardroom door to more womenMost B-schools have either appointed 3 women on their boards or exceeded the target by roping in more.
29 Jan, 2019, 08.41 AM IST
New Board of Governors for each IIM by 15th December, ex officio members to appoint itThe ministry also said that in accordance with the spirit of the Act, it has decided to immediately withdraw the Government nominees who ar...
12 Nov, 2018, 10.31 PM IST
Constitute fresh board of governors at each IIM as per new Act: Law MinistrySections 10 and 11 of the IIM Act, 2017 detail the composition of BoG and its powers and functions, but make no mention of who is toconstit...
12 Oct, 2018, 07.00 AM IST
IIM Amritsar board vetoes chairman’s panel of candidatesTwo of the three candidates in the fray, proposed by the search committee, were found to be short of the eligibility criteria mentioned in ...
28 Aug, 2018, 08.00 AM IST
Autonomy on the way as IIM rules finalisedIIM rules will follow complete autonomy template pitched by the PMO with the govt staying away from key roles.
13 Aug, 2018, 01.06 PM IST
Centre to build in ‘safeguards’ to prevent IIM board’s ‘arbitrary acts’The HRD ministry feels that leaving decisions such as the removal of the IIM Chairperson entirely to the IIM Board raises concerns of stabi...
07 Jun, 2018, 07.39 AM IST
Professor Errol D’Souza appointed the new director of IIM AhmedabadErrol D’Souza studied Economics and Statistics at the University of Mumbai and obtained his PhD as a UGC National Research Fellow from the ...
31 Jan, 2018, 04.00 PM IST
IIMs can now award degrees instead of diplomasAs per the provisions of the Act, the Board of Governors of each institute shall be the principal executive body comprising up to 19 member...
01 Jan, 2018, 03.46 PM IST