Question : NEW IIMS



(a) whether the 6 new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) proposed to be set up by the Government are yet to take off as the Government are yet to decide on the land and the mentors of these IIMs in the country in- cluding Rajasthan, Haryana and Jharkhand;

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether the newly established IIMs are grappled with the faculty crunch and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the teacher student ratio prescribed for an IIM is 1:10 and if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether even after the Common Admission Test scores are out, little is known about admissions at the new IIMs; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken/ being taken by the Government in this regard?

Answer given by the minister



MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (f): A statement is attached.

STATEMENT REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (F) OF THE LOK SABHA UN- STARRED QUESTION NO.243 FOR 25.02.2015 ASKED BY DR. P. VENUGOPAL, SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI AND SHRI G. HARI, HON’BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING NEW IIMS.

(a) & (b): The status of each of the 6 new IIMs being established by the Government is as under:

 Sl.No.	State	Mentor Institute	Land 
1. Bihar IIM Indore The State Government of Bihar has offered land in Bodh Gaya.
2. Odisha IIM Calcutta The State Government of Odisha has offered land near Bhubaneswar. 3. Maha- IIM Ahmedabad The State Government of rashtra Maharashtra has offered land in Nagpur which has since been accepted by the Central Government. 4. Punjab IIM Kozhikode The State Government of Punjab has provided land near Amritsar which has been accepted by the Central Government. 5. Himachal IIM Lucknow The State Government of Pradesh Himachal Pradesh has offered land in Sirmaur. 6. Andhra IIM Bangalore The State Government of Pradesh Andhra Pradesh has provided land in Visakhapatnam which has since been accepted by the Central Government. Foundation stone of IIM Visakhapatnam has also been laid on 17th Jan. 2015.
(c) & (d): The teachers-students ratio prescribed for IIMs is 1:10. The details of vacancies positions of faculty is as under:
 
Sl.No. New IIMs Strength of In position Shortage faculty
1. IIM Shillong 24 19 5 2. IIM Rohtak 25 23 2 3. IIM Ranchi 23 12 11 4. IIM Raipur 16 16 0 5. IIM Trichy 19 15 4 6. IIM Udaipur 22 17 5 7 IIM Kashipur 17 17 0 Total 146 119 27


(e) & (f): The Mentor Institutes as indicated in response to part (a) & (b) of the question have already been requested to proceed to take admission to the upcoming IIMs.

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