Older IIMs kept in dark, Govt gets say in their affairs via the new amendment
Raunaq Sarawat | 4 August 2023 | Indian Express
The Indian Institute of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which was passed by Lok Sabha Friday, dilutes the full autonomy given to the institutes in 2017 by granting the government a say in their functioning.
The Indian Express has learnt that assent for the amendments — these include making the President a Visitor to the institutes, with the power to appoint the Chairperson of the Board of Governors — was taken on September 14 last year at a meeting attended by Directors of the newer IIMs. Directors of the older IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Lucknow and Kozhikode were not invited to the huddle.