Sources in the Ministry of Human Resource and Development said that all upcoming six IIMs which are being established in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Maharashtra, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh would start taking admission from the next academic session.
‘In a meeting of all the directots of the 13 IIMs, the HRD ministry asked them to chalk out plans to mentor the new upcoming management institutes. The existing IIMs would mentor the nearest new IIM,’ sources in the ministry said.
‘According to the nearest-to-mentor-nearest, the IIM-Kolkata would act as mentor of upcoming IIM-Odisha, similarly IIM-Ranchi would act as adviser of upcoming IIM-Patna. The IIM-Rohtak would either guide new management college in Punjab or Himachal,’ sources added.
On the question of whether the old-war horses are ready to face the challenge, IIM-Indore director Professor Rishikesha T Krishnan, said, ‘We are equipped to mentor the new institutions. There is nothing new in it. We have done it earlier too. It’s good that ministry is utilising our experiences.’ professor Saibal Chattopadhyay, the director of IIM-Calcutta, also opined the same.
So in total there will be 19 IIMs to which spirants can apply. As per the latest update on CAT 2014 website, ‘In accordance with the government of India’s directive it is herby informed that six new IIMs are planned to commence their academic session from 2015-16. Hence, if you are interested to apply in the PGPs of any/all the following IIMs are advised to indicate the same in the given boxes.’
The equating/scaling process will be announced prior to CAT 2014 examination – 16 November and 22 November - to avoid confusion among the aspirants.
‘In a meeting of all the directots of the 13 IIMs, the HRD ministry asked them to chalk out plans to mentor the new upcoming management institutes. The existing IIMs would mentor the nearest new IIM,’ sources in the ministry said.
‘According to the nearest-to-mentor-nearest, the IIM-Kolkata would act as mentor of upcoming IIM-Odisha, similarly IIM-Ranchi would act as adviser of upcoming IIM-Patna. The IIM-Rohtak would either guide new management college in Punjab or Himachal,’ sources added.
On the question of whether the old-war horses are ready to face the challenge, IIM-Indore director Professor Rishikesha T Krishnan, said, ‘We are equipped to mentor the new institutions. There is nothing new in it. We have done it earlier too. It’s good that ministry is utilising our experiences.’ professor Saibal Chattopadhyay, the director of IIM-Calcutta, also opined the same.
So in total there will be 19 IIMs to which spirants can apply. As per the latest update on CAT 2014 website, ‘In accordance with the government of India’s directive it is herby informed that six new IIMs are planned to commence their academic session from 2015-16. Hence, if you are interested to apply in the PGPs of any/all the following IIMs are advised to indicate the same in the given boxes.’
The equating/scaling process will be announced prior to CAT 2014 examination – 16 November and 22 November - to avoid confusion among the aspirants.