Orissa neglected, IIMs to be set up in other seven States

The Pioneer, Aug 28, 2009
PNS | Bhubaneswar

Orissa’s interest has been ignored by the Centre again. Though the Centre has decided to set up new IIMs (Indian Institutes of Management) in seven States, not a single IIM was allotted to Orissa.

The seven new IIMs would come up in Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan. Currently, there are seven IIMs in the country at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore, Kozhikode and Shillong.

Earlier, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sent a letter demanding an IIM in the State, it was turned down by the Congress-led UPA Government at Centre. “ The Centre has neglected the State,” alleged BJD leader Damodar Rout.

In the first phase, four IIMs at Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Rohtak (Haryana) will be set up in 2009-10, which would become functional from academic session 2010-11. The IIMs in Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan will be set up in 2010-11.