Lok Sabha Question No. 299 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-22
Subject: Setting up of New IIMs
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH, C.R. CHAUDHARY, RAMA KISHORE SINGH, SRIRAM MALYADRI, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, M. B. RAJESH

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION**

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# LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 299

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2015**

**Setting up of New IIMs**

**†299.	SHRI BHARAT SINGH:**

**SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY:**

**SHRI RAMA KISHORE SINGH:**

**SHRI MALYADRI SRIRAM:**

**KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:**

**SHRI M. B. RAJESH:**

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a)	whether the Government is contemplating to set up Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) in the country;

(b)	if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(c)	whether the Government has planned to established six new IIMs in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise and location-wise;

(d)	whether these six new IIMs are likely to start their first academic session in 2015-16 and if so, the details thereof; and

(e)	the number of seats likely to be available in each institution every year and the selection process likely to be adopted and the time by which these institutions are likely to be made functional?

**A N S W E R**

**MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)**

(a) to (c):	The Union Cabinet has approved setting up and operationalization of six new IIMs at Amritsar (Punjab), Bodhgaya (Bihar), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Sambalpur (Odisha), Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), and Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) from their temporary campuses.  The Mentor Institutes (tabled below) of the respective new IIMs have accordingly started taking admissions of students for Post Graduate Programme (PGP).

| **Sl No**   | **List of New IIMs**   | **Mentor Institute**   |
|-------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|             | IIM Amritsar           | IIM Kozhikode          |
|             | IIM Bodhgaya           | IIM Calcutta           |
|             | IIM Nagpur             | IIM Ahmedabad          |
|             | IIM Sambalpur          | IIM Indore             |
|             | IIM Sirmaur            | IIM Lucknow            |
|             | IIM Vishakhapatnam     | IIM Bangalore          |

(d) & (e):	The academic sessions of these new IIMs are commencing from the current year (2015-16) itself. It is envisaged that new Institutes may begin with 140 students in their first PGP Course by selecting the students through Common Admission Test (CAT) being conducting by IIMs. Initial funds have already been released to the Mentor Institutes to make the new Institutes functional from the current year 2015-16 from their temporary campuses.

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**F.No.17/6/2015-TS.V**

**FTS: 86194/ 2015**

Ministry of HRD

Department of Higher Education

[Management Division]

**Subject:        LS USQ No.6535 for 06.05.2015 regarding “Awarding of Degrees”.**

PUC is a printed version of LS USQ No.6535 for 06.05.2015 regarding **“Awarding of Degrees”** has been received in this section. The text of the question is reproduced below:

(a)	whether the Government is considering to empower the 13 premier B-schools to award degrees instead of diplomas to its students at the end of two year MBA programme;

(b)	if so, the details thereof;

(c)	whether the Government proposes to bring a legislation in this regard;

(d)	if so, the details thereof; and

(e)	the time by which the legislation is likely to be introduced?

2.	Based on the information available in the Section, a draft reply has been attempted and placed below for kind consideration/ approval of Hon’ble HRM please.

Submitted please.

**[Arun Kumar]**

Section Officer [TS.V]

**Under Secretary [Management]**

**URGENT**

**LS USQ No.6535**

**06.05.2015**

**Awarding of Degrees**