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No room for more: IIM-A
WHILE THE Centre wants to increase the number of seats in higher-education institutes to accommodate more students from the OBC category, the director of IIM Ahmedabad has said it cannot do so as "its plate is full".
WHILE THE Centre wants to increase the number of seats in higher-education institutes to accommodate more students from the OBC category, the director of IIM Ahmedabad has said it cannot do so as "its plate is full".
Bakul Dholakia, director, IIM-A, said it would not be possible for the B-school to increase its seats with the existing infrastructure.
The seats in IIM-A were increased from 180 in 2002 to 280 now. A decision had already been taken to raise them to 400 by 2007, said Dholakia, adding that there was no scope for a further hike at this juncture.
Infosys Chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy, who is also the chairperson of IIM-A, said the government should first talk to the directors of premier institutions and find out if they had enough resources to admit more students.
