IIMs to submit plans to HRD ministry to increase seats

SHILLONG: The number of seats in the coveted Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) is set to increase substantially as the HRD ministry has asked the business schools

SHILLONG: The number of seats in the coveted Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) is set to increase substantially as the HRD ministry has asked the business schools to ponder over ways in which their intake capacity can be increased.

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Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar held a meeting with heads of various IIMs here on Tuesday where measures to cater to the increasing demand of quality education in the country were discussed during the meeting, according to an official statement.

“First, IIMs will submit plans for expansion of their intake capacity so that more students get opportunity to enroll themselves in the best institutes. Directors of IIMs pondered upon the possibility to the extent of increasing the intake capacity in their respective institutes and assured of submitting the proposals at the earliest,” the statement said.

Official sources said at present, around 20 IIMs take in nearly 10,000 students every year and HRD ministry is keen that this number be taken close to 20,000.

According to the statement, Javadekar also told reporters after the meeting that possibility of expansion of doctoral programmes was discussed.

He said creating more quality PhD programmes will address the issue of shortage of faculties in institutes, the statement said.