Question: How many Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are there in the country at present?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 15
d) 19
Ans: (d)
Related facts:
- The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved the setting up of an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Jammu in a transit/temporary campus at Old Government College of Engineering & Technology from the Academic Year 2016-17.
- The project will involve a cost of Rs.61.90 crore for the initial four years from 2016 to 2020. The student strength intake will progressively go up to a cumulative student strength of 120 in the 4th year.
- Meanwhile, steps would also be taken up for setting up campus at Jammu and an out-campus in Kashmir region. The Detailed Project Report for the permanent campuses is under preparation.
- The Cabinet also approved formation of an IIM Jammu Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 which will administer the Institute and would be responsible for establishment and operationalisation of the Institute.
- opening of IIT at Jammu, modernization of NIT Srinagar and opening of two new AIIMS institutions, one each in Kashmir region and Jammu region is a part of Prime Minister’s development package for Jammu & Kashmir.
- Indian Institutes of Management are the country’s premier institutions providing best quality education in management on globally benchmarked processes of education and training in management education and allied area of knowledge.
- At present, there are nineteen IIMs. Out of these, thirteen IIMs are located at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore, Kozhikode, Shillong, Ranchi, Raipur, Rohtak, Kashipur, Trichy and Udaipur. Another six IIMs which have been started in 2015 are located at Amritsar, Sirmaur, Nagpur, Bodhgaya, Sambalpur and Vishakhapatnam.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx
http://indianexpress.com/article/education/cabinet-approves-setting-up-of-iim-jammu-3080141/