IBN Live: Location decisions on the remaining 4 IITs and 6 IIMs to be after 11th plan is finalized
October 20th, 2007
Following are excerpts from an IBN live report. (video)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the HRD ministry to put at abeyance all decisions regarding location of eight IITs and seven IIMs till a formal mechanism is evolved. In an explicit direction to the HRD ministry, the PMO wants locations of these top institutes be put on hold till the 11th Plan is finalised. National Development Council will meet on the December 9 this year to put its stamp of approval on the plan of the expansion planned. The HRD ministry has already circulated a bill to establish 16 central universities and location of four IITs and one IIM have been fixed.
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