Bhubaneswar Odisha a favorite for second campuses of Business Schools
June 21st, 2010
Businessworld has an article on various management schools that are opening second campuses across the country. Among the seven institutes that are mentioned regarding second campuses, Bhubaneswar figures with respect to 4 of them. The article also updates on the status of these campuses. Following are some excerpts:
… International Management Institute (IMI) is also setting up a second campus in Bhubaneswar. The ostensible reason for a second campus is the shortage of infrastructure at the Delhi campus. “But the choice of location was based on the encouragement from the state government and our desire to bring high quality management education to this region,” says P.K. Bhaumik, director, IMI-Delhi.
… Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB), has already been given land by the Orissa government for its second campus in Khurda (15 km from the main campus). “The government of Orissa had said they would build a compound wall to the Khurda campus and hand it over to us,” says P.T. Joseph, director, XIMB. The institute also plans to open two new campuses in Bolangir and Sambalpur in Orissa. However, the state government is yet to sign the Memorandum of Understanding for the other two plots.
Similarly, Birla Institute of Management Technology (Bimtech), has been granted 30 acres of land by the Orissa government to set up a new campus in Bhubaneswar. “So far, we have registered the new campus and are finalising the design. With two specialised programmes, Faculty of Management and Faculty of Design, the first session is expected to start in June 2012,” says Harivansh Chaturvedi, director of Bimtech.
…Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI University), which has eight campuses all over the country, is now adding new campuses in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Baddi (Himachal Pradesh), Guwahati, Indore and Bhubaneswar. “This is not a new trend. For so long, the IIMs were at seven different locations and Xavier’s was at four different locations. Now, others are following,” says Koshy Verghese, secretary general, Federation of Universities, Hyderabad.
Does the above mean that BIMTech Bhubaneswar will have a program in Design.
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3 Writeup
1. Debi P. Sarangi | June 21st, 2010 at 12:34 pm
These are fine but I think we should push for a branch of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, a famed institute in external trade.
2. pabitra barad | June 21st, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Mr. sarangi this is a good idea.Now we should push for an IIM,NID, NIPER,SPA(school for planning and architech.) and a NITIE in odisha.NITIE Mumbai is abest MBA school of the country and it has no branch in other part of country. As per SPA is concerned it comes under ministry of Chemical and fertiliser and our Balasore MP is Minister of state of this ministry. so he should try for this.One private institution i..e. BITS campus should come in odisha.
3. Debi P. Sarangi | June 23rd, 2010 at 12:14 pm
YES. Mr Srikant Jena seems to learn a lesson from his earlier period and looks he is committed to do something for Odisha and specially for Baleshwar. He can initiate this project as he is in a strong position in the ministry as his senior minister is not capable of English or Hindi. I sincerely request Mr. Jena for taking this initiative along with enhancing CIPET, Bhubaneswar and starting another institute on the same lines somewhere at Bramhapur or Burla.