BIMTECH starts construction of its Bhubaneswar campus; plans to have programs in law, design and social sciences (besides management) and to become a university or autonomous institution
April 6th, 2011
Following is from a report in mbauniverse.com.
Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), a leading B-school under the management of the B K Birla Group, has started construction work for setting up its new campus at Bhubaneswar.
The Foundation Stone Laying ceremony for the new campus was organized on 5 April, 2011 at the IDCO institutional site at Gothapatna Area where institutions like IIIT, IMI and Nalco R&D Centre are already established.
The Foundation Stone for the 30 acre campus of BIMTECH was laid by Smt. Jayashree Mohta, Vice Chairperson of Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata and Director, Jay Shree Tea Ltd.
On this occasion, addressing the gathering and mediapersons, Smt. Mohta said, “The Bhubaneswar Campus of BIMTECH will provide post-graduate and doctoral education in management, design, social sciences and law. The new campus will become operational by June 2012 and will cater to the manpower needs of entire eastern India viz. Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Manipur, Tripura and Bihar”.
Addressing the audience, Dr H Chaturvedi, Director, BIMTECH Greater Noida said, “Our campus at Bhubaneswar will be one of the state-of-the-art campuses and it has been designed by Mr Hafeez Contractor, the renowned architect from Mumbai. It will be our endeavour to make this campus an ideal destination for education and corporate training in management, design, technology and humanities. We shall approach both the Union Government and the State Government for getting the status of either private university or autonomous institution for our Bhubaneswar unit”.
BIMTECH Greater Noida, the first B-school under the BK Birla Group, is counted amongst the top 10 B-schools of the country.
If indeed BIMTECH wants to offer courses in design, social sciences, and law other than management, then the state government should give it more land and offer it to make a state university.
I have a feeling that both IMI and BIMTECH in Bhubaneswar will be huge boon for us.
Along those lines I hope the Odisha government approaches a few other top private management institutions to establish their branches in Odisha, perhaps in some other locations. Some of the institutes that should be approached are:
- SP Jain Institute of Management. (Only has 4 acres in Mumbai.)
- MDI Gurgaon. (37 acres campus; Prof. Arun Rath of MDI, an Odia, used to be a Jharkhand cadre IAS.)
- Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad. (Has 14 acres in Ghaziabad.)
Entry Filed under: Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri- Khurda area (1),BIMTECH Bhubaneswar