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Government vs IIMs: A story of deep distrust
The IIMs, India’s premier management schools, are centrally-funded. But for decades, many of them had been clamouring for more autonomy. That year, their wish was partly fulfilled—Parliament passed the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bill, effectively freeing the elite B-schools from government interference. Javadekar said that from then on, the IIMs would be “board-driven, with the chairperson and director selected by the board”. But the truce between the government and the IIMs started unravelling sometime in 2018. And today, the same government that had imposed faith in the autonomous running of the IIMs in 2017 now swung the other way. ... Read more