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New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Management and the Human Resource Development Ministry are still at loggerheads over the controversial draft IIM Bill that the government is planning to introduce. The management institute claims that the Bill will affect its autonomy and give sweeping powers to the ministry in the functioning of the B-schools.
IIM Ahmedabad Director Ashish Nanda claimed that the new law drafted by the HRD ministry for managing the management institutes may compromise its autonomy. He added that they are still in talks with the government to find a middle ground.
"The bill in its present form has too many regulations and will affect the institute's autonomy. We have expressed concerns about it and we are currently in conversation with the HRD and we will hopefully be able to arrive at a shared perspective," he said. Criticizing the bill, Nanda had said that micro-management is never good and if implemented, people working in institutions may feel less empowered.
The Bill aims to empower the 13 premier B-schools to award degrees instead of diplomas to students taking the two-year MBA programme, make the President a visitor to all IIMs and introduce a uniform four-year term for all IIM chairpersons.
The draft IIM Bill seeks to give sweeping powers to HRD ministry in the functioning of the B-schools, including policy matters like deciding fees, emoluments and service conditions of the faculty, has left the prestigious institutes sharply divided.
While the view in the older six IIMs is that an attempt is being made at "micro-managing" them, something that would infringe upon their autonomy, those in the eight new premier institutes feel the apprehension is misplaced.
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