Seven New IIMs in India

Indian Government plans to add seven new IIMs to the list if prestigious management institutes. Four of these will be made functional by next year and three to be made operational later. The stage for these was set with the 11th Five Year Plan endorsed by the National Development Council (NDC) in December 2007. The total number of IIMs in India will reach 13 once all the new ones are completed.

List of New IIMs:

Seven new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) will be set up in:

1. Chhattisgarh
2. Haryana
3. Jammu & Kashmir
4. Jharkhand
5. Rajasthan
6. Tamil Nadu
7. Uttarakhand

The four IIMs at Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Rohtak (Haryana) will see admissions from academic session 2010-11 with an initial intake of 140 students in the PG course in Phase I. The plan is to reach 560 students per year by the end of Phase II.