leading private Business Schools are upset over the recent draft regulations issued by the UGC on December 23, 2013 for technical institutions that proposes to withdraw the autonomy of PGDM institutions.
Deans, directors, chairmen of over 100 business schools met under the auspices of the Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI), the national body of over 500 higher education institutions, and resolved that PGDM institutions will not succumb to the pressure of the UGC and will steadfastly protect the autonomy that they have enjoyed for more than 50 years.
AIMS and IAABS, the two other national bodies representing management institutions, are also supporting this resolution. An interactive meeting of PGDM institutions was addressed by leading management academicians including Fr E Abraham (director, XlRI, Jamshedpur), Dr Pritam Singh (director general, IMI), prof Shesha Iyer (director, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research), prof Apoorva Palkar (President, AIMS).