Uttarakhand Government has identified a land for the Dehradun campus of the IIM, Kashipur. Approval was also given for the construction of an auditorium and a hostel at IIM, Kashipur,” said Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna while convening a meeting with a delegation of IIM Kashipur at Secretariat on Saturday.
The CM said that a plan of action had been prepared for the upgradation of higher and technical education in the State. A lot of industries were expected to be set up because State has provided single window system for the entrepreneur. With this State youth, who are skilled and technically well equipped, would be benefited from industrialisation. Appreciating the progress of IIM, Kashipur CM said the Dehradun campus would enable working people to do an executive MBA.
He instructed Principal Secretary (Power) to provide a power feeder to IIM, Kashipur. He would also write to the Railway Minister and request that a Jan Shatabdi to be started to link Delhi-Moradabad- Ramnagar-Kashipur. Chairman DM Sahni thanked the Chief Minister for the infrastructure development undertaken at Kashipur.
Present at the meeting were Principal Secretary Rakesh Sharma. IIM Kashipur Director Professor Gautam Singha, members of the board of Governors including Subosh Bhargav and OSD SK Verma.