IIM: Central team report by June 25

A four-member Central team on Sunday visited some sites in Sambalpur for the proposed Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Odisha.Talking to reporters here, the team said they would submit their report to the Union Human Resource Development Ministry by June 25.

“The team would submit its report to the HRD Ministry by Thursday,” Human Resource Development (HRD) Director Shailendra Kumar, a member of the team, said.

Kumar said admission for the IIM Odisha would take place for around 78 seats while it was earlier proposed to have an intake capacity of 140. The selection of sites for permanent and temporary IIM campuses in Sambalpur has brightened the prospect of admission from this year.

The team had reached Sambalpur on a two-day visit on Saturday. Notably, the State Government has identified land in Rengali, Dhankauda and Neeldungri blocks for permanent campus. It has also selected Government Polytechnic, Rengali, Sambalpur University Institute of Information Technology (SUIIT), Burla and Silicon Institute of Technology, Sason, for temporary campus.