Director's post in 13 IIMs lying vacant

Thirteen Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) currently do not have directors, Minister of State (HRD), Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, informed the Lok Sabha on 22 November. These IIMs are:

1. IIM Bangalore
2. IIM Kozhikode
3. IIM Rohtak
4. IIM Ranchi
5. IIM Raipur
6. IIM Udaipur
7. IIM Tiruchirappalli
8. IIM Visakhapatnam
9. IIM Nagpur
10. IIM Sambalpur
11. IIM Bodh Gaya
12. IIM Sirmaur
13. IIM Amritsar

The six new IIMs - IIM Amritsar, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Nagpur and IIM Visakhapatnam - are being looked after by the directors of mentor IIMs until they are assigned regular directors.

For other IIMs, the tenure of the outgoing director has been extended. In some institutes, the senior most Professor of the varsity has been given additional charge of the post of director, the Ministry of Human Resource Development informed.

The Search-cum-Selection-Committee has suggested a panel of names for all IIMs - except for IIM Kozhikode and IIM Udaipur. As of now, the advertisement for the posts has been issued for IIM Kozhikode and IIM Udaipur.