IIM-Ranchi students to attend classes in permanent campus after Dussehra

IIM-Ranchi's new campus is now ready with at least 10 classrooms, the director’s chamber, the administrative building, the dining hall and faculty quarters.

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ranchi is all set to shift to its permanent campus in Dhurwa by mid-October. The b-school had been functioning from a temporary facility at Suchna Bhawan for more than a decade. According to Telegraph Online, IIM-R Director Shailendra Singh told the permanent campus of IIM Ranchi has a fully operational administrative office. However, only about half of the 1,000-odd students will be able to attend classes in the new campus and the remaining students will continue to attend classes at Suchna Bhawan.

“The hostels that have been constructed so far in the main campus can accommodate about 400 students. The students who stay in these hostels will attend classes in the main campus, while the remaining ones will attend classes at Suchna Bhawan,” said Singh.

At present, a government facility in Khelgaon is being used by IIM-Ranchi as a hostel for its students, who travel by bus from Hotwar to Suchna Bhawan on Kanke Road every day to attend classes. The institute told that almost half of the students will continue to stay at the temporary hostels in Khelgaon even after classes begin in the permanent campus. IIM Ranchi currently offers at least six courses, including PhD and integrated MBA, and has students from places as far as Kerala and Rajasthan. It also offers executive management courses for working professionals, who mostly attend classes online.

Established in 2009, IIM-R, the ninth IIM in India. Initially, the government’s attempts at finding land for the institute’s permanent campus were marred by protests by landowners. Eventually, the government finalised an over 60-acre plot in Dhurwa for IIM-R’s permanent campus.

Admitting the struggle to find land for a permanent campus, the IIM-R director said that the new campus is now ready with at least 10 classrooms, the director’s chamber, the administrative building, the dining hall and faculty quarters. However, the lack of space in hostels continues to be a stumbling block in shifting all operations to the permanent campus.

 “We even looked for places around the new campus which could accommodate about 600 students, but we failed to find any such property. So, the students staying at Khelgaon will have to attend classes at Suchna Bhawan for now,” said Singh. “We will positively start operating out of the main campus soon after Dussehra,” he added.

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