Education Minister lays foundation stone of IIM Sirmaur via virtual mode

IIM Sirmaur’s very own campus will now be located at a 210-acre land in Dhaulakuan, Himachal Pradesh. Check details here. 

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Anurag Singh Thakur and Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre, laid the foundation stone of Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur, or IIM Sirmaur in virtual mode on August 4, 2020. IIM Sirmaur’s very own camps will now be located at a 210-acre land in Dhaulakuan, Himachal Pradesh. IIM Lucknow oprationalised IIM Sirmaur in August 2015 as the mentor Institution with the commencement of the first batch of a post-graduate programme with 20 students from its temporary campus at Paonta Sahib, Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh.

The complete full-fledged permanent campus at Dhaulakuan is envisaged for a student strength of 1170. An amount of Rs 531.75 Crore is sanctioned by the Union Government. Out of which Rs 392.51 Crore will be used for construction works.

“The current academic activity is operationalised from temporary campus which is fully residential for students with all modern facilities. The students are not only pursuing academics but also engaged in various cultural, sporting and CSR and community outreach activities,” the Chief Minister said.

Mr Pokhriyal while inaugurating IIM Sirmaur stated, “MBA students are future corporate leaders, wealth creators and responsibility lies heavily on their shoulders to provide the right direction to business and industry to make Atma-nirbhar Bharat, as per the vision by our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji. Education is the key to the task of Nation building. We need to promote research and innovation in our institutions and create an eco-system of excellence.”

The education minister further assured the support of the Ministry of Education, or MoE, to IIM Sirmaur in establishing its world-class infrastructure.

In just 5 years, the management institute reached from a mere 20 to over 300 students. Praising IIM Sirmaur for its capabilities and achievements, Mr Dhotre added “This speaks of the hard work put in by the management, director and the board to steer academic activity in the required direction.”

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