The government has decided to set up 7 more IIMs — currently existing are 7 IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore, Kozhikode and Shillong but due to reforms and changes in the industrial policies, there is a greater requirement for MBA’s.

They are in Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, Ranchi in Jharkhand, Raipur in Chhatisgarh, Rohtak in Haryana, Uttarkhand has not decided on the location and neither has Jammu and Kashmir, and the same goes for Rajasthan.

4 IIMs — Chatisgarh, haryana, Jharkhand and Tamil nadu will begin in 2009 and the rest will brgin in 2010. The total cost is Rs 451 crore. Initially there would be 140 students a year but finally 560 students will be admitted — it is a 2 year course, hence, the total students would be over 1000.

Postgraduate Programme (PGP) in Management would be the flagship programs at these new IIMs. Since the government notification categorically states that four IIMs will start their session in 2010 itself, does it mean that CAT 2009 will actually feature 11 IIMs! As the date for the CAT entrance exam notification nears this is one thing all MBA aspirants will watch out for.

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