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The Hands off IIMs Initiative
We are a community of Indian Institute of Management
(IIM) Faculty, Students and Alumnus who have
banded together in helping to maintain the autonomy of these oases of excellence.
The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the
Supreme Court was filed by the members of our community.
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 IIM-A
Approaches Supreme Court ; IIMs B and C to
Follow
IIM-A
filed an affidavit against the MHRD fee cut
order in the Supreme Court(SC) today
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Online
Petition Against Govt Interference
You
can sign an online petition against the
interference by the government in the IIMs,
and for autonomy and excellence in the IIMs
at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/IIMPIL/petition.html
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PIL
Hearing : Supreme Court Wants Views of IIMs in
Next Hearing
In
the last Hearing on 08 April the Supreme Court
issued a notice to all the IIMs to appear in
court.
In
the next hearing, on 16th April, the
court will first hear the views of the IIMs
followed by arguments on the locus of the
Petitioners before proceeding further. More...
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IIM-C
Faculty Revolt Against Fee Cut
Decision
Protesting
against IIM-C Chairman YC Deveshwar's decision
to accept the govt imposed fee cut, in a
unanimous resolution IIM-C faculty said,"Mr.
Deveshwar has talked about moving forward in
his resolution. The point to consider is
whether this move forward is in the reverse
direction". More...
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West
Bengal State Govt. Finds IIM-C Fee Cut
Decision Unacceptable : Writes to MHRD
In
a strongly worded letter to MHRD, the West
Bengal govt has also questioned the legality
of the IIM-C fee cut decision, " we
are under the impression that the the entire
issue of revision of fee is under
consideration in the Supreme Court, and if so,
the matter would be 'sub-judice'. This would
further imply that further deliberation on the
issue is not appropriate...".
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IIM
Fee Cut : US Professor files PIL
Vipin
Gupta, a US based IIM-A gold medallist has
filed a PIL challenging the legality of the
fee cut. Gupta, a Wharton Ph.D., Shashi
Bhushan Singh (IIM-B, 2003) and Kamal Sharma (IIM-A
1973) have asked for a stay on the
implementation of the fee cut order. More...
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Affidavit
filed for Inclusion of IIMs as Parties to the
PIL
In
the last hearing, the Supreme Court had agreed
that the IIMs can also be included as parties
to the PIL. More...
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PIL:
Another Affidavit Filed
Another
affidavit giving the details of the 'locus' of
the persons who had filed the PIL and the
accounts of the IIMs was filed today, 02 April
2004. IIM-L,
incidentally, has not responded to the letter
asking for the accounts !
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IIM-A
Releases White Paper on 'Sustaining
Academic Excellence'
The
IIM-A position paper, as expected, highlights
the negative impact of the fee cut but, also
mentions accountability of the Institute. The
paper shows that the fee is only 11% of the
average starting salary of the graduates, far
less when compared to the business schools in
the US. More...
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Supreme
Court order on the PIL hearing of 19 March
2004
The
SC order in the PIL hearing against the fee cut and
interference in the functioning of the IIMs
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IIMB
also turns combativeI
IIMB
faculty also decide to express themselves.
Assert that autonomy is essential for doing
well and they do not support greater subsidy
to students.
The
faculty have also recommended to the Board of
Governors that either the govt. can be asked
to fund the capital expenses while IIMB meets
the operational expenses. Or, the Board of
IIMB takes charge of its finances including
funding of capital expenditure". The
faculty also declared that they," will be
glad to help the Board raise finances". More...
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Humpty
Dumpty Had a Great Fall : Supreme
Court Accepts PIL After Govt About-Face on IIM
Autonomy
In
today's PIL hearing against the fee cut and
interference in the functioning of the IIMs,
the MHRD lawyers refused to give an
undertaking that there will be no interference
in the functioning of the IIMs. This led to the
court accepting the PIL for hearing. The court
has also directed that the IIMs can be
included as parties to the PIL
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PIL
Hearing on 19 March
The PIL hearing is scheduled for 19 March in
the Supreme Court. It is matter number 23 in
Court No. 1. Likely to be heard around 11.00
am. More...
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Enough
is Enough : IIM Calcutta Joins
the
Fray
IIM Calcutta faculty also decide to voice
their opinion. A resolution
recently adopted by the IIMC
faculty More...
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Supreme Court re-admits PIL
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HRD Ministry
Threatens to Dismiss Society Members of
IIM-Ahmedabad, Including the Director
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Download a Copy of the PIL filed by Mr. Sandeep Parekh |
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Mr. Parekh, an advocate at P.H. Parekh &
Co., holds an LL.M. in Securities and
Financial Regulations. He is also licensed to practice in New York. |
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Supreme Court
Order at the Hearing of 27 Feb 2004 (pdf, 46 KB)
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