IIM Shillong should take up role of catalyst focusing

Union Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey today said IIM Shillong should persistently take up the role of a catalyst focusing on the developmental needs of the North-eastern region.
"The IIM Shillong should persistently take up the role of a catalyst focusing on the developmental needs of the India's North-eastern region where the institute operates from," the Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development told a gathering during his visit to the institute.
He said the IIM Shillong, in doing so, is making itself accessible for overall growth of NER apart from imparting quality higher education to the students from across India.

The Minister congratulated the efforts of the institute's leadership in meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision towards holistic societal development.
Pandey urged the faculty members to work in tandem with the overall aim of moving from assistance in 'Look East' to 'Act East' vision of the country and ensured all out support to the institute in its initiatives.
He remarked that it is amply evident that each member of the institute has been working from the heart and congratulated the sense of ownership stating that is what will further the cause of institutional building.

During the interaction, the Director of the institute shared the success stories of the Institute through the persistent achievements of its student and faculty community during its 10 year span of existence.

He further informed the minister regarding the support through DoNER and NEC towards setting up of the APJ Abdul Kalam Center for Policy Research and Analysis.
"The Center aims at achieving developmental framework on six key areas such as tourism, BPO, logistics, handloom and handicraft," remarked the director.
"In addition, the Center for Development of NER set up since inception of the Institute is assisting in capacity building to ensure employability of the youth of this region," he said.
The director also informed that the IIM Shillong students have also initiated nurturing minds wherein students of local schools are being given quality tuition in the area of science and mathematics keeping up the urge of Dr Kalam for transfer of knowledge to the underprivileged.