IIM-A stands behind new logo design despite opposition from faculty

The faculty has raised concerns on two new logo designs being approved without proper consultation

Faculty members of the Indian Institute of Management (IIMA) and the B-school are at loggerheads over a logo. The premier institute has redesigned the IIMA logo — inspired by a stone-carved latticework of an Ahmedabad landmark, the 16th century Sidi Saiyyed mosque — and it maintained on Friday that the new insignia adhered to the legacy of the old one, even as faculty members sent a letter registering their protest.

Signed by 12 teachers, the letter addressed to the chairman, the Board of Governors (BoG) as well as the director of IIMA raised objections to the approval given to the design