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IIM Bill in Lok Sabha; premier B-schools await clarity

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BS Reporter Ahmedabad
Even as the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) Bill was introduced on Thursday in the Lok Sabha, premier B-schools still do not know details of what it says.

It was approved recently by the Union Cabinet and was supposed to give the IIMs more autonomy. The ministry of human resource development (MHRD) has given some features but the IIMs say they still await clarity over certain key issues.

Among these is on the provision for a Coordination Forum, likely to see representation from the government and play the role of an advisory body.

"We have not received a copy of