New IIMs divided over mentorship with appointment of full-time director

Some new institutes believe older IIMs should cease to be mentors once a full-time director is appointed, while others are of the view that hand-holding is required till operations stabilize

The new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are divided over the idea of forgoing mentorship from the established counterparts. IIM Sirmaur had recently written to the Ministry of Human Resource Development seeking continued mentorship from IIM Lucknow, which has refused to do so.

Some new institutes believe older IIMs should cease to be mentors once a full-time director is appointed, while others are of the view that hand-holding is required till operations stabilise.

Newbies like IIM Sambalpur which now has full-time directors have stopped seeking mentorship from the incumbents. They are building their own pool of full-time faculty members and