Top B-schools brainstorm fallout of IIM Bill

Over 50 management institutes met in Delhi to discuss strategy

Around 50 top B-schools offering management courses on Saturday discussed the fallout of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bill, 2017, which allows the IIMs to award degrees to their students.

The management schools that attended a meeting organised by the Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI) in New Delhi are only allowed to offer post graduate diplomas in management (PGDM) to their students.  These schools decided to seek a level playing field with the IIMs.

The non-IIM B-schools are seeking degree-granting power from the human resource ministry since they fear passing of the IIM Bill will lead to recruiters