Centre Rules Out IIM for Telangana

The Central government has made it clear that it has no plans to approve an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) for Telangana, as the state already hosts numerous higher education and management institutes.

The government stated this in reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Monday.

Minister of State for Education, Sukanta Majumdar, told Congress MP Mallu Ravi that the government has received a request for sanction of an IIM in Hyderabad.

The MoS stated that the Government of India periodically establishes new institutions of national importance, including Indian Institutes of Management (IIM), across India, after taking into account regional balance and resource availability. Presently, there are 22 IIMs functioning in 21 States. The states of Telangana, Goa, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim do not have an IIM.

Citing the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2023-24, the Central minister said that Telangana hosts 2,070 higher education institutions (HEIs); of these, 604 institutions offer management courses, including 20 universities, 570 colleges, and 14 standalone institutes.

“Telangana hosts several premier central government higher educational institutions, including the University of Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad, and Moulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Hyderabad. Further, the Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University at Mulugu was established in 2023,” he said.

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month, had requested the establishment of the IIM in Hyderabad.

The Chief Minister said that the state government is ready to allocate the required 200 acres of land for the institute. He pointed out that Telangana is already home to premier national educational institutions such as IIT, IIIT, NALSAR, and TIFR, and noted that establishing an IIM would help realise the objectives of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.