At least, six directors of new IIMs want the government to continue hand-holding till the new IIMs mature like the old ones.
The views of six directors were conveyed at a called by IIM-Bangalore on January 22 to seek inputs for drafting rules under the new IIM Act, which came into effect on January 31.
The new law grants statutory powers to all IIMs including the appointment of Directors and chairpersons.
Under the new IIM Act, an Institute Director, who will also act as Chief Executive Officer, will be selected by the Board of Governors (BoG) of the institute from a panel of names recommended by the search-cum-selection committee (ScSc) also constituted by the BoG.
Earlier, the Director was appointed by the Board but with the prior approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the Prime Minister.
At least half of the 13 new IIMs, set up in the last decade, are of the view that the ACC should continue to remain involved even under the new law to ensure accountability.
Of the 20 IIMs, 13 - in Raipur, Rohtak, Ranchi, Trichy, Kashipur, Udaipur, Nagpur, Vizag, Bodhgaya, Amritsar, Sambalpur, Sirmaur, and Jammu - were set up after 2010.
Under the new Act, the IIM Board will comprise a chairperson, one central government nominee, one nominee of the state government where the institute is located, four eminent persons, two faculty members and up to five alumni.
According to sources, concerns were also expressed about the self-appointing nature of the BoG as per the IIM Act in the January 22 meeting.
It is argued that a self-appointing Board can be a self-perpetuating Board. The selection of BoG members should be transparent and ideally through an advertisement, said the Director of one of the six new IIMs worried about accountability. It was also suggested that there be an age limit for BoG members.
The degree of autonomy to be granted to the 20 premier B-schools under the IIM Act was the source of some friction between the Prime Minister's Office and the HRD Ministry in 2016, then under Smriti Irani.
While Irani had advocated retaining some form of government control over the institutes, the PMO pushed for complete autonomy. Ironically, the new institutes are now worried if this freedom will be "abused" by the Board.
The HRD Ministry has set up a committee, headed by IIM Sirmaur chairman Ajay Shriram, to draft rules under the IIM Act. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar had said that the government would try to finalize rules in a month. The suggestions made by the new IIMs will be discussed at the next meeting of the rules committee.
New IIMs want Govt. to continue hand holding
By IndianMandarins - 2018-02-08 09:01:17
At least, six directors of new IIMs want the government to continue hand-holding till the new IIMs mature like the old ones.
The views of six directors were conveyed at a called by IIM-Bangalore on January 22 to seek inputs for drafting rules under the new IIM Act, which came into effect on January 31.
The new law grants statutory powers to all IIMs including the appointment of Directors and chairpersons.
Under the new IIM Act, an Institute Director, who will also act as Chief Executive Officer, will be selected by the Board of Governors (BoG) of the institute from a panel of names recommended by the search-cum-selection committee (ScSc) also constituted by the BoG.
Earlier, the Director was appointed by the Board but with the prior approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the Prime Minister.
At least half of the 13 new IIMs, set up in the last decade, are of the view that the ACC should continue to remain involved even under the new law to ensure accountability.
Of the 20 IIMs, 13 - in Raipur, Rohtak, Ranchi, Trichy, Kashipur, Udaipur, Nagpur, Vizag, Bodhgaya, Amritsar, Sambalpur, Sirmaur, and Jammu - were set up after 2010.
Under the new Act, the IIM Board will comprise a chairperson, one central government nominee, one nominee of the state government where the institute is located, four eminent persons, two faculty members and up to five alumni.
According to sources, concerns were also expressed about the self-appointing nature of the BoG as per the IIM Act in the January 22 meeting.
It is argued that a self-appointing Board can be a self-perpetuating Board. The selection of BoG members should be transparent and ideally through an advertisement, said the Director of one of the six new IIMs worried about accountability. It was also suggested that there be an age limit for BoG members.
The degree of autonomy to be granted to the 20 premier B-schools under the IIM Act was the source of some friction between the Prime Minister's Office and the HRD Ministry in 2016, then under Smriti Irani.
While Irani had advocated retaining some form of government control over the institutes, the PMO pushed for complete autonomy. Ironically, the new institutes are now worried if this freedom will be "abused" by the Board.
The HRD Ministry has set up a committee, headed by IIM Sirmaur chairman Ajay Shriram, to draft rules under the IIM Act. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar had said that the government would try to finalize rules in a month. The suggestions made by the new IIMs will be discussed at the next meeting of the rules committee.
