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Union HRD minister told on Friday that the Indian Institute of Management will not be set up in Jammu and Kashmir now. The decision was adopted by the ministry as Jammu and Kashmir recently got two central universities.
"It has been decided to drop the proposal for the establishment of an Indian Institute of Management in Jammu and Kashmir," said a HRD ministry official.
The sources from HRD ministry mentioned that the decision was adopted due to "internal politics” and the rivalry in the civil society between the two regions of the state over the location of the central university.
The ministry chose to postpone the proposed IIM and "instead use the savings for the establishment of a second appropriate central university in the state".
There have been several rounds of protest over the last few months in Jammu and the valley, with people seeking the central university in their region.
The ministry said that in view of the special status of the border state, which has separate regions with distinct geographical, social, cultural and ethnic characteristics, the central government has decided to establish, as a special dispensation, two appropriate central universities - one in Jammu region and another in the Kashmir valley.
"It is expected that this will meet the regional aspirations in the state. The government proposes to undertake appropriate legislative measures in this regard shortly.
"The two varsities will have instructional and research facilities in emerging branches of learning like IT, biotechnology, nanosciences, etc., setting exemplary standards of education for the other universities in the State to emulate," the ministry added.
