IIM Kolkota new name proposed for IIM Calcutta

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IIM Kolkota new name proposed for IIM Calcutta The IIM Bill, 2017 that seeks to give greater autonomy and power to grant degrees to these institutions has been approved by the Cabinet. IIM Bill, seeks to change the name of IIM Calcutta to IIM Kolkata, including the new name of the city in the institution’s name. While the original draft of the bill that was proposed in the year 2014 had the name of the former Prime Minister, it has been dropped in the draft that has been approved by the Cabinet recently and introduced in Lok Sabha recently. The IIM Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha last Month, mentions that the name of the Institute name to include new name of the city. Some welcome the change saying that all offices and institutes should change names with the changing names of the cities. However others claim that this will erode the brand image of IIMC. IIT bombay and IIT Madras still uses original name even though City name changed over years. Secondly changing name to IIMK kolkota can lead to confusion with IIM Kozikode which already uses IIMK tag. Sources in the ministry said that changes in the 2014 draft of the bill were incorporated after instructions from Prime Minister’s Office. Bill also proposes change of IIM Shillong name from Rajiv Gandhi IIM Shillong to only IIM Shillong.

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