SHUBHANGI SHIFA
Ranchi, Nov 4: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi, is moving to its permanent campus in Dhurwa by the end of next week after functioning from its temporary facility at Suchna Bhawan for more than a decade, officials from the premiere B-school informed on Friday.
The institute has already shifted its students to the main campus, where they have both the residential accommodation as well as the classes. This move has been been welcomed by the students of the institute.
Aman, a student at the institute said, “Even though Director sir has been here for some time now, we initially had some troubles with the offices at Suchana Bhawan. Now, however, all offices shifting here in the main campus would be a relief.”
Officials at the institute stated, “All buildings have been constructed and handed over to the institute. Thus now, we’ve decided to shift all offices from Suchana Bhawan. It will be convenient for both students and professors at the institute.”
When questioned if the commute will be difficult for officials and professors, the official said that several professors and officials have shifted in the surrounding areas of the main campus.
Earlier, IIM Ranchi was using a government-facility in Khelgaon as a hostel for its students, who were provided transportation through buses from Hotwar to Suchna Bhawan on Kanke Road every day to attend classes, and later to the Pundag campus. Half of the students initially had to stay at the temporary hostels in Khelgaon even after classes began in the permanent campus, however, now all hostels are finally complete for residential use.
The institute currently runs at least 10 programmes, including PhD and integrated MBA, and has students from places as far as Kerala and Rajasthan. It also offers executive management courses for working professionals, who mostly attend classes online.
IIM Ranchi, the ninth IIM in India, was established in December 2009, and has been functioning from a temporary campus since then. Initially, the government’s attempts at finding land for the institute’s permanent campus were marred by protests by land owners. Eventually, the government finalised an over 60 acre plot in Pundag for its permanent campus.
Earlier in December 2020, then Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani had inaugurated the institute’s first building in the permanent campus, a fully air-conditioned auditorium spread over 40,000 square feet of area.
