IIMs release admission listsBS Reporter / New Delhi April 27, 2007In a relief to students across the country awaiting admissions to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), the institutes at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore and Lucknow, finally released their list of successful candidates on their websites following a directive from the HRD ministry this afternoon. IIM Kozhikode has not released the list yet.However, IIM-Ahmedabad will only be sending out 239 offer letters as of now instead of 250 since it was unable to fill the seats reserved for candidates belonging to ST category. In addition to 239 firm offers, another 52 candidates have been put on the waiting list in ranked order. The wait-listed candidates would be offered admission strictly as per rank in case the candidates who have been made firm offers either decline the offer or do not submit their acceptance along with admission fee by May 14, 2007.IIM-Ahmedabad has announced that depending on the future directive of the HRD ministry, with regard to implementation of OBC reservation, it will offer admission for up to 30 additional seats, if required, at a later date.The directive issued by HRD ministry on deferring OBC intake till May 8, the date of the next hearing, said: "The offers of admissions for the ensuing academic session of Central educational institutions shall until further communication be limited to the approved intake that existed during the academic session 2006-07 as per the policy of reservation prevailing for that session. It is further clarifed that no offers of admission shall be made until futher communication in respect of seats that are proposed to be expanded in the ensuing academic year".IIM-Bangalore made offers to 330 candidates for 240 seats as some of them would receive offers from more than one IIM and might not choose the institute.Updated at 1400 hrs: IIMs get HRD directive for general admissionsThe impasse over admissions in centrally administered institutions (CEIs) for higher education ended today with the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry sending a communication to the institutions to continue with the pattern of intake that was followed in the last academic session.HRD Minister Arjun Singh, however, hinted that after May 8 when the Supreme Court is to review the issue of representation of other backward classes (OBCs), a stronger law could be put in place if the court's decision goes against the OBC quota."Though it is not being considered now, there are possibilities of every option,'' he said when asked if the Parliament could be approached for another bill that would put the reservations issue outside the pale of the Supreme Court
