Learning curb

The latest challenge to IIM autonomy is counterproductive

The Ministry of Education’s (MoE’s) proposal to enhance its powers over the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) just three years after enacting a law granting 20 premier business schools sweeping autonomy is unlikely to help the government achieve its objective of making India a hub of world-class education. According to a report in the The Indian Express, the government is considering an executive order under Section 38 of the IIM Act empowering itself to institute an enquiry against an IIM board if the latter chooses to follow policies inconsistent with government thinking. Further, the inconsistency would be defined by the