Faculty slams IIM-Ahmedabad s move, calls it Central Vista syndrome
ByNiyati RanaNiyati Rana / Updated: Dec 26, 2020, 09:59 IST
Demolition of 14 iconic dorms
Complains stakeholders and IIMA community were not consulted; feels the administration’s attitude is a troubling deviation from the liberal B-school’s core values
A fresh controversy has erupted in Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad a day after its decision to raze14 dormitories, designed by the legendary
Louis Kahn, was made public. The cracks in brickwork in these dorms seem to be metaphorical of the apparent fissure between the administration and the stakeholders.
Many
faculty members expressed their disapproval of IIMA’s decision and condemned the attitude of the administration, calling it the ‘