India must learn from Singapore and China. Both have built excellent educational institutions by providing funds on a no-questions-asked basis. The mandate is clear: the institutions must perform creditably in global rankings within a stipulated period. If results are not achieved, the head will be replaced. Thanks to this process, universities such as Tsinghua in China, the National University of Singapore and Singapore Management University are progressing fast. In India, MoE creates excellence just by renaming institutions.
The decision comes after both Houses of Parliament gave their nod to the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill 2023 in the ongoing Monsoon Session.
As Board-Director Rift Widens, IIM Calcutta Issues Advert for Successor
The current director of the institute, Anju Seth, has been accused of improper conduct , while she says that the board has overstepped its mandate.
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta director Anju Seth. Photo: IIMC website.
Education09/Mar/2021
New Delhi: As the controversy over the continuance of Anju Seth as the director of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) escalates, the institute’s board of governors has put out an advertisement inviting applications for Seth’s successor,
Indian Expressreports.
While Seth is expected to complete her term in February 2022, ideally the advertisement for a new director should have come nine months before her term ends, that is in June 2021. However, the early notification for her successor indicates the growing divide between Seth and the board of governors over the past several months on various matters pertaining to the institute.