In the wake of the recent controversy erupting around the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad putting up an Expression of Interest (EoI) for rebuilding some of the dormitories designed by Louis Kahn, the business school s board of governors (BoG) is now looking to re-evaluate its options. Writing to stakeholders of IIM Ahmedabad, the Chairman and the board of governors have said that will deliberate on the feedback received, re-evaluate the options, consult the best global conservation and structural experts, and chart out a course of action . We are sensitive to the feedback from some stakeholders who are not in agreement with this approach. We are therefore withdrawing the Expression of Interest that was put out, the IIM-A board s letter stated.
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AHMEDABAD: The board of governors (BoG) for Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad has decided to withdraw an expression of interest (EOI) that was put out by the management last month inviting architects and designers to propose plans for demolishing dormitories in the campus built by American architect Louis Kahn and replacing them with new structures.
The decision comes in the wake of a huge outcry from local and international organizations, architects, historians and academicians, among others, urging the institute to abandon plans for demolishing the rare structures.
A letter dated January 1 by the BoG chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla and other members of the board of IIM-A said that they “are sensitive to the feedback from some stakeholders who are not in agreement with this approach”.