KCR seeks IIM, IIIT and Navodaya Vidyalayas

State to give land for IIM, CM tells Modi

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao made a strong pitch for prime educational institutions like Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas at his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday. While seeking IIM, he regretted that the institution was not sanctioned to Telangana though some other States got it as a stated policy of Centre to establish them in each State. It was not sanctioned because there was already an Indian School of Business at Hyderabad. But, it was a private self-financing institution. Ordinary students could not afford to study in it because of exorbitant tuition fee. Mr. Rao assured Mr. Modi that the State government will provide land for IIM on the campus of University of Hyderabad as there was more than 2,000 acres available there. The land was allotted by the State government.