IIM Bodh Gaya has also made progress from 30 students last year to 54 students this year.
After the initial hiccups, management aspirants seem to have started opening up to the idea of seeking admission in new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). While the number of admissions in the six new institutes has gone up from last year, the institutes are, however, still not able to fill seats to their full capacity.
Last year, 254 students took admission in the six new IIMs including — Amritsar, Vishakhapatnam, Sirmaur, Bodh Gaya, Sambalpur, Amritsar and Nagpur. This year, 354 seats have been filled up in the new IIMs, and IIM-Amritsar has shown the highest jump, where the number of admissions has increased from 50 students last year to 120 students in 2016.
IIM Bodh Gaya has also made progress from 30 students last year to 54 students this year. The institute, however, is still not able to fill seats to its full capacity of 60. “The reason the number of admissions increased this year is because people are now getting aware about the new IIMs. They find it better to go to an IIM, which is a government institute than taking admission in a private management institute,” said Alok John, Assistant Manager Programme at IIM Bodh Gaya. IIM Bodh Gaya is being mentored by the IIM Calcutta and the students are being by the faculty members of IIMC.
Situated in the hills of Himachal Pradesh, IIM Sirmaur is still struggling to fill up the seats. Only 22 students took admission in the institute last year, this year the number has gone up to 42, but the institute has still not been able to utilise its full strength of 80 seats.
Professor Ajay Dutta from IIM Sirmaur attributes this to the location of the institute. “Because of the location of the institute, students who come here would want residential space in the campus, which is a problem for us right now. The institute itself is functioning out of a rented building. So, making arrangements for student accomodation is a problem. However, we are trying to arrange for alternate options.”
IIM Sambalpur in Odisha also struggled to fill seats as only 45 students took admissions this year. According to the existing and well-established IIMs, the lack of infrastructure and location of the institution is one of the reasons why not many students have sought admission at IIM Sambalpur. As of now, the institute functions on a rented floor and three classrooms. The institute is also facing lack of permanent faculty members for the last one year.
For the academic session 2015-16, 55,000 students had qualified the Common Admission Test (CAT) and were eligible to get admission in various IIMs.
However, only 39,000 chose to take admission.
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