Regular classes of IIM-Visakha begins from 26th
posted on Sep 21, 2015 @ 1:12PM
Few months ago, Union HRD Minister Smrithi Irani has laid foundation stone for IIM-Visakhapatnam at Gambheeram village located in the outskirts of the city. But, it will be run in a temporary campus of ‘Andhra Bank School of Business’ located in the Andhra University campus, Visakhapatnam.
HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao will inaugurate the temporary campus on Monday and classes will begin immediately. However, regular classes will begin from September 26th. IIM-Bengaluru will act as the mentor of IIM-Visakhapatnam for next 2-3 years. Hence, it selects total 60 students for the first batch and faculty also will come from there itself to train them. IIM-Bengaluru will assist IIM-Visakhapatnam in all aspects until it start functioning on its own.