Unsavoury & Unpalatable Decision by IIM-Shillong

Delhi High Court on last Tuesday condemned IIM Shillong’s ‘unsavoury and unpalatable’ decision to leave 22 seats vacant in its post-graduate programme in management for the session 2011-13, and slapped a Rs 1-lakh fine on the institute. According to sources, Justice Kailash Gambhir censured IIM-Shillong for not filling all 120 seats available, and hence wasting the public money meant to hand out the 'IIM experience to more hopefuls'.

‘Such a premier institute is expected to act fairly and transparently and justify the funds allocated for them by the government. The approach of IIM-Shillong is whimsical and capricious to say the least,’ the court said. It gave the country’s newest IIM four weeks to deposit the fine in the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.

‘In the time of cut-throat competition, every seat can make or mar the life of a student. The amount of time and effort that goes to prepare and finally qualify in CAT goes down the drain due to the high-handedness of the institutes in wasting seats, despite having world class infrastructure and top notch faculty… This court severely condemns the unsavoury and unpalatable practice of IIM-Shillong,' Justice Gambhir added.

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Reporter: Sharwan Kr Jha