PM Modi inaugurates IIM Shillong’s new campus

The new campus will have facilities that will open up many opportunities for hosting academic programmes for both national and international students and management development engagements.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new campus of the Indian Institute of Management Shillong on December 18, 2022. Established by the then Ministry of HRD (Now Ministry of Education) as the 7th IIM, IIM Shillong has been serving in many ways for the development of the North Eastern Region besides being known for its academic prudence in management education.

The new campus will have facilities that will open up many opportunities for hosting academic programmes for both national and international students and management development engagements.

IIM Shillong’s Knowledge Centre in the new campus will be one of the most fully-automated libraries in India, with more than 40 databases accessible to students, scholars and faculty members as E-resources. It will also provide access to students, faculty, and local policymakers and bureaucrats to more than 17,000 E-journals.

The campus will also provide high-speed internet access via optical-fibres, and will have sports and recreation centres, such as football and cricket grounds, and basketball courts.

PM Modi in his speech, expressed that "Professional institutions like IIM Shillong will be beneficial for NE region.The presence of such institutions will make way for ways and means of livelihood".

“Today is a historic day for IIM Shillong as the honourable prime minister inaugurates the 120 acre new campus. Because nature and education go hand in hand, the campus—known as the campus in the cloud- is located in the lap of nature and offers education at its finest", said Shishir Kumar Bajoria, Chairman Board of Governors, IIM Shillong.

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