PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun
IIM Kashipur on Wednesday began building its Dehradun campus at Sudhowala with a Bhumi Poojan and foundation stone laying ceremony. The chief secretary Anand Bardhan, along with IIM Kashipur director Neeraj Dwivedi and institute officials, was present. The institute has around five acres of land at Sudhowala. To make the campus operational at the earliest, IIM Kashipur is initially developing a pre-built facility with modern classroom and office space. The project is being executed by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD).
Dwivedi said that the facility will initially support the institute’s executive MBA, executive education and management development activities. It will also house the Foundation for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development (FIED), its incubation centre for promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in Uttarakhand.
Bardhan said that the new facility would help expand the institute’s presence in the state and contribute to education and development in Uttarakhand.
Dwivedi further said that the Dehradun campus would enable closer engagement with the government, industry, entrepreneurs and academic institutions. He said that the campus would be developed further in phases. In the longer term, the institute may explore undergraduate or integrated management programmes at Dehradun, subject to its academic plans, he added.
