IIM admission process for 2007 goes haywire
IIM admission process for 2007 goes haywire
The Supreme Courts stay on implementation of the 27% reservation for OBCs has thrown the admission process for the academic year 2007-08 out of gear. The apex court has put the brakes on the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, by which the Indian Institutes of Management, Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology and Central Universities would be required to increase intake by 54% in order to provide for a 27% increase in reservation for Other Backward Classes.
The most affected by the stay would be the Indian Institutes of Management. The IIMs were to have completed their admission process by April 12. As a matter of fact, IIM-Ahmedabad was in the last stage of finalising the list of successful candidates. IIM-Bangalore and IIM-Lucknow are in the process of conducting the group discussions.
Sources in the IIM management said that they were awaiting the government order before working out the next step. Once we receive the governments order, we will convene a meeting of the IIM admission committee to decide the next course of action, said a senior IIM official.
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