IIM Ahmedabad Introduces Reservation Policy

IIM Ahmedabad Introduces Reservation Policy

Last Updated Sep - 24 - 2024, 05:28 PM | Source : NDTV | Visitors : 46

IIM Ahmedabad will introduce a reservation policy in PhD admissions starting in 2025, aligning with government guidelines for SC/ST, OBC, and differently-abled

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has declared that it would introduce reservation in PhD admissions beginning in 2025 in accordance with “government guidelines”.

The leading business school provided no more details on how the quota system will be implemented.

Notably, the IIMA notified the Gujarat High Court last year that it may impose quota for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and handicapped students in PhD programs beginning in 2025.

The institute was then responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) brought in the High Court in 2021 by Anil Wagde, a member of the Global IIM Alumni Network, who wanted to introduce reservation in the institute’s PhD degrees.

Through the PIL, Wagde had submitted that not providing reservation in the PhD amounted to violation of constitutional provisions, the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act and the University Grants Commission’s norms.

The announcement for the ‘PhD admissions 2025’ posted on the IIMA’s website has mentioned that “Government of India guidelines for reservation are followed during admissions” – an indication of quota introduction from next year.

A representative of the IIMA’s media department confirmed there was a similar mention about reservation in the admission announcement published in leading newspapers this month.

The last date to apply for the doctoral programme is January 20, 2025 and interviews are likely in March-April next year. 

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