Plate full at IIM-A, says Dholakia

While the Centre is considering increasing the number of seats in premier educational institutions as a way out in the quota conundrum...

While the Centre is considering increasing the number of seats in premier educational institutions as a way out in the quota conundrum, IIM-A director Bakul Dholakia has said there’s no scope for that in his institution.

‘‘Our plate is full. We have increased the seats across various programmes twice in just four years,’’ Dholakia said today. ‘‘We did it when nobody was there to talk about expansion or increase in the number of seats.’’ The increase in seats was the result of the foresight of IIM-A board members and the new courses had been well-received worldwide, he said.

Any increase in capacity, he said, would require additional infrastructure, which was not feasible.

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IIM-A first decided to increase the number of seats in 2002. The number of seats in the two-year postgraduate programme in management was increased from 180 in 2002 to 280 in 2003. Of the 280 seats, 30 were in the agri-business management course.

The institute has also increased the number of seats in the PhD and the one-year MBA programme for executives.

‘‘In April 2006 we introduced a postgraduate management programme for executives and working professionals with some 60 seats. Next year we plan to double the number of seats in the batch. The number of seats in the PGPX programme in 2007 will be about 120,’’ he said.

IIM-A has other plans which would also make it difficult to increase the number of seats.

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‘‘From 2007, we will start one-year programme for bureaucrats. It will have 50 seats, and we have increased the number of PhD students from just five or six to 25 in a span of a few years,’’ Dholakia said.

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