The HRD Ministry has constituted a search-cum-selection committee to recommend names for selection of Directors of six new IIMs in Amritsar, Sirmaur, Bodh Gaya, Sambalpur, Nagpur and Visakhapatnam.

In written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for HRD Mahendra Nath Pandey today said for appointment of Directors of IIMs in Ranchi, Raipur, Bangalore and Rohtak, the search-cum-selection committee has already recommended a panel of names.

For IIMs in Trichy, Udaipur and Kozhikhode, an advertisement has been issued for recruitment to the post. The Minister said that for appointment of Directors of six IITs in Tirupati, Palakkad, Bhilai, Dharwad, Jammu and Goa, an advertisement had been issued and applications received.