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New IIM in Shillong

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After a year long of debate and discussion the Union government has come to the conclusion of setting up seventh Indian Institute of Management in the country at Shillong. Earlier in June 2004 the Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh had announced that a new IIM would be set up in a city of North-East region. The department has chosen the city of Shillong in consultation with the chief ministers of the region and Department of North East Region

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