IIMs students should work to turn local into global,says PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said students of Indian Institutes of Managements (IIM) across the nation should work towards turning ‘local’ into ‘global’. He was speaking after laying the foundation stone of the permanent campus of IIM Sambalpur in Odisha. From the farming sector to space sector, the scope for startups is increasing, and most startups are coming up in tier II and III cities of the country, PM Modi said.He said that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, India has witnessed more number of unicorns in 2020. The youth have a huge responsibility towards Brand India. Till 2014, there were 13 IIMs in India. Today, there are 20 IIMs. Such a large talent pool can help strengthen the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' campaign, PM Modi emphasized.

In his address Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said, set up in 2015, IIM Sambalpur has already proved its mettle. In just about five years IIM Sambalpur has been able to cast its positive impact upon the hierarchy of educational institutions in Odisha and Odisha has a tradition of excellence in education since ancient times, he added. 

IIM Sambalpur is the first IIM to implement the idea of the flipped classroom where the basic concepts are learnt in digital mode and experiential learning takes place in the class, through live projects from the industry.The Institute also outscored all other IIMs in terms of the highest gender diversity with 49  per cent girl students in MBA 2019-21 batch and 43 per cent in MBA 2020-22 batch