Indian Institute of Management Kashipur
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The Indian Institute of Management Kashipur (IIM Kashipur) is a graduate business school in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. The Indian Parliament has approved two new IIMs in the country one of which is IIM Kashipur.

IIM Kashipur is operational from 2011 in a temporary campus located at Ganna Sansthan, Bazpur Road Kashipur. Approximately 200 acres of land in the Escorts Farm area of Kashipur, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...

 have been allocated by the Government of Uttarakhand for the institute's new campus. The applications for the first batch of students for 60 seats have been invited through its mentor institute IIM Lucknow.

Foundation

The foundation stone was laid by the HRD Minister Kapil Sibal
Kapil Sibal
Kapil Sibal is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is currently the Minister of Communications and Information Technology. He also held the two ministries Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences in the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet...

 on 29 April 2011 in the presence of Dr Nishank & Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari
Narayan Dutt Tiwari
Narayan Dutt Tiwari is an Indian political figure. He was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh three times during the 1970s and 1980s and was Chief Minister of Uttarkhand from 2002 to 2007...

, meanwhile the classes for first batch would commence from 1 July 2011.

Director

Devi Singh has taken charge of the Director IIM Kashipur. He interacted with the students and their parents on Day One of the academic session at IIM Kashipur i.e. 1 July 2011.
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