Excelsior Correspondent
SIRMAUR, Aug 4: Foundation stone laying ceremony of IIM Sirmaur was held today with Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and others gracing the occasion through online mode.
Union Minister of State for Education, Sanjay Dhotre; Union Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur; Chairman Board of Governance, IIM Sirmaur, Ajay Shriram also joined the occasion through online while Director IIM Sirmaur, Prof Neelu Rohmetra presided over the event.
After e-unveiling the foundation stone, Union Minister for Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal acknowledged the contribution of IIM Sirmaur in development of Himachal Pradesh and predicted that the institution would soon emerge as world class institution. “IIM Sirmaur is going to be a big milestone in development of Himachal Pradesh and hone talent of our youth thus fulfilling the Prime Minister Modi’s vision of Make in India, Digital India and Skill India,” he said and emphasized to promote the synergy between various educational institutions for development of innovative technologies.
Highly appreciating the administrative skills and confidence of Director IIM Sirmaur Prof Neelu Rohmetra, the Education Minister of India said that under her leadership and guidance of Ajay Shriram, Chairman of the Board of Governance, IIM Sirmaur would soon emerge as one of the top 10 management institutions of world class.
In his address, HP Chief Minister, Jai Ram Thakur also congratulated Prof Neelu Rohmetra for her hard work and dedication to develop IIM Sirmaur in the last three years. “Once developed, the IIM Sirmaur campus on 210 acre land with its Himachal architect will also be a centre of attraction for the visiting tourists beside a centre of academic excellence,” he said.
The Chief Minister assured to personally visit the campus soon for assessing the issues, if any, related to the campus development and redressal of the same.
Union Minister of State for Education, Sanjay Dhotre, appreciated the management of IIM Sirmaur for its achievements.
Anurag Thakur, Union Minister of State for Finance and MP Hamirpur, described the occasion of laying foundation stone for IIM Sirmaur Campus as big achievement for Sirmaur. “Let us work more to make and develop IIM Sirmaur as among top five IIMs of India,” he exhorted.
Ajay Shriram, Chairman Board of Governance, IIMs Sirmaur, highlighted achievements and targets of IIM Sirmaur and said that today’s event of laying campus foundation stone was very significant and timely.
Prof Neelu Rohmetra, Director IIM Sirmaur, threw light on the salient features of the upcoming campus. “It will be fully residential Green Campus with community facilities, MDP centre, classroom complexes, library, computer science, administrative block, Medical unit, hostels, etc,” she explained with the help of power point presentation.
The impressive walk through of the IIM Sirmaur Campus was showcased while Govind Singh Thakur, Education Minister of HP, Suresh Singh Kashyap, MP Shimla and Rajeev Bindal, MLA Nahan also graced the occasion.
First phase of the campus will be completed by mid of 2022 with an expenditure of Rs 392.5 crores and it will cater to 600 students. The campus shall come up on 210 acres at Dhaula Kuan, Sirmaur. The entire campus is designed to give a feel of Himachally culture and aesthetics featuring such as slant roof, stonewalls, and projected out balconies which reflect Kath -Khuni Architecture. The campus has been designed to provide easy access for physically challenged persons and has gender sensitive planning.
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