No, for now says IIMA, politely

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, became  the first of the IIMs to stand up to the Government and say no to its fee cut order and decided, instead, to leave the current Rs. 1,58,350 annual fee intact.

However, echoing the IIMA Society's non-confrontation tone yesterday, the board of governors admitted the need of a dialogue process with the Ministry and agreed to arrange for scholarships for students who need financial aid.

"The Emphasis of today's board meeting was on dialogue with the HRD Ministry", said board chairman and Infosys mentor N R Narayana Murthy after the meeting which was, interestingly, not attended by any representative fro either the Centre or the state government.