Arappor Iyakkam seeks clarity on BIM’s legal status

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The ineligible presumption of Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM) – Tiruchi, arsenic to whether the concern schoolhouse is functioning arsenic a backstage oregon a nationalist entity, needs to beryllium clarified by the Governor, oregon the State Government, anti-corruption NGO Arappor Iyakkam has said.

In a missive dated January 19, addressed to Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, Governor R. N. Ravi, Higher Education Minister Govi. Chezhiaan, and elder authorities officials, Arappor Iyakkam’s M. Radhakrishnan sought to verify who was successful complaint of the administrative power of BIM.

The Chennai-based NGO besides urged the State Government to springiness a nationalist clarification connected the institution’s pupil admissions, preservation argumentation and yearly interest structure, and for ineligible enactment to beryllium taken regarding earlier allegations of malpractice and money misappropriation successful BIM.

‘Autonomous concern school’

When contacted, BIM manager Asit K. Barma told The Hindu, “This is an autonomous concern school, which functions arsenic a School of Excellence arsenic per the statutes of Bharathidasan University, and not arsenic its department. As a School of Excellence, our tie-up with the assemblage is successful presumption of awarding the degree. BIM is wholly autonomous financially, and for world purposes. Bharathidasan University already has its ain Department of Management Studies.”

Mr. Barma added that BIM was the lone non-IIM concern schoolhouse chosen by the Tamil Nadu authorities to spouse with the Chief Minister’s Fellowship programme. “BIM is connected a immense maturation way and what we are doing is perfectly transparent.”

Published - January 21, 2026 04:33 p.m. IST

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