The government said it would consider an IIM in Telangana. “At present, there is no proposal under consideration to set up IIM in Telangana.

The HRD Ministry is committed to setting up an IIM in States that do not have an IIM. As such, the Ministry will consider setting up an IIM in Telangana,” HRD Minister Smriti Irani told the Rajya Sabha.

She said two requests had been received from special representatives of Telangana, former Union Minister for power and agriculture S Venu Gopalachary and Lok Sabha MP Kalvakuntla Kavitha to set up the institute.

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