New Delhi: The Ministry of Education is all set to give the IIM status to NITIE Mumbai. On July 18, the monsoon session of the Parliament began where the bill is likely to be placed. 

National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai is a well-known business school under the Ministry of Education. The school is offered to be included under the IIM Act, 2017. According to the bill, NITIE Mumbai will be renamed IIM Mumbai. 

The IIM Amendment Bill, 2022 has been prepared by the Modi Government. The bill has been counted for the Monsoon session of the Parliament. After the bill passes, IIM Mumbai will also enjoy the status of National Importance like the other IIMs. 

Also, admission to NITIE Mumbai has begun for the academic year 2022-2023. Candidates can visit the official website and check on the registration process and further information regarding admission. 

The Education Ministry in January this year, constituted a committee to consciously discuss the feasibility of bringing the NITIE Mumbai under the IIM status. The committee was headed by Bombay Stock Exchange's Chief Executive Officer and Allahabad University Chancellor Ashish Kumar Chauhan. Other members of the committee were Pramod Kumar Jain, Director at IIT BHU; Pawan Kumar Singh, Director at IIM Tiruchirappalli; Subhasis Choudhuri, Director at IIT, Bombay and Pradeep Goyal, CMD at Pradeep Metals.

Presently, there are 20 IIMs in the country, which include names like IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, and IIM Ahmedabad, ranked as the top management school in the country in the NIRF Rankings 2022, announced in the last week.

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