Overview
- IIM Guwahati becomes India's 22nd IIM and the second in the Northeast under the 2025 IIM Amendment.
- Academic activity begins at a transit campus in Tech City, Bongora, with a permanent campus planned near Palasbari in Kamrup district.
- The Union Cabinet has sanctioned ₹555 crore for setting up the institute, building the permanent campus, and covering initial operations.
- IIM Ahmedabad is guiding the institute's early phase, with executive education launched for Assam government officials and the MBA slated to start in 2026–27.
- Alongside the launch, the Prime Minister opened the Northeastern National Data Centre at Amingaon (₹348 crore), inaugurated a Brahmaputra bridge, and flagged off 225 e-buses allocated to Guwahati (100), Nagpur (50), Bhavnagar (50), and Chandigarh (25).