PM Narendra Modi to lay foundation of IIM-Sambalpur today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday lay the foundation stone of the permanent campus of IIM Sambalpur in Odisha, via video conferencing, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Over 5,000 invitees will take part in the ceremony, the statement added. The PM too made the announcement on Twitter, calling students and those in the world of start-ups to join the programme. Odisha governor Ganeshi Lal and state chief minister Naveen Patnaik will also be present on the occasion. IIM Sambalpur is the first IIM to implement the idea of ‘flipped classrooms’, according to the PMO.