IIM Shillong joins national conference

SHILLONG, June 10: IIM Shillong on Friday joined a national-level conference organised by the Department of Investment & Public Asset Management (DIPAM) as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
According to a statement, the conference, which was thematised on ‘Creating Wealth through Market’, was also virtually joined by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Minister of State (MoS) for Finance Dr Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad.
In Meghalaya, the conference was held at IIM Shillong’s Umsawli Campus with IIM Shillong being one of DIPAM’s knowledge partners. The chief guest for the conference here was Director of IIM Shillong Prof DP Goyal.
Sitharaman, in her inaugural address on investment and public asset management, mentioned that the nature of public asset management had changed over time and following 2021 Budget announcement, a major directional change occurred, where, except for the core areas, the presence of public sector in other areas were reduced.