Thakur, Manish creator Babu, R. Rajesh text xu| 2017 continuing ng p.15-16. The issue of reservation in faculty appointments and in doctoral progammes (fellowship programmes) has brought the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) back to the centre of public discourse. Though the IIMs are a minuscule part of the higher education landscape in the country, they have always occupied a disproportionately large space in the public imagination. The IIMs, though public institutions, have emerged as centres of excellence in professional education with appreciable global recognition. Of late, their numbers have increased to 19. - Reproduced. Teacher recruitment Indian Institutes of Management Academic teaching personnel Economic and Political Weekly 180718