Sarma thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for their support in establishing the institute. Highlighting the Centre’s emphasis on quality management education, Sarma said the number of IIMs in the country had increased from 13 in 2014 to 22, making world-class management education accessible to students across India. The Chief Minister said the addition of IIM Guwahati, alongside institutions such as IIT Guwahati, AIIMS Guwahati, IIIT, NIPER, and the upcoming National Forensic Sciences University, would reinforce Assam’s emergence as a major hub of higher education. He urged IIM Guwahati to collaborate with other institutions of national importance to promote innovation and address developmental challenges in Assam and the Northeast. The permanent IIM Guwahati campus is being developed on 574 bighas of land in the villages of Morabhita and Dighalkuchi in Kamrup district and is expected to be completed within the next three years.