Guwahati, February 14 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the IIM Guwahati and a high-tech data center that will serve the entire Northeast.
The Prime Minister virtually inaugurated the temporary campus of the Indian Institute of Management Guwahati, which is expected to significantly boost higher education and management education in the northeastern region.
The central government had last year approved the establishment of an IIM in Guwahati. This is the second IIM in the Northeast and the 22nd in the country. The first IIM in the region is in Shillong.
The Prime Minister also virtually inaugurated the National Data Center (NDC) for the northeastern region, set up in Amingaon in the Kamrup district of Assam, from Lachit Ghat.
The state-of-the-art data center, with a total sanctioned load of 8.5 MW and an average rack capacity of 10 kW per rack, will host mission-critical applications of various government departments and will also function as a disaster recovery center for other NDCs.
Modi also launched 225 electric buses under the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme.
Of these, 100 buses are for Guwahati, 50 each for Nagpur and Bhavnagar, and 25 for Chandigarh.
