The story behind IIM Ahmedabad's existence

Famous colleges have famous stories behind their existence. Stanford University in California was founded by Leland Stanford and his wife Jane Lathrop Stanford in 1885 in the memory of their son Leland Stanford Jr who passed away due to typhoid, 2 months prior to his 16th birthday in 1884. Back home, IIT Kharagpur is another landmark institution on the Indian soil that has an amusing anecdote to share. First Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru said at the first convocation address, "Here ...

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