Guwahati

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled IIM Guwahati and inaugurated a high-tech National Data Centre (NDC) that will serve the entire Northeast.

The Prime Minister virtually inaugurated the temporary campus of the Indian Institute of Management Guwahati, a move expected to significantly boost higher and management education in the northeastern region. The Centre had approved the establishment of an IIM in Guwahati last year. This is the second IIM in the Northeast and the 22nd in the country, after IIM Shillong.

Modi also virtually inaugurated the NDC for the northeastern region, set up at Amingaon in Kamrup district of Assam, from Lachit Ghat. The state-of-the-art facility, 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 function as a disaster recovery centre for other NDCs.

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In addition, the Prime Minister flagged off 225 electric buses under the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme. Of these, 100 buses are earmarked for Guwahati, 50 each for Nagpur and Bhavnagar, and 25 for Chandigarh.