Dear Mr. Premchand Palety, Please allow me to highlight certain issues which you have tried raising through your article: 1. You wanted our government to make a Resort instead of IIM at Kozhikode. Sir, this is not possible if you try to understand the market situation. Today our country needs more well trained managers and not resorts, as you feel. These managers help in running organizations such as yours. Please do not be upset on the fact that an educational institute came up at a place where you would have liked to spend your vacation. This environment helps the students concentrate better on their studies and helps them relax under tremendous stress which accompanies such Management programs. 2. You feel that an interface is possible with the industry only if Industry is present around us Sir, I will like to point out here that you would not have developed such a view if you would have made an effort to collect some factual data before writing your article. Just a trip to IIM K is not sufficient basis for your report. If you are aware of the companies mentioned in our Recruiters List, which visit IIM K year after year than you might have not compared our Industry Interface to second rung B-Schools. We can provide you this list if you deem necessary. You need not ask for it under the RTI. 3. Taxpayers money will be better utilised if IIMs are setup in Industrial Hubs. Sir, it seems that you have not been able to comprehend the difficulties faced by the government in acquiring land for such institutes. You can read up any of the cases pertaining to SEZs to understand the concept. Also, I believe it is impractical to have all the educational institutes to be concentrated at one spot. I hope this point does not need any clarification. In the end I would like to thank you as you have been able to generate some kind of interest and enthusiasm in our highly stressful Management program Hitesh Bhagia