Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank yesterday laid the foundation stone of the campus of the Indian Institute of Management in Amritsar’s Manawala.

Speaking on the occasion, he said, the IIM campus would come upon 60,000 square metres and have state-of-the-art facilities in the library, academic block and hostels. He said the allocation of 350 crore rupees has been sanctioned for the first phase of the construction while an additional amount of 250 crore rupees would be allocated for the project.