New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The Director of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), Dr. G. Raghuram, signed a contract with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, here today, to launch a new programme named the 'Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship' (MGNF).

The contract was signed in the presence of Shri R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, GoI, Mr. Junaid Ahmad, Country Director, World Bank, and officials from the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, GoI.

The two-year Fellowship programme will be delivered by IIMB's Centre of Public Policy (CPP), which is an independent public interest-oriented policy think-tank engaged in pioneering research, teach...