“The Ministry of Education, Government of India, has received a request from the Government of West Bengal regarding the broad requirements and guidelines for the establishment of a new IIT and IIM in North Bengal, including infrastructure needs, financial framework, planning norms, campus development guidelines, indicative phasing of the project, and the project formulation template adopted for the establishment of recent IITs/IIMs,” stated Majumdar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.