The State government has handed over five acre land to the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) in New Shillong Township.
The handing over took place on June 2 in the presence of Chief Secretary Donald Phillips Wahlang and Secretary of Corporate Affairs Deepti Gaur.
Backed by Rs 100.95 crore financial assistance under the Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for North-East, the Shillong campus will operate as a regional hub for specialized training, research, and policy advisory across key domains—Corporate Governance, ESG, CSR, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Competition Law, and Board Leadership, Head of the Institutional Partnership and Corporate Communication Dr Lata Suresh in a statement said today.
To ensure the region is integrated into the national development narrative, IICA will launch a suite of academic and training programmes tailored to local needs, while continuing its flagship national courses.
With its key initiatives such as academic programmes and flagship certificate programmes, the IICA would offer customised trainings for Meghalaya’s PSUs, start-ups, MSMEs, capacity building in procurement (GeM), regulatory compliance, and governance, skilling youth and professionals in GST, valuation, investor education, and sustainability and orientation and sensitisation on Central government schemes for the region.
Suresh said these programmes are aligned with IICA’s core mandate to deliver integrated education, advisory, policy research, and advocacy across the corporate affairs spectrum.
Meanwhile, a high-level interactive meeting was held between IICA and senior officials attended by Commissioner & Secretary of Planning Joram Beda and others.
Director General and IICA CEO, Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh introduced the institute’s role, vision, and national mandate. He briefed the leadership on IICA’s core domains of work including capacity building, advocacy, training, research and advisory.
Singh said it is a historic milestone for IICA to expand its institutional presence into the Northeast and described the Shillong campus as “our first baby outside Delhi—a symbol of decentralization and empowerment.”
He emphasized the role of the new campus in supporting entrepreneurship, capacity building, and good governance in alignment with national priorities such as Ease of Doing Business, Atmanirbhar Bharat, and Vikshit Bharat. “IICA is proud to be part of the transformation of the region from a remote periphery to a dynamic growth engine of New India,” he said.
