In a major setback to the oversight committee’s move to implement 27% OBC quota by a massive intake hike at the premier Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) from 2007-’08, directors of six IIMs have thrown up their hands In a major setback to the oversight committee’s move to implement 27% OBC quota by a massive intake hike at the premier Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) from 2007-’08, directors of six IIMs have thrown up their hands, saying it would be practically impossible to implement the quota at one go. The directors who met twice on the quota issue have told the chairman of the core group on management institutions, Samuel Paul, that it would be unrealistic to launch the OBC reservations on a full scale from next June. “The IIMs will have to increase the intake by 54%. Given the shortage of faculty and inadequate infrastructure, none of the IIMs can handle this extent of expansion in just one year. We must stagger the implementation, if quality is not to be compromised,” Paul, former IIM-A director,