New Delhi: Amidst a raging controversy over alleged Government interference in the functioning of prestigious management institutions, Chairman of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, N R Narayana Murthy today (Jan 14, 2004) gave a clean chit to the Government saying there was no such interference.

"There has absolutely been no interference by the Government in deciding the curriculum of the course," Murthy, who is also the chairman of Infosys, told reporters after an hour-long meeting with Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi.

Asked to comment on reports about increasing intake of students without compromising the quality of education, he said the Minister was getting his people to look into all the data available and whatever decision is taken would be fair and ensure that the management system was more powerful.

"The Minister will come out with his decision which will be fair and will not mitigate the quality of education," Murthy said, adding they discussed various issues.