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“The city has universities for agriculture, arts and sciences, and also a higher education institution exclusively for women. All this makes Coimbatore an ideal place for a world-class higher education institution,” he told TOI.According to the new announcement, the centre would fund existing institutions based on their potential. Among the 14 central universities, one was decided to be set up in Coimbatore.An official team had visited Coimbatore in search of a site for the institute. Later, a central university planned in Tamil Nadu was set up in Tiruvarur.The city has all the essential resources to have a world-class higher education institute, said C Pichandy, former general secretary of the Association of University Teachers (AUT). But it was not pursued, said academics.It was then decided that an Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) will be started in the city..