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However%2C%20the%20administrators%20of%20IIM%20Ahmedabad%20don%27t%20intend%20to%20change%20their%20decision.%20According%20to%20them%2C%20the%20structure%20is%20too%20old%20to%20be%20safe.%20Moreover%2C%20restructuring%20would%20also%20allow%20them%20to%20accommodate%20more%20students%20than%20its%20present%20capacity.%20Currently%2C%20the%20structure%20holds%20500%20students%20whereas%20the%20new%20structure%20plans%20to%20include%20800%20students.%20This%20building%20situated%20in%20the%20old%20campus%20of%20IIM%20Ahmedabad%20had%20also%20suffered%20during%20the%20Gujarat%20earthquake%20of%202001.

Protesters%20too%2C%20have%20their%20standpoint%20where%20they%20believe%20that%20breaking%20such%20an%20old%20heritage%20goes%20against%20the%20conscious%20practice%20of%20conserving%20and%20restoring%20our%20heritage.

The%20building%20has%20a%20multicultural%20and%20vibrant%20history%20just%20like%20its%20architect%2C%20Louis%20Kahn.%20Kahn%20was%20a%20Russian%20who%20was%20brought%20up%20in%20the%20US.%20He%20was%20invited%20to%20India%20by%20Vikrant%20Sarabhai%2C%20the%20founder%20of%20IIM-Ahmedabad.%20It%20was%20then%20in%201962%20that%20he%20built%20the%20building.%20His%20contribution%20to%2020th-century%20modern%20architecture%20is%20priceless.%20He%20brought%20back%20the%20idea%20of%20more%20sturdy%20structures%20within%20the%20design%20of%20ancient%20architecture.%20That%20is%20what%20reflects%20from%20the%20years-old%20building%20that%20stands%20in%20the%20old%20campus%20of%20the%20college.

The%20administration%20has%20responded%20to%20the%20outrage%20in%20an%2011-page%20letter%20explaining%20why%20it%20is%20not%20possible%20for%20the%20building%20to%20remain%20because%20of%20structural%20loopholes.%20There%20have%20been%20repairs%20on%20the%20building%20before%20but%20such%20repairs%20have%20been%20deemed%20unsatisfactory.%20However%2C%20an%20iconic%20monument%20that%20is%20priceless%20in%20the%20scope%20of%20history%20is%20hard%20to%20let%20go%20of.

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