Late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's [ Images ] dream of having an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in the state is unlikely to materialise any time soon.

IIM Ahmedabad [ Images ] (IIM-A), which had agreed to set up a campus in the state, has not been able to start work due to the political uncertainty caused by the Telangana [ Images ] issue.

"The Andhra Pradesh government did offer us land to set up a campus in Hyderabad. However, ever since the political turmoil, things have been more or less at a status quo. We are now waiting for a revival in response from the government's side. It's not that we have dropped the plans altogether," IIM-A Director Samir Barua told Business Standard.

IIM Bangalore (IIM-B), too, has declined the state's offer of land for a campus, citing faculty constraints.

"We thought about it, but finally said no to the proposal. Our bottleneck is faculty. We are on the look-out for quality faculty members even now. It will not be advisable to split faculty members between two campuses," IIM-B Director Pankaj Chandra said.

Since an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) had already been sanctioned for Andhra Pradesh in 2006, the state wasn't on the preferred list for new IIMs that the central government planned to set up in the 11th Five Year Plan. Accordingly, Reddy mooted a proposal to IIM-A and IIM-B in 2008, requesting them to set up an "extended campus" in the state. IIM-A is learnt to have been offered nearly 150 acres at a nominal cost and a Rs 100-crore interest-free loan.

Sources in the Andhra Pradesh government said the current political situation had forced institutes to take a wait-and-watch approach.

"We invited a number of institutes to set up a campus in the state and many of them agreed. But everything is on-hold right now due to the disturbance and bandh calls in the state. Even the government has been pre-occupied with its own internal affairs," said a state official.  Meanwhile, the Bangalore-located Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is said to be considering over a similar invitation from Andhra Pradesh.

"We have received the proposal from the Andhra Pradesh government and we are in talks for the next step forward," IISc Registrar Mohan Das said. According to sources, the institute has been shown four or five land parcels and is keen on a 1,000-acre plot that is on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border.

IMT's plans on track

Incidentally, the Ghaziabad-based Institute of Management Technology (IMT) has accepted the state government's invitation and is in an advanced stage of setting up its campus in Hyderabad — its third in the country.

"We are about to begin construction on a 30-acre plot in Hyderabad. It has been over a year since the state government offered us the land. We hope the new campus will be operational by 2011," IMT Ghaziabad Director Anwar Ali said.

Delhi is the best Indian city to live in, while steel city Jamshedpur ranks lowest in the Liveability Index 2010 prepared jointly by CII and Institute for Competitiveness.

The country's financial capital Mumbai [ Images ] comes second in the list of 37 cities mapped in the list, prepared on parameters like living standard, socio-cultural environment, education, medical standards and recreational possibilities among others.

Delhi [ Images ] comes on top in education, safety and economic environment; second in housing options, socio-cultural political environment; but medical standards remains the Achilles heel where the national capital finds 17th place.

"In overall quality of life, Delhi outscores on Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru [ Images ], Kolkata [ Images ], Hyderabad, Ahmedabad [ Images ], Pune and Gurgaon, which take up respective ranks second to ninth," the report said, adding that Faridabad, Ludhiana, Lucknow [ Images ], Patna, Visakhapatnam [ Images ] and Jamshedpur are the last six ranked cities on overall quality of life.

"Chandigarh is a surprising 14th on this, proving that a city needs much more than apparent beauty to be truly liveable," it said using data from organisations like Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy. Mumbai aced the demographic advantage and is blessed with the healthiest socio-cultural politico environment as well as natural-built environment, where Delhi comes close second. Delhi, however, turns out to be the safest city in the country "contrary to negative press against it".

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been announced. There were quite a few surprises and many more expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold:

Best Picture

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James Cameron [ Images ] and Jon Landau

The Blind Side
Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson

District 9
Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham

An Education
Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey

The Hurt Locker [ Images ]
Kathryn Bigelow [ Images ], Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro

Inglourious Basterds [ Images ]
Lawrence Bender

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Lee Daniels [ Images ], Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness

A Serious Man
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Up
Jonas Rivera

Up in the Air
Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman [ Images ]

Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges [ Images ]
Crazy Heart

George Clooney [ Images ]
Up in the Air

Colin Firth [ Images ]
A Single Man

Morgan Freeman [ Images ]
Invictus [ Images ]

Jeremy Renner [ Images ]
The Hurt Locker

Actress in a Leading Role

Sandra Bullock [ Images ]
The Blind Side

Helen Mirren [ Images ]
The Last Station

Carey Mulligan [ Images ]
An Education

Gabourey Sidibe [ Images ]
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Meryl Streep [ Images ]
Julie & Julia

Best Direction

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James Cameron

The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow

Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino [ Images ]

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Lee Daniels

Up in the Air
Jason Reitman

Actor in a Supporting Role

Matt Damon [ Images ]
Invictus

Woody Harrelson [ Images ]
The Messenger

Christopher Plummer [ Images ]
The Last Station

Stanley Tucci [ Images ]
The Lovely Bones

Christoph Waltz [ Images ]
Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Supporting Role

Penélope Cruz
Nine

Vera Farmiga [ Images ]
Up in the Air

Maggie Gyllenhaal [ Images ]
Crazy Heart

Anna Kendrick [ Images ]
Up in the Air

Mo'Nique
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Animated Feature Film

Coraline [ Images ]
Henry Selick

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson

The Princess and the Frog
John Musker and Ron Clements

The Secret of Kells
Tomm Moore

Up
Pete Docter

Art Direction

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Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Art Direction); Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration)

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro (Art Direction); Caroline Smith (Set Decoration)

Nine
John Myhre (Art Direction); Gordon Sim (Set Decoration)

Sherlock Holmes
Sarah Greenwood (Art Direction); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)

The Young Victoria
Patrice Vermette (Art Direction); Maggie Gray (Set Decoration)

Cinematography

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Mauro Fiore

Harry Potter [ Images ] and the Half-Blood Prince
Bruno Delbonnel

The Hurt Locker
Barry Ackroyd

Inglourious Basterds
Robert Richardson

The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)
Christian Berger

Costume Design

Bright Star
Janet Patterson

Coco Before Chanel
Catherine Leterrier

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Monique Prudhomme

Nine
Colleen Atwood

The Young Victoria
Sandy Powell

Documentary Feature

Burma VJ
Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller

The Cove
Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens

Food, Inc.
Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon [ Images ] Papers
Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith

Which Way Home
Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary Short

China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill

The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher

The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert

Music by Prudence
Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Rabbit à la Berlin
Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing

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Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron

District 9
Julian Clarke

The Hurt Locker
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

Inglourious Basterds
Sally Menke

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film

Ajami (Israel)
Directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani

The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada) (Peru)
Directed by Claudia Llosa

A Prophet (Un Prophète) (France [ Images ])
Directed by Jacques Audiard

The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) (Argentina)
Directed by Juan José Campanella

The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) (Germany [ Images ])
Directed by Michael Haneke

Makeup

Il Divo
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano

Star Trek
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

The Young Victoria
Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)

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James Horner [ Images ]

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Alexandre Desplat [ Images ]

The Hurt Locker
Marco Beltrami [ Images ] and Buck Sanders

Sherlock Holmes
Hans Zimmer [ Images

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Michael Giacchino [ Images ]

Music (Original Song)

The Princess and the Frog
Almost There
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

The Princess and the Frog
Down in New Orleans
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Paris 36
Loin de Paname
Music by Reinhardt Wagner
Lyric by Frank Thomas

Nine
Take It All
Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston

Crazy Heart
The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)
Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Short Film (Animated)

French Roast
Fabrice O. Joubert

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell

The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Javier Recio Gracia

Logorama
Nicolas Schmerkin

A Matter of Loaf and Death
Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)

The Door
Juanita Wilson and James Flynn

Instead of Abracadabra
Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström

Kavi
Gregg Helvey

Miracle Fish
Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey

The New Tenants
Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing

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Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

The Hurt Locker
Paul N.J. Ottosson

Inglourious Basterds
Wylie Stateman

Star Trek
Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin

Up
Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing

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Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson

The Hurt Locker
Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett

Inglourious Basterds
Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano

Star Trek
Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin

Transformers [ Images ]: Revenge of the Fallen
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects

Avatar
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

District 9
Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken

Star Trek
Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

District 9
Written by Neill Blomkamp [ Images ] and Terri Tatchell [ Images ]

An Education
Screenplay by Nick Hornby

In the Loop
Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Up in the Air
Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)

The Hurt Locker
Written by Mark Boal

Inglourious Basterds
Written by Quentin Tarantino

The Messenger
Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman

A Serious Man
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Up
Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter. Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy