The Founder Dean of MDI Murshidabad, Prof. (Dr.) Atmanand has been associated with MDI Gurgaon, one of India’s premier B-schools for more than 22 years. Executing varied leadership roles at MDI Gurgaon, he worked as the Founder Dean of MDI School of Energy Management, Dean of Executive Post Graduate Programmes and School of Public Policy & Governance and Senior Professor of Economics.

Speaking on his new assignment, Prof. (Dr.) Atmanand, Director (Additional Charge), MDI Gurgaon said, “It’s a matter of great privilege to take charge of one of India’s premier B-schools. For me, I am keen to advance the progress driven by my predecessors and to take the Institute at a higher level. In line with the vision of MDI, I will continue to further the Institute’s mission of nurturing thought leaders of tomorrow through enhanced innovation and world-class research.”

In addition to playing a key and decisive role in MDI’s intellectual and leadership functioning, Prof. (Dr.) Atmanand is also serving as Independent Director on the Board of Central Bank of India.

Previously, he has worked as the Independent Director on the Board of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and PTC India Ltd. He has also held various responsibilities including Member of the State Finance Commission, Government of Bihar, and Planning Commission, Government of India.

A recipient of the coveted and prestigious Rashtriya Gaurav Award, Indian Achievers Award, and Economic Development Award, Prof. (Dr.) Atmanand is a great leader, deep researcher, professor, and writer. He has authored 16 books and published above 90 research papers in refereed national and international journals. He specializes in Public Enterprise Management, Management of Energy and Environment, Power, Financing Infrastructure Projects, Public Policy and Management, Oil and Gas, Steel, Project Finance, Economic and Business Environment.

• Indian Institute of Management Udaipur Incubation Center announced applications for Pre-Incubation Program 2020.
• This program is sector-agnostic and is open to all students, professionals, and entrepreneurs who want to convert their idea into a venture.
• Applications open on November 24^th, 2020

November 24^th, 2020; Udaipur: Indian Institute of Management Udaipur Incubation Center (IIMUIC) announced applications for Pre-Incubation Program 2020 with the vision of transforming entrepreneurial ideas into a reality and building successful ventures. The program will run for ten weeks, starting from January 3^rd, 2021. It will provide a platform for aspiring entrepreneurs to work on their ideas.

COVID-19 has hit businesses and entrepreneurs alike and affected their ideas even before they had a chance to work on them. In such a scenario, this program of IIMUIC is aimed at empowering budding and aspiring entrepreneurs with an entrepreneurial mindset and business skills necessary to create their own venture from ground-up. Additionally, they will also develop intrapreneurship skills, and get them started on the venture journey.

On this development, Suresh Dhaka, COO, IIMU IC said, “At IIM Udaipur, entrepreneurship is one of the key building blocks. We endeavour to have a positive impact on the world of business through our curriculum efforts on entrepreneurship. We want to foster innovation and create a socially responsible impact.”

“This is not a theoretical program – you will actually start your venture and build it as you progress through this program,” she added.

Eligibility

• Working Professionals
• Entrepreneurs
• Students

Program Highlights

• Cohort based structured program
• Practical Masterclasses with Experts
• Group Mentoring Sessions
• Investor and Mentor Connect
• Certificate of Completion from IIMUIC
• Incubation Opportunity for Selected Startups
• Chance to qualify for TIDE 2.0 grant under MeitY scheme

The program structure includes generating and selecting ideas; forming and developing a team; creating and validating the business model; building and testing MVP; achieving a product-solution-market fit; raising and spending seed capital; identifying and managing partnerships; and acquiring and keeping customers, as well as scaling the business.

 Important Dates

The latest program is sector-agnostic and is supported by Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Wadhwani Foundation and Saksham- The Entrepreneurship Cell of IIM Udaipur. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the program will be held virtually.

For more information, visit: https://iimuic.org/pre-incubation

About IIM Udaipur

IIM Udaipur Campus

For more than fifty years, IIMs have become recognized as premier management institutions, comparable to the best in the world for teaching, research, and interaction with industry. IIMU also aims to set a new benchmark in the field of management education by combining excellence in both teaching and research.

The Institute has arrived on the global education stage by getting accreditation from the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in merely eight years of its establishment. With this accreditation, IIM Udaipur is now counted in the same league of global institutes like Harvard Business School, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the MIT Sloan School. IIMU has recently been listed on the QS 2021 Masters in Management (MIM) Rankings as well as the Financial Times (FT) MIM Ranking 2020. IIMU is the youngest B-school in the world on both these rankings. According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2020, IIM Udaipur is ranked 17th amongst all B-Schools. IIMU is currently ranked 4th in India for research in the field of management according to the methodology used by UT Dallas which tracks publications in the leading global journals.

MDI Gurgaon Professors appear among the best around the world

Marking a milestone, two professors from India’s leading B-school, MDI Gurgaon have figured among the top 2 percent scientists in a global list based on an independent peer-reviewed study titled “A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for the scientific field”. The authors of this study, one of them is from the prestigious Stanford University, released a list of 1,59,683 scholars out of which nearly 1,500 are from India.

The scholars are ranked across all scientific fields based on their ranking of a composite indicator that considers six citation metrics namely total citations; Hirsch h-index; co-authorship-adjusted Schreiber hm-index; number of citations to papers as single author; number of citations to papers as single or first author; and number of citations to papers as single, first, or last author.

Prof. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Professor in Operations Management has ranked first among 5 Indian researchers in the Business and Management category. His global rank in the list is 252. Prof. Sajal Ghosh, Associate Professor in Economics made it to the list of world’s top 2% scientists from the Energy category while his global ranking is 1790.

Congratulating the Professors, Dr. Pawan Kumar Singh, Director, MDI Gurgaon said, “Expanding the research output of a B-school is of high priority as it brings enormous rewards to the faculty and the business school. MDI’s effort to promote research is yielding outstanding results. This recognition of two of our professors in the list of the world’s top 2 % scientists has brought great pride to the Institute. I congratulate both on their well-deserved success.”

“MDI encourages research and has a very facilitative research policy for faculty members. It is our conscious decision to improve both quantity and quality of research and publications at MDI. Global recognition like this will further promote research environment at MDI Gurgaon. Hearty congratulations to both the professors” added Prof. P. C. Biswal, Dean – Research & Accreditations, MDI Gurgaon.

MDI has a vibrant research environment encouraging rigorous interdisciplinary research activities in current and contemporary areas of management. The academic community at MDI is involved in action-centric research work of consistently higher international standards. The scholars have access to a state-of-the-art library, which has a large and diverse collection of books and online journals.

About MDI Gurgaon 

MDI Gurgaon, one of the leading Business Schools in India, is consistently ranked amongst the top B-schools across the country by reputed agencies and publications. The institute has been a trendsetter in the field of management education, consulting, high-quality research, and executive development. MDI has the distinction of being the first internationally accredited Indian Business School having received international accreditation by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) London in 2006. It was accredited by South Asian Quality Assurance Systems (SAQS) in 2006.

Debates and discussions take place not only among peer groups but also with senior executives of top organizations and start-ups. Consulting projects, courses and workshops also are also among the wide range of learning techniques. The learning and pedagogy experience in the PGDM Executive encompass a broad range of learning techniques including Case studies, simulations and real-life projects, the Global Career Accelerator (GCA) as part of the program brings a 4-6-week international immersion with leading business schools in Europe provides the students with a rare opportunity to view international management practices at close quarters.

Now, let us see how each of these elements come into play at various stages of the program.

PGDM (Executive) Program Structure

As a fresh entrant, you begin with a five-week Orientation Module in October-November comprising Financial Reporting & Analysis (20 hours), Presentation Skills (20 hours) and Quantitative Methods (20 hours).

The program has 6 different modules, namely, Customization, Dissertation, Functional, Foundation, Integration and Internationalization

The internationalisation part of the program comes during the student exchange between IMT and selected European schools for a few weeks during the program as also the international immersion during the “Global Career accelerator.” It involves the students spending one term at the partner institution that include EM Normandie, France, IESEG School of Management, Paris and Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

The 9-week-long Term 1 from December to February is devoted to laying the Foundation. Apart from core tops like Management Accounting and Economics, you have Decision Sciences, Legal Aspects of Business and Communication for Management. It also includes a Profile Mapping Workshop, Resume Building Workshop, Spreadsheet Modelling and Personal Growth lab.

Common for Term 1 & 2 is Contemporary issues in Management.

Term 2 (February-April) is the first of the two Functional terms. The topics are: Corporate Finance, Operations Management, Individual & Group Dynamics, Macro Economics for Managers, Marketing Management and Business Research Methods.

Term 3 is devoted to International Immersion (June-July) titled Global Career Accelerator (GCA) under which students spend 6-weeks at the campus of one of IMT’s partner schools in Europe.

Term 4 (June-July) for is the second in Functional The topics are: Data Science: Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence (Workshop), Strategies for Digital Economy, Financial Statement Analysis and Finance for Decision Making, Managing People & Organisations, Consumer Behaviour and Corporate Strategy.

Terms 4 & 5 also have deal with additional topics of Sustainability & Social Responsibility, Design Thinking & Innovation and Contemporary Issues in Management.

Term 5 (August-September) deals with Customisation. The highlight of the term is Lean & Six Sigma Certification from KPMG NC and Corporate Governance & Ethics. The customized electives are Operations & Supply chain Management, Information Management, Marketing and Human Resource Management.

Term 6 (October-November) is Integration. The topics are Cross functional Simulation, Entrepreneurship Management Workshop, Negotiation Skills, Responsible Leadership, Leading and Managing Change, Fintech – Block Chain & Crypto and Finding Career Opportunities workshop.

How the PGDM (Executive) Program Structure Helps Learning

How do these help students?

The foundation is laid at the beginning of the program with students learning the basic management principles through the core subjects. Customization allows the students the freedom to choose a specialization by way of electives. While the PGDM (Executive) is essentially a General Management Program, in the fourth term, you get to pick one from among four specializations. These are Marketing, Information Management, Operations & Supply Chain Management and Human Resources Management.

Past participants are full of praise for the choice of specializations. Ravi Purohit, 30, (2017-18 batch) a B.Tech (Mechanical) engineer with six years’ work experience in elevator industries and auto/auto ancillary units. He chose Marketing Analytics as an elective. He says learning at IMT had broadened his horizons, improved his decision making and helped him connect the dots in how management decisions affect the various stakeholders right from Finance to HR to Supply Chain and vendors.

It is not a mere theory that is being taught in the classroom. Functional aspects are taken care of by involving students in a wide range of industrial projects all the way from planning to execution.

There are targeted workshops with the aim of skill-building like 6 Sigma and project management, aligned with the career goal of the students. There are also personal growth labs & assessment centres for better understating of own self, strength & development path. A number of in campus activities such as “IMTheInnovator” a Startup Exhibition, Expanding Horizons, an industry interaction and Personal Growth Lab, help in honing the student’s skills and boost their confidence when called upon to take complex decisions in their future career. Every student is required to submit a dissertation in the last term of the program. Working on the dissertation thus becomes an integral part of the learning experience.

International Immersion

The internationalization part of the program comes during the student exchange between IMT and selected European schools for a few weeks during the program as also the international immersion during the “Global Career accelerator.”

It involves the students spending one term at the partner institution that includes EM Normandie, France, IESEG School of Management, Paris and Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

The modules of the program blend in components of skills, knowledge and attitude with innovative topics like cross-culture business negotiation, design thinking, critical thinking, execution, data modelling, to name a few.

According to an IMT spokesperson, the students rate the immersion as an excellent opportunity to get exposure on international business settings. They are able to better understand and appreciate the diversity of consumer groups, to build up an understanding of the global marketing environment and learn different approaches to handle employee performance.

The students gained awareness about the highly competitive business scenario in Europe– how various European companies (majorly Swedish) strategize to stay ahead of the competition. They also received fair learning on major corporate entities such as Ericsson, IKEA and Volvo. The students are awarded scores while participating in the immersion modules.

Debanjan Sarkar, 29, of the PGDM (Executive) 2019-20 batch with Information Technology as an elective, says during the one-month international immersion at Copenhagen business school in Denmark the group learnt several things including the basics of data analytics. An industry visit to IBM and others opened a window to day-to-day operations of major firms in an international setting and how they deal with issues and resolve them.

Why Should You Enrol in PGDM-Ex program at IMT Ghaziabad

• A full-time 15-month residential program taught by the leading industry practitioners and faculty.
• Leading-edge course curriculum woven into 6 phases:
  • Customization
  • Dissertation
  • Functional
  • Foundation
  • Integration
  • Internationalization

• Customized electives available in the field of operations & supply chain management, marketing, information management and human resource
• The program offers the students with the opportunity of a social immersion as a part of sustainability & social responsibility
• Strong alumni and industry interface
• Based on the pedagogy of ‘Knowing by Doing’ through a broad range of techniques of learning like, case studies, simulations; real-life projects; debates; discussions with senior executives of organizations, start-ups and consulting projects; courses and workshops.

PGDM (Executive) Specializations 

Despite being a General Management Program, students are offered customized electives in one of the areas given below:

1. Marketing
2. Information Management & Analytics
3. Operations and Supply Chain Management
4. Human Resources

What level of faculty teaches PGDM (Executive) students?

The faculty forms an important part of the PGDM (Executive) experience. Drawn from across the world, several of the faculty members are actively involved in research activities, authoring books and articles on management topics.

With research being a critical component of the program and to make students capable of meeting complex business challenges, the faculty makes special efforts to rise to the occasion. Several global journals and publications regularly carry research papers by IMT Ghaziabad’s faculty.

Among the recently published books are Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis by A K Bhattacharya, Financial Risk Analytics by Chauhan, A. K, and Singh K. Statistics For Management And Economics by Keller G and Malhotra G, I’M The Innovator, edited by Gupta, R and Routray, S. Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad.

In 2017, Gupta, R. had written the book Strategic & Entrepreneurial Orientation & Growth of Small Firms published by Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. Rishi B. and  Bandyopadhyay, S. edited Contemporary Issues in Social Media Marketing published by Routledge in the United Kingdom.

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