Programme
The two-year full-time Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), rated as the toughest MBA programme in the world to get admission, is the flagship programme of IIMA. Its main objective is to develop young men and women into competent professional managers, capable of working in any sector of organized activity, proceeding leadership and achieving excellence in performance while contributing to the welfare of the larger society. The programme specifically attempts to:
- Equip students with the required conceptual and interpersonal skills and sense of social purpose for managerial decision-making,
- Develop leadership capabilities to act as change agents and be a source of motivation in the organizations they work in,
- Nurture the desire to excel in performance without compromising integrity, honesty and fairness.
IIMA is known for the depth and rigour of the programme. The curriculum, reviewed and revised periodically, remain relevant and contemporary.
Curriculum
The PGP curriculum is the result of constant innovation and continuous review by the faculty with help from practitioners in industry, alumni and students. The programme offers four types of courses spread across two years viz. foundational, tools and techniques oriented, functional and perspective-building courses. It also provides opportunities for project courses and courses of independent study during the second year.
The compulsory/ core courses focus on rigorous grounding in the rudiments of every discipline in management and the development of a common foundation of business knowledge and management theory. The core courses consist of 480 sessions (Approx.) encompassing 24 credits (Approx.).
After the first year of programme, students undertake summer training with Institute's corporate partners for a period of eight to nine weeks. The Summer Internship is a powerful source of practical managerial insights, validation of management concepts, and valuable market knowledge.
The elective courses which are offered in the second year of the programme allow students to choose a bouquet of courses that interest them and develop proficiency in the areas of their choice. The elective courses consists of in-class courses (often with project components) offered by different areas, courses of independent study, exchange programmes, and intensive field courses, totalling 19 – 22 credits (380-440 sessions) over three Terms. Each of the Terms consists of 09 to 12 weeks' duration. Each credit requires a minimum of eighty hours of work.
Types of Courses
a) |
Regular Course: This helps a student to learn tools, techniques, skills and concepts primarily through class discussions. |
b) |
Seminar Course: This provides a specified number of class sessions and time for research to explore the frontiers of knowledge. |
c) |
Projects: These are designed to suit individual student needs. There are four categories of projects. (1) An Independent Project, (2) Project Course, (3) Course of Independent Study, and (4) Comprehensive Project. |
- An Independent Project provides an opportunity to apply the tools, techniques, skills and concepts, which a student may have already learnt, to the study of actual problems through field studies, computer based analysis and library research.
- Students can do independent projects (IP) (Non Credit) for up to one per set of two slots. These can be undertaken only with the prior permission of the instructor(s) concerned. The project proposals, duly approved by the guide(s) should be submitted to the PGP Office before the start of slot IX and XI. The IPs would not be taken into account towards meeting the credit requirements in second year and their grades would not be accounted in GPA calculation.
- The Course of Independent Study (CIS) (2 credits) allows exploration of a topic in the student's "area" of interest. It makes possible the integration of several fields of study in searching for the solution to a single problem. It provides valuable experience in the research process such as definition of the problem, search for relevant data, analysis of the data and drawing conclusions. Thus CIS allows for individual initiative, judgment and resourcefulness well beyond what is possible in the regular curriculum.
- The Comprehensive Project (CP) provides an opportunity to learn in a real world context. This provides a vehicle for integration of learning across functions and disciplines. The project must be organization-based, not based entirely on secondary data or library work. It must be multifunctional and multidisciplinary in nature.
Courses Offered
Compulsory Courses in the First Year (Tentative)
| Term 1 | ||
| No | Course Acronym | Course Title |
| 1 | FM | Financial Markets |
| 2 | FRA | Financial Reporting and Analysis |
| 3 | HRM-I | Human Resource Management-I |
| 4 | ID | Individual Dynamics |
| 5 | LAB | Legal Aspects of Business |
| 6 | MGRCMN | Managerial Communication |
| 7 | MGRCMP | Managerial Computing |
| 8 | MKT-I | Marketing-I |
| 9 | ME | Microeconomics |
| 10 | OM-I | Operations Management-I |
| 11 | QM-1a | Quantitative Methods-IA |
| 12 | QM-1b | Quantitative Methods-IB |
| 13 | OB Area | Induction |
| Term 2 | ||
| No | Course Acronym | Course Title |
| 1 | CCS | Costing and Control Systems |
| 2 | FM | Financial Markets |
| 3 | HRM-II | Human Resource Management II |
| 4 | IGP | Interpersonal Group and Processes |
| 5 | MEP | Macroeconomics and Policy |
| 6 | MKT-II | Marketing II |
| 7 | OM-II | Operations Management II |
| 8 | PCE | Personal and Corporate Ethics |
| 9 | QM-2 | Quantitative Methods-2 |
| 10 | SCEB | The Social and Cultural Environment of Business |
| 11 | TBIT | Transforming Business through Information Technology |
| 12 | WIP | Workshop on Interviews and Presentations |
| 13 | WAC-I | Written Analysis and Communication-I |
| Term 3 | ||
| No | Course Acronym | Course Title |
| 1 | BRM | Business Research Methods |
| 2 | BES | Business, Environment and Sustainability |
| 3 | CF | Corporate Finance |
| 4 | GSP | Government Systems and Policy Process |
| 5 | IEB | Internet-Enabled Businesses |
| 6 | MKT | Marketing III |
| 7 | ODY | Organizational Dynamics |
| 8 | SM | Strategic Management |
| 9 | WAC-II | Written Analysis and Communication-II |
| Flexicore Courses (FC) | ||
| 10 | MOM | Manufacturing Operations Management |
| SOM | Service Operations Management | |
| 11 | SHRM | Strategic Human Resource Management |
| TCM | Talent and Competency Management | |
Courses Offered in the Second Year (Tentative)
List of Electives Courses in Second year (Area Wise) based on offerings in the past 5 years.
| No | Course Acronym | Course Name |
| Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship | ||
| 1 | NTADBM | New Technology Application, Design and Business Models |
| Centre for Management in Agriculture | ||
| 2 | CINE | CINE: Understanding Creativity, Innovation, Knowledge, Networks and Entrepreneurship |
| 3 | SY | Shodh Yatra - Off Campus |
| Communication | ||
| 4 | CCR | Communicating Corporate Reputation |
| 5 | CST | Communication Skills for Team & Leadership Effectiveness |
| 6 | DC | Difficult Communication |
| 7 | IC | Intercultural Communication |
| 8 | MC | Managerial Communication |
| 9 | EPETMC | Media and Society: Economics, Politics, Ethics and Technologies for Mass Communication |
| 10 | OC | Organizational Communication |
| 11 | PC | Persuasive Communication |
| 12 | SCDE | Strategic Communication in the Digital Era |
| 13 | SNS | Strategic Negotiation Skills |
| 14 | SST | Strategic Storytelling |
| Economics | ||
| 15 | ACS | Auctions |
| 16 | BEE | Behavioral and Experimental Economics |
| 17 | EDPG | Economic Development Policy and Growth |
| 18 | EFQ | Economics Of Food Quality |
| 19 | EoO | Economics of Organization |
| 20 | EoS | Economics of Strategy |
| 21 | GTA | Game Theory and Applications |
| 22 | GAW | Gender and Work |
| 23 | GFT | Global Finance and Trade |
| 24 | GRFS | Governance and Regulation in the Financial Sector |
| 25 | HE | Health Economics |
| 26 | HITCH | Hitchhiker's Guide to Business and Economies Across Five Centuries |
| 27 | IEST | Indian Economy and Society Today |
| 28 | IPBD | Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Big Data |
| 29 | MEM | Managerial Econometrics |
| 30 | MTP | Monetary Theory and Policy |
| 31 | PAN | Pandemics! |
| 32 | REM | Real Estate Management |
| 33 | RGHPE | Revisiting Global Health & Pharmaceutical Economics During Covid-19 |
| 34 | SPI | Social Policy in India |
| 35 | WEBGP | World Economy: Business, Government, and Policy |
| Finance and Accounting | ||
| 36 | AI | Alternative Investments |
| 37 | AVI | Applied Value Investing |
| 38 | BF | Behavioural Finance |
| 39 | BB | Bitcoin and the Blockchain |
| 40 | BFI | Banking and Financial Intermediation |
| 41 | BSGR | Black Swans and Gray Rhinos: Managing under Financial Crises |
| 42 | CG | Corporate Governance |
| 43 | FSA | Financial Statement Analysis |
| 44 | FoF | Financing of Firms |
| 45 | FIS | Fixed Income Securities |
| 46 | FORM | Futures, Options and Risk Management |
| 47 | MFI | Management of Financial Institutions |
| 48 | MACR | Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Restructuring |
| 49 | MFM | Microfinance Management |
| 50 | MIPM | Modern Investment & Portfolio Management |
| 51 | PTP | Principles of Transfer Pricing |
| 52 | PEHC | Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Corporate Finance |
| 53 | QAT | Quantitative & Algorithmic Trading |
| 54 | SCF | Stochastic Calculus in Finance |
| 55 | SPB | Strategic Perspectives in Banking |
| 56 | UEPC | Unlisted Equities & Patient Capital |
| 57 | VoF | Valuation of Firms |
| Human Resource Management | ||
| 58 | AIHRM | AI and Human Resource Management |
| 59 | BS | Business and Society |
| 60 | GPP | Games People Play: Psychology of HRM |
| 61 | HRMSS | Human Resource Management in Service Sector |
| 62 | LDT | Leading the Digital Transformation |
| 63 | MCEO | Making of a CEO |
| 64 | MHCP | Managing Human Capital in Projects |
| 65 | PCIH | Personal Competencies for International HRM |
| 66 | UBG | Understanding Bhagavad Gita: Managerial Perspective |
| Information Systems | ||
| 67 | BDA | Big Data Analytics |
| 68 | DMBI | Data Mining and Business Intelligence |
| 69 | DVDM | Data Visualization for Decision Making |
| 70 | DIFD | Digital Inclusion for Development |
| 71 | MSPE | Management of Software Projects and Enterprise |
| 72 | SMIS | Strategic Management of Information Systems |
| 73 | SIE | Strategies for Internet Economy |
| JSWSPP | ||
| 74 | PPIDI | Public Policy for Inclusive Development of India |
| Marketing | ||
| 75 | AIM | Artificial Intelligence & Marketing |
| 76 | BM | Brand Management |
| 77 | B2B | Business to Business Marketing |
| 78 | CB | Consumer Behaviour |
| 79 | CBBS | Customer Based Business Strategies |
| 80 | DMCDM | Descriptive Models of Consumer Decision Making |
| 81 | DM | Digital Marketing |
| 82 | DBBD | Driving Better Business Decisions Through Superior Customer Insights and Sensemaking |
| 83 | INL | Innovation, Live |
| 84 | MCVD | Managing Customer Value Delivery |
| 85 | MRB | Managing Retail Business |
| 86 | MRIS | Market Research and Information Systems |
| 87 | ML | Marketing Luxury |
| 88 | MMW | Marketing Management in the World of High Tech. and Innovation |
| 89 | MS | Marketing Services |
| 90 | MME | Mobile Marketing Essentials |
| 91 | NCB | Neuroscience and Consumer Behaviour |
| 92 | NPCD | New Products Creation and Development |
| 93 | NFS | Not for Sale : Psychology of Promotions |
| 94 | PCG | Pricing |
| 95 | AIDP | Privacy Paradox: Artificial Intelligence and Digital Platforms |
| 96 | SMBC | Semiotics: Strategies for Media and Brand Communication |
| 97 | SBM | Strategic Brand Management |
| 98 | SM | Strategic Marketing |
| 99 | SMM | Strategic Models in Marketing |
| 100 | UNG | Understanding the New Gold: Digitalization, Fintech and Associated Technology, Regulation and Adoption |
| Organizational Behaviour | ||
| 101 | CIW | Contemporary Indian Workplaces: Decent Work and Diversity |
| 102 | ERI | Explorations in Role and Identity |
| 103 | HPT | High Performing Teams: A Journey |
| 104 | ITES | Inner Theatre: An Encounter with Self |
| 105 | NS | Negotiation Strategies |
| 106 | CSW | The Creative Self at Work |
| Production and Quantitative Methods | ||
| 107 | AMMMD | Advanced Mathematical Modeling for Managerial Decisions |
| 108 | AMDA | Advanced Methods of Data Analysis |
| 109 | BMDA | Bayesian Methods for Data Analysis |
| 110 | BA | Business Analytics |
| 111 | CTC | Coordinating the Crowd |
| 112 | EC | Elephants and Cheetahs: Systems, Strategy and Bottlenecks |
| 113 | LOG | Logistics |
| 114 | MAOR | Managerial Applications of OR |
| 115 | OS | Operations Strategy |
| 116 | SMDA | Statistical Methods in Data Analysis |
| 117 | SCM | Supply Chain Management |
| 118 | SCT | Supply Chain Thinking: Value Creation and Adaptation |
| 119 | ACD | The Art and Crafts of Decision Making |
| 120 | UCR | Why Projects Fail? Uncertainty, Complexity and Risk in Projects |
| 121 | WwN | Working with Networks |
| PGP (Others) | ||
| 122 | BIO | Bionics |
| 123 | CFI | Contemporary Film Industry: A Business Perspective |
| 124 | DBI | Doing Business in India (Only for Exchange) |
| 125 | IHC | India: History and Culture (Only for Exchange) |
| 126 | PFM | Philosophical Foundation of Management |
| 127 | RMBA | The Remains of the MBA |
| Public Systems Group | ||
| 128 | CaF | Carbon Finance |
| 129 | EBPD | Experiments for Business and Policy Decision-making |
| 130 | GDPP | Gender and Development Policy and Programmes |
| 131 | GGPLP | Good Governance & People Living in Poverty |
| 132 | IPWH | Industrialisation: Perspectives from World History |
| 133 | IDF | Infrastructure Development & Financing |
| 134 | ISIKG | Innovation, Social Institutions and Knowledge at the Grassroots |
| 135 | IMUT | Innovations in Managing Urban Transport |
| 136 | ITS | Intelligent Transportation Systems |
| 137 | ICSI | Investigating Corporate Social Irresponsibility |
| 138 | MEnB | Managing Energy Businesses |
| 139 | MMMkt | Manipulation, Myth-Making and Marketing |
| 140 | PTfD | Participatory Theater for Development |
| 141 | PPO | Power and Politics in Organization |
| 142 | PGA | Probity in Governance and Administration |
| 143 | PP | Public Policy |
| 144 | QRMUBHDNS | Qualitative Research Methods for Understanding Business and Human Development in a Network Society |
| 145 | RTPM | Rail Transport Planning and Management |
| 146 | SEISC | Social Entrepreneurship: Innovating Social Change |
| 147 | RGG | The Indian State, Democracy and Accountability Institutions: Rethinking Good Governance |
| 148 | MVE | The Philosophical Underpinnings of Public Policy: Morals, Values, and Ethics |
| 149 | TSM | Transformational Social Movement |
| 150 | URBAN | Urban Economy and Business Environment |
| Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Education Innovation | ||
| 151 | DIS | Designing and Implementing Surveys |
| 152 | EIE | Enterprise and Innovation in Education |
| 153 | GTLM | Gamification, Technology and Learning Motivation |
| 154 | MSLBET | Managing Self-Limiting Beliefs in Education and Training |
| 155 | SGCISE | Second Generation Challenges in Indian School Education |
| Strategy | ||
| 156 | BGL | Business Government and Law |
| 157 | BNLL | Business Negligence, Liability and Law |
| 158 | BT | Business Taxation |
| 159 | BCR | Businesses and the Constitutional Rights |
| 160 | CCCS | Competence, Capability and Competitive Strategy |
| 161 | CPSF | Consulting and Professional Service Firms |
| 162 | CTIB | Contract Terms in International Business |
| 163 | DSDT | Digital Strategy and Digital Transformation |
| 164 | ETA | Entrepreneurial Thought & Action |
| 165 | FBL | Frontiers of Business Law |
| 166 | IBDR | International Business Dispute Resolution |
| 167 | LVMR | Leadership: Vision, Meaning and Reality |
| 168 | MCSIEC | Multinational Company Strategies and International Expansion Choices |
| 169 | MYM | Mysteries in Management |
| 170 | RTNGB | Reimagining Telecom & Next Generation Businesses |
| 171 | SAVIA | Strategic Alliances and Valuation of Intellectual Assets |
| 172 | SC | Strategy Capstone (Core Course) |
| 173 | SEM | Strategy in Emerging Markets |
