The two-year full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, Government of India and recog-nized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) as equivalent to an MBA degree of an Indian University, is consistently rated among India’s top 10 programmes.

Programme Learning Goals (LGs)
•    Responsible Citizen consciousness
•    Global perspective
•    Critical and innovative thinking
•    Effective communication and collaborative decision-making
•    Functional Competency

Target Capabilities
•    Global mindset and sensitivity
•    Holistic business perspective
•    Capability to manage uncertainty and complexity
•    Capability to lead change
•    Capability to create wealth and manage diversity

Teaching and Learning

The teaching methods include lectures, case studies, seminars, assignments, live pro-jects, group discussions, business games, outbound based experiential learning activi-ties, educational excursions, role plays, simulation exercises, structured and unstruc-tured group work, and field visits.
•    Widespread use of Information Technology (IT) in the learning processes.
•    Field-based projects to get better insights into workplace reality.
•    The curriculum is revised on an ongoing basis with practitioner input.
•    Courses are offered from the following areas:
Accounting & Finance | Operations | Management | Economics & Public Policy | Marketing | Organizational Behaviour & Human Resource Management | Infor-mation Management | Strategy & General Management.

 

Programme Structure

 

Core Courses

  • Six terms of about three months each —three in each year of the programme.
  • The core (compulsory) courses are covered in four terms, with the bulk covered in the first three terms.

Summer Internship

  • Compulsory eight-to-ten weeks long internship after term 3.

Specializations

  • Second year students may take elective/ optional courses to specialize in a maximum of two of the following functional areas: Accounting & Finance | Operations Management | Marketing | Strategy | Information Management.
  • Specialization requires a minimum of five elective courses (15 credits) offered by that Area.
  • Students can opt for 14 to 17 electives (42 to 51 credits).
  • CGPA would be calculated using the 14 electives (42 credits) completed with best performance.

Evaluation
India follows a continuous evaluation system. A student earns a letter grade in each course with an associated grade point. The credit-weighted average of these grade points in the programme is the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA).

Student Exchange Programme

 

  • A student can study for one term in a partner foreign institution in lieu of his/her study term at India.
  • A number of international scholarships are available for these students.
  • Details on the selection process and opportunities will be available after joining India.

Scholarships

 

  • O.P. Jindal scholarship of INR 1,50,000 for second year students.
  • At the end of the second year, India awards five merit scholarships of INR 10, 000/- each to the top five students.
  • India offers merit-cum-means Scholarship scheme for the meritorious students to pursue PGDM courses at India belonging to economically weaker Sections (EWS). It is envisaged to provide 12 merit cum means scholarships (50% waiver of tuition fees) every year to the students pursuing two-year full time PGDM/PGDM-HRM/PGDM-IB/PGDM-Business Analytics at India starting from AY 2021-22.

International Scholarships
Several international scholarships are available for Indian students going on the exchange programme to select partner institutions, e.g Sciences Po Lille, University or Maribor, NUCB Business School, Japan.