60 officers of the Defence Forces complete management program at IIM Bangalore
13 JANUARY, 2023: Major General Sharad Kapur, YSM, SM, Director General, Resettlement, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India, handed over certificates to 60 officers from the Defence Forces who successfully completed the Business Management Programme for Defence Officers, designed and delivered by IIM Bangalore.
The Director of IIMB, Professor Rishikesha T Krishnan, addressed the participants at the valedictory function, held on the IIMB campus this afternoon.
The Business Management Programme was anchored by a four-faculty team at IIMB comprising Prof. G Shainesh (Marketing), Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan (OB&HRM), Prof. Padmini Srinivasan (Finance) and Prof. P D Jose (Strategy).
The Business Management Programme is a certificate programme for retiring officers of the Short Service Commission (SSC)/ Indian Defence Forces. It helps impart skills and knowledge needed for officers to transition to corporate careers by developing their core business and general management competencies.
The programme was designed based on IIM Bangalore’s successful EGMP programme and IIMBx’s Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The programme was delivered in a hybrid mode over six months. It included classes by IIMB professors on campus alongside self-paced learning through MOOCs from IIMBx, which is IIMB’s digital learning arm.
The 60 officers actively participated in case studies, discussions, role-play, interactions with industry practitioners, etc. They benefited immensely through networking on the IIMB campus.
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