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Chandigarh, June 21,2016: Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) the first Indian business school crowned with triple international accreditations by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), AMBA (Association of MBAs) and EQUIS ( the three major international accreditation bodies for Business Schools),has been offering hi-quality Management Development Programmes(MDPs) for practicing managers, business leaders, and entrepreneurs, to enable them in developing a strategic vision and superior management expertise. These MDPs are in the nature of short-term Corporate Learning interventions, with programme duration spanning from 3 days to 3 weeks. They are conducted in-campus, at corporate sites or even in offsite locations. Globally, with organizations becoming flatter and more agile, new opportunities are emerging for talented leaders. To capitalize on these opportunities, practicing managers need cross-functional skills, deeper business understanding and entrepreneurial acumen. These much needed professional competencies are imbued through the various Corporate Learning programmes that IIM-C conducts.
Commenting on this Prof. Uttam Kumar Sarkar, Dean, New Initiatives & External Relations, IIM Calcutta said, “It gives us great pleasure to provide right mentoring to the experienced professionals through our Management Development Programmes. To survive the challenging business world of today, managers and executives need to continuously hone their skills and upgrade their business acumen, to stay abreast of industry trends and leverage on the emerging opportunities. With the proven expertise of our faculty members, we aim to encourage a holistic understanding of Business Management principles and application of such knowledge in practice.”
IIM Calcutta’s acclaimed MDPs range across key business fundamentals like Managerial Effectiveness, Team Building, Leadership ,Strategic Cost Management, Sales & Marketing skills, Project Management, etc. to emerging topics like Business Analytics, Oil Economy, Business in the BRICS nations, to multi-domain General Management programmes, to sectoral constructs like Healthcare Leadership & Management. The pedagogy involves a variety of teaching methods: case studies, simulations, closed group analyses, and applied learning projects; interspersed with lecture sessions on theory and practice.
The sessions are essentially interactive, and participants are encouraged to question assumptions, identify opportunities, solve complex problems, develop operational performance, boost productivity, and in the process, build sustainable competitive advantage.
These MDPs are offered in both formats, ‘Open Enrollment’, as in a set of retail programmes spread across the Calendar, as well as ‘Customized’ formats tailor-made to address specific mandates from individual organizations.
A recent development in IIM Calcutta’s offerings in this space, has been the commissioning of a state-of-the-art ‘Management Development Centre’ (MDC) inside the campus. A self-contained building, the MDC houses six well equipped audio visual and multimedia-aided classrooms, a battery of conference and syndicate rooms, business lounges as well as a residential section for providing lodging and boarding facilities to the participants.
The residential section comprises over 200 well-furnished air-conditioned rooms and suites, all provided with seamless internet connectivity, intercom facility, private verandahs an en-suite bathrooms. Hospitality and dining are managed by the Sarovar group of hotels.
The entire MDC is Wi-Fi enabled. The PC lounge at MDC is operational with the very latest computers networked and linked to the internet over a 320 Mbps connection. Participants are provided with a unique passkey at the time of check-in, enabling them to access the net 24x7 via any compatible device, throughout their stay.
For more details on MDPs at IIM Calcutta, please visit :
https://iimcal.ac.in/programs/executive-education/mdp/management-development-programmes-mdps
About IIM Calcutta
The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) was established as the first national institute for Post-Graduate studies and Research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961 in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation and Indian industry.
Over the years, IIMC has grown into a mature institution with global reputation, imparting high quality management education. It has been playing a pioneering role in professionalizing Indian management through its Post Graduate and Doctoral level programs, Executive Training Programs, Research and Consulting Activities.
The vision of the Institute is to emerge as an International Centre of Excellence in all facets of Management Education, rooted in Indian ethos and societal values. Over the past four decades, IIM Calcutta has developed into one of Asia's finest Business Schools. Its strong ties to the business community make it an effective mechanism for the promotion of professional management practices in Indian organizations. Today, IIM Calcutta attracts the best talent in India to its faculty and the best and brightest young men and women pursue its academic programs.
The residential experience is a foundation of the IIM Calcutta culture, which promotes teamwork and the building of lifelong relationships. Students and partners live on or near campus, making social events and shared activities a way of life. Through a core curriculum which stresses general management skills and advanced elective and seminar courses, IIM Calcutta students have access to a preeminent faculty of thought leaders.
To its students, IIM Calcutta offers intellectual depth, abundant resources, and individual attention. To our alumni, we provide a lifelong connection to excellence. To the world, we have a commitment to developing ethical and responsible leaders.
IIMC’s ACCREDITATIONS AND RANKINGS
IIM Calcutta is the only Management Institute in India with triple accreditationsby AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), AMBA (Association of MBAs) and EQUIS, the three major international accreditation bodies for Business Schools. It is also the only Indian school to be part of theprestigious CEMS Alliance comprising 30 top Business Schools from around the world. This alliance is in addition to our existing partnerships with leading Universities, B-schools and renowned institutions such as Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University; Ivey Business School; Asian Institute of Management; etc. (A list of our academic partners across the globe can be found at (https://www.iimcal.ac.in/about/international-office/currentpartner-institutes).
An internationally recognized Business school, IIMC stood at rank no. 16 globally and 2nd in Asia in the Financial Times’ Master in Management rankings 2015.IIMC was the top ranked B-school in ‘Finance’ in Asia and 2nd in ‘Economics’worldwide, in this list.