PGDM PROGRAMME

Programme Details

• AICTE approved two-year, full-time programme with the trimester system.
• Specializations in Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Operations, IT and Analytics and General Management
• Fully residential
• Annual intake of 240 students in Bangalore, 150 in Chennai, and 120* in Kochi campuses.
• Trimester system
• Course coverage

1. First year - Foundation courses in management
2. Second year - Electives, core, environmental and integrative courses

• SIP – An 8-week summer Internship Programme aimed at providing industrial experience for students.
• SUPA - Socially Useful and Productive Activity is a 3-week winter internship, a mandatory social internship to help students understand management issues of NGOs, Small Industries, and Local Bodies, which provides opportunities for acknowledging and solving social issues.

              *An additional 30 seats are to be included following AICTE approval.

Focus Areas

• Develop analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Inculcate a positive and ethical outlook in students.
• Strengthen communication skills.
• Global orientation

Highlights of the Curriculum

• Reviewed and updated curriculum at regular intervals in consultation with industry leaders, alums, students, and faculty.
• Includes some of the best aspects of management studies from across the world and ensures a broad business perspective and depth of knowledge.
• A unique approach with credits for subjects that require a more practical and hands-on method, such as Contemporary Business Environment, CSR and Environmental Sustainability in Business, Entrepreneurship, etc.
• Integrating Harvard Business School case studies and Harvard Simulations.
• Leadership in Action: This experiential course focuses on honing leadership skills by challenging students to organise and execute events.
• Student Research Project: Encouraging students to research and publish their findings in UGC Care and SCOPUS Journals.
• Opportunities to participate in XIME’s Exchange Programme with Institutes worldwide, covering the US, France, BRICS countries, etc.
• The ‘Learning Circle’ course helps induct new students into the field of management.
• Develop soft, leadership, and written and oral communication skills.
• Exposure to a foreign language (French/ German/ Spanish).
• Exposure to live projects (optional).
• Specialisation in Marketing, Finance, HR, Operations, IT, and Analytics.
• One compulsory elective in the first year. In the second year, students will take twelve electives, of which a minimum of six courses are from major areas of specialisation and four in minor, with the remaining in any combination.