Indian Institute of Management Lucknow General Management Programme for Defence Officers - 2017 PLACEMENT BROCHURE CONTENTS About DGMP 3 Director's Message 5 Message from the Chairman MDP 7 Message from the Programme Directors 9 Alumni Testimonials 11 Faculty Prole 12 Programme Structure 13 Batch prole 15 Placement Process 20 1 A b o u t D G M P The General Management Programme for Defence Officers (DGMP) is a rigorous 24 week full me programme that has been designed for the parcipants to receive academic inputs on the corporate eco-system in a methodical manner. The programme has been divided into five terms, the first three being Core subjects and the laer two being Elecves. The meculously designed Core subjects provide an essenal exhausve knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and a 360⁰ perspecve on General Management. The fasdiously seamed Elecves provide an opportunity to the parcipant to specialise by dwelling into greater depths and develop his/her skill sets in the chosen stream of management. The academic rigor can be comprehended by the fact that a full credit course requires approximately 100 hours of work, both in and outside the classroom, from the parcipant. The eclecc mix of core subjects and the elecves ensure that a parcipant is able to immerse in developing a skill-set which is valued at the highest professional standards in the corporate world and is also able to withstand the it's demands. Such a formidable course design has been developed by Indian Instute of Management, Lucknow by drawing inputs from the experienced faculty staff as well as the industry. A lot of emphasis has been specifically laid on experimental learnings through case-studies, live projects, assignments and relang the same with the industry trends and applicaons. The fundamentals of the course allows a parcipant, to graduate with an all-encompassing orientaon, to be able to manage the deliberate and emergent situaons by applying the skill-sets developed in the programme. A salient feature of the course has been, to idenfy the inherent qualies in the military culture, erudite corporate pracces and pre- requisites of the business world, and blend them to develop in parcipants a unique skill set that makes them a puissant candidate for the industry. The course also takes into account the considerable work experience of the parcipants at the leadership posions and various funconal roles in the Armed Forces and hones their skill sets in a manner and fashion so that they have a more evolved understanding of the inter-relaonships of the management domains crucial to the success of the business. A successful outcome through the learnings of the course automacally implies the parcipant's readiness to steer into the corporate stream with a streamlined synergy. The augmentaon in knowledge through this course ensures them to be capable of leveraging their experse and acquired skill-sets with a considerable manoeuvrability to tackle the challenges of complex corporate environment in a decisive, sensive and ethical manner. 2 3 A b o u t D G M P The General Management Programme for Defence Officers (DGMP) is a rigorous 24 week full me programme that has been designed for the parcipants to receive academic inputs on the corporate eco-system in a methodical manner. The programme has been divided into five terms, the first three being Core subjects and the laer two being Elecves. The meculously designed Core subjects provide an essenal exhausve knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and a 360⁰ perspecve on General Management. The fasdiously seamed Elecves provide an opportunity to the parcipant to specialise by dwelling into greater depths and develop his/her skill sets in the chosen stream of management. The academic rigor can be comprehended by the fact that a full credit course requires approximately 100 hours of work, both in and outside the classroom, from the parcipant. The eclecc mix of core subjects and the elecves ensure that a parcipant is able to immerse in developing a skill-set which is valued at the highest professional standards in the corporate world and is also able to withstand the it's demands. Such a formidable course design has been developed by Indian Instute of Management, Lucknow by drawing inputs from the experienced faculty staff as well as the industry. A lot of emphasis has been specifically laid on experimental learnings through case-studies, live projects, assignments and relang the same with the industry trends and applicaons. The fundamentals of the course allows a parcipant, to graduate with an all-encompassing orientaon, to be able to manage the deliberate and emergent situaons by applying the skill-sets developed in the programme. A salient feature of the course has been, to idenfy the inherent qualies in the military culture, erudite corporate pracces and pre- requisites of the business world, and blend them to develop in parcipants a unique skill set that makes them a puissant candidate for the industry. The course also takes into account the considerable work experience of the parcipants at the leadership posions and various funconal roles in the Armed Forces and hones their skill sets in a manner and fashion so that they have a more evolved understanding of the inter-relaonships of the management domains crucial to the success of the business. A successful outcome through the learnings of the course automacally implies the parcipant's readiness to steer into the corporate stream with a streamlined synergy. The augmentaon in knowledge through this course ensures them to be capable of leveraging their experse and acquired skill-sets with a considerable manoeuvrability to tackle the challenges of complex corporate environment in a decisive, sensive and ethical manner. 2 3 Director's Message I am delighted to present the fieenth batch of officers from the Armed forces who have successfully undergone a six month, full me General Management Programme here at IIM Lucknow. We conduct this cerficate course in General Management for talented, experienced and movated leaders from the services to facilitate their smooth transion from uniformed service to senior and mid- level Navy and Air Force officers with experiences ranging from 10 to 34 years in diverse fields. These officers have made it a habit to perform in the most adverse situaons and challenging environments. Their great sense of commitment, ingrained integrity coupled with rich experience in domains ranging from administraon, Human Resource management, operaons to maintenance of state-of-the-art equipment under extreme condions is an immense value addion for any organizaon. What differenates these officers is their desire for excellence and a "never say die" atude consequent to tough training. Leadership, dedicaon, integrity and loyalty are their key aributes. During their transformaonal journey here, their leadership and management skills have been honed by exposing them to the latest concepts, trends and pracces in the corporate world. At IIM, Lucknow, we value our commitment to the naon and therefore have spared no effort in fine tuning their skill sets to fulfil the requirement of the Corporate World. I dare say that, having undergone this course, these officers, with their unique military ethos and dynamism, augmented with the skills imparted by our erudite faculty and unique pedagogy are now a perfect fit for a corporate role. We at IIM are so convinced about quality of these people that we have employed some of them in our own units. I welcome you to collaborate with us at IIM Lucknow to channelize these professionals into domains in the corporate world where they can flourish. I wish the parcipants success in the years to come and look forward to seeing them as acve contributors in the development of their organisaons and our naon. 4 5 Director's Message I am delighted to present the fieenth batch of officers from the Armed forces who have successfully undergone a six month, full me General Management Programme here at IIM Lucknow. We conduct this cerficate course in General Management for talented, experienced and movated leaders from the services to facilitate their smooth transion from uniformed service to senior and mid- level Navy and Air Force officers with experiences ranging from 10 to 34 years in diverse fields. These officers have made it a habit to perform in the most adverse situaons and challenging environments. Their great sense of commitment, ingrained integrity coupled with rich experience in domains ranging from administraon, Human Resource management, operaons to maintenance of state-of-the-art equipment under extreme condions is an immense value addion for any organizaon. What differenates these officers is their desire for excellence and a "never say die" atude consequent to tough training. Leadership, dedicaon, integrity and loyalty are their key aributes. During their transformaonal journey here, their leadership and management skills have been honed by exposing them to the latest concepts, trends and pracces in the corporate world. At IIM, Lucknow, we value our commitment to the naon and therefore have spared no effort in fine tuning their skill sets to fulfil the requirement of the Corporate World. I dare say that, having undergone this course, these officers, with their unique military ethos and dynamism, augmented with the skills imparted by our erudite faculty and unique pedagogy are now a perfect fit for a corporate role. We at IIM are so convinced about quality of these people that we have employed some of them in our own units. I welcome you to collaborate with us at IIM Lucknow to channelize these professionals into domains in the corporate world where they can flourish. I wish the parcipants success in the years to come and look forward to seeing them as acve contributors in the development of their organisaons and our naon.