IIM Nagpur starts admissions for 5th batch for Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Strategic Management

IIM-Nagpur (Indian Institute of Management Nagpur), one of the rapidly growing IIMs known for the best in class education in the current era of business management, in association with TimesPro, has recently announced the commencing of the fifth batch of Post Graduate Certificate Program in Strategic Management. This program enables the concept of all-round management acumen in the learners and helps them attain a well-rounded understanding of overall management and leadership. It also enables them to deal with complex challenges faced by the top management during the transformation period.

The 12-month Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Strategic Management aims to nurture and develop professionals into effective strategists, able organisation builders, and change agents, and is heavily aligned on strategy formulation and its implementation at the business and corporate levels. The programme includes learning on many tools and techniques of data-driven decisions, offers a design thinking experience, and helps to develop general management and strategy skills to design strategies that are implementable in the functions of business.

Organizations in the fields of the healthcare industry, information technology, information technology services, financial services industry, and the manufacture of industry are relying on strategic know-how as the scope of digital transformation consulting services offered by strategy consulting firms grows. The demand for strategists is escalating in the marketplace as firms want experts in the focus on mergers and acquisitions.

India is expected to have a GDP of USD 20.7 trillion in the coming years, while the IMF predicts it will become the world’s second-largest economy by 2038 with a GDP of USD 34.2 trillion. With rising growth, the strategy consulting sector in India is undergoing a drift from its core engagements towards the adoption of innovative technologies like AI, Cloud, and data analytics.

Talking about the announcement of the fifth batch, Dr. Bhimaraya Metri, Director, IIM Nagpur, said, “At IIM Nagpur, we translate strategic insight into effective action. The Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Strategic Management challenges and refines judgment and cultivates execution fitness by employing design thinking, frameworks, chamber consulting practices, simulations, and campus immersions. Students emerge as accountable leaders to synchronize vision with results, shape change across functions, and deliver long-term value to organizations operating in increasingly complex, uncertain, and transformed digital landscapes.”

“The Executive Education Department at IIM Nagpur is dedicated to providing modern-day decision-making programmes for executives at all levels within any organization.” – Dr. Alok Kumar Singh, Dean – Executive Education, IIM Nagpur

With this programme, practitioners will be able to translate their strategic thinking into something meaningful for their organisations. Our Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Strategic Management will help students develop an ability to diagnose complex business environments and take evidence-driven and data-driven decisions to implement successful change initiatives.”

"Professionals require agile and rigorous learning that enhances and does not disturb their professional journey. With TimesPro’s Interactive Learning and Direct-to-Device model of delivery, participants get exposed to famous faculty, cases, simulations, and collaborative working. This builds analytical rigor, executional skills, fluency in areas of data, AI, and cloud – so that learners can achieve growth and optimize costs and lead transformations confidently and competently in industries operating in a volatile economy shaped by technology,” said Sridhar Nagarajachar, Business Head – Executive Education, TimesPro.

The Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Strategic Management consists of three modules, Strategy & Environmental Scanning, Strategy Formulation and Implementation, and Strategic Leadership & Sustainable Development, totalling 19 courses. The course includes a business simulation and resolution of organizational cases through projects, besides which a three-day immersion at the IIM Nagpur will take place. The participant will then be able to apply for roles in consulting, set up business support systems, devise mechanisms for generating revenue and cutting costs, and implement efficient processes for management, post completion of the programme. The programme shall be offered on TimesPro’s Interactive Learning platform and in Direct-to-Device mode. The learning method includes lecture, case discussion, simulation game, role-play, group projects, and other experiential activities. The participants shall gain alumni status on successful completion of the programme. Those applicants, who possess a bachelor's degree or a two-year master's degree, with a minimum of three years of professional experience, obtained from an identified university (UGC, AICTE, DEC, AU, State Govt.), will also be eligible to apply.