IIM Calcutta launches business management programme for defence personnel

KOLKATA: IIM Calcutta has started a six-month business management programme for defence personnel, according to a statement issued by the institute on Monday.

The certificate programme has been specifically designed as a unique transitional course for officers of the armed forces seeking new innings in the corporate world, it said. The first batch of the programme started on the IIM-C campus here on Monday, providing immersive learning for officers. The curriculum features a blend of core concepts of management which equips officers with foundational management skills and emerging ideas in various fields to make defence personnel 'future ready' professionals, the statement said.

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The batch comprises both retired and serving officers from the army, navy and air force. The inauguration programme was attended by HQ Bengal Sub-Area General Officer Commanding Maj Gen H Dharmarajan and IIM-C Director Uttam Kumar Sarkar. Programme directors Nandita Roy and Somdeep Chatterjee conducted an academic orientation for the batch.