ISDM opens admissions for PGP development management programme

NEW DELHI: The Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) has commenced the admissions for the Post Graduate Programme in Development Management (PGP-DM) for 2025 intake. ISDM aims to offer the PGP-DM programme for students who can create an impact in the country’s diverse social sector landscape.

According to the ISDM statement, recent studies highlight the need for trained professionals who are efficient. Unlike other programmes focused on corporate growth, the PGP-DM 2025 programme aims to offer academics with experiential learning.

The management programme will equip students with strategic planning skills, financial management and policy engagement skills to prepare them for leadership roles. Interested applicants can apply for the 11-month PGP-DM 2025 programme through the official website, isdm.org.in.

“It equips individuals with strategic planning, financial management, and policy engagement skills—preparing them for leadership roles in social purpose organizations, philanthropy, and impact-driven enterprises,” the ISDM statement said.

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PGP-Development Management 2025

The PGP-DM 2025 is an 11-month programme which ensures students emerge as professionals to overcome challenges in today’s world with empathy and resilience by integrating them with management principals.

“With a 100% placement rate and partnerships with over 350 leading organizations, ISDM graduates have gone on to work with Save the Children, ICICI Foundation, Reliance Foundation, CSRBox, Dr Reddy’s Foundation, Lend A Hand India, PRADAN and many other social purpose organisations,” the ISDM statement adds.

Ravi Sreedharan, the founder of ISDM said: “At ISDM, we have been working on Talent, Knowledge and Practice of Development Management in India for the last 10 years. Today, as a leading institution for Development Management in the country, our students from the first 7 batches have been grabbed by the sector as reflected by 100% Campus Placements with the highest average salaries in the sector. Today, the alums of ISDM are working in India and elsewhere in International, National and Local Social Purpose Organizations besides several who have started their own social enterprises. Our aspiration is to produce a cadre of Development Management professionals with the required knowledge, attitude and skills to solve the most complex problems facing society and the planet."