Published: Monday, 16th October 2017 06:04 PM
IMT Ghaziabad Inaugurated 36th batch of PGDM Part Time - (2017 - 2020)
Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, is one of the elite management school in the country. With distinct focus on grooming Leadership through Innovation, Execution and Social Responsibility. The Institute welcomed its 36th batch of PGDM Part Time on campus on Saturday, October 14, 2017. A full-fledged 2-day orientation ceremony was organized where the participants were introduced to the institute’s philosophy and rigour of the programme.
A message by Dr. Bikramjit Rishi - “Programme Chair”
The orientation programme commenced with an elaborate interaction of the participants with the Programme Chair and Dean-Academics. Programme Chair, Dr Bikramjit Rishi, while giving an overview of the programme said, “The programme architecture has been designed on KSA (Knowledge, Skills and Attitude) framework which will help the participants to apply the knowledge in the real setting. The learning will help the participants of the program to become effective managers so that they can understand and manage the challenges posed by changing business environment”.
Programme Highlights
Dr. Ravikesh Srivastava, Dean-Academics highlighted the institutional philosophy and emphasised on the role of punctuality, hard work and humility in the learning. He also said, ““The AICTE approved, and AACSB accredited PGDM PT- the Executive programme is designed to meet higher career aspirations of Experienced Professionals. The programme, in a nutshell, aims to groom experienced executives for a general management role in the functional domain with a global orientation.”
Varied Educational Background
On Day-2, an interactive session was held with CEO, aaramshop.com, Mr Vijay Singh; Head Organisation Development (OD), Havells India Limited, Mr Ankush Arora; Faculty, IMT Ghaziabad, Prof. Anand Pillai & Dr S.R. Singhvi, among others. A screening of candidates based on their educational backgrounds was accomplished. According to the data, there are 14% female and 86% male participants. The new batch has 38% engineers, 24% commerce graduates,10% business graduates, 10% arts graduates and 18% from other streams (pharmacy, computer applications and others). A total of 33% of the participants work in the technology sector, 24% in the durable sector and 43% is represented by telecom, power, energy and entrepreneurship. The average age of the batch is 24 years, and the average experience is 5.5 years.
About IMT Ghaziabad
Established in 1980, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad (IMTG) is India’s premier AACSB accredited management school with a distinct focus on grooming Leadership through Innovation, Execution and Social Responsibility. An autonomous, not–for–profit institute, offering highly sought–after postgraduate programmes over the past more than three–and–a–half decades, IMTG currently offers four AICTE approved programmes – Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Full Time, PGDM Executive, PGDM Part Time, and PGDM Dual Country Programme (DCP). While the first three programmes are offered at the IMTG campus in Ghaziabad, Delhi NCR, India, the PGDM DCP is offered in collaboration with IMT Dubai campus. The Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) is the latest addition to the list which leads to PGDM Part Time.
IMTG has been consistently ranked among the top management institutes of the country for its Leadership, Faculty, Research, Student Selection Process, Curriculum, Pedagogy, Industry Interface, Internationalism, Placements, and Infrastructure.
Today, IMTG is the proud alma mater of more than 300 C–suite executives and thousands of professionals serving in leadership positions in the best-known organisations in India and the world, in key business functions of Sales, Operations, Human Resources, Consulting, Information Technology, Marketing, and Finance among others.