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Two-Year Post Graduate Programme in Management

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

The Programme
Programme
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The two-year full-time Post Graduate Programme in
Management (PGP), rated as the toughest MBA programme in
Academic
the world to get admission, is the agship programme of IIMA.
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Its main objective is to develop young men and women into
(academic-
competent professional managers, capable of working in any
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sector of organized activity, proceeding leadership and
achieving excellence in performance while contributing to the
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welfare of the larger society. The programme speci cally
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attempts to:
(programme-
calendar) Equip students with the required conceptual and
interpersonal skills and sense of social purpose for
Student managerial decision-making,
Exchange Develop leadership capabilities to act as change agents and
(student- be a source of motivation in the organizations they work in,
exchange) Nurture the desire to excel in performance without
compromising integrity, honesty and fairness.
Total  
Programme
Fees (fees- IIMA is known for the depth and rigour of the programme. The
expenses) curriculum, reviewed and revised periodically, remain relevant
and contemporary.
Financial Aid PGP Faculty strength PGP students work PGP cohort, as per
( nancial-aid) experience - Sector work experience
wise
Housing
(housing)

Online
Payments
(online-  
payments)
Curriculum

Student The PGP curriculum is the result of constant innovation and

Testimonials continuous review by the faculty with help from practitioners
(student- in industry, alumni and students. The programme o ers four
testimonials) types of courses spread across two years viz. foundational,
 tools and techniques oriented, functional and perspective-
Information for building courses.  It also provides opportunities for project
prospective courses and courses of independent study during the second
students of PGP year.
batch 2020-22
(information- The compulsory/ core courses focus on rigorous grounding in
for-prospective- the rudiments of every discipline in management and the
students-of- development of a common foundation of business knowledge
pgp-batch-2020- and management theory. The core courses consist of 480
22) sessions (Approx.) encompassing 24 credits (Approx.).
After the rst year of programme, students undertake summer
training with Institute's corporate partners for a period of eight
to nine weeks. The Summer Internship is a powerful source of
practical managerial insights, validation of management
concepts, and valuable market knowledge.
The elective courses which are o ered in the second year of
the programme allow students to choose a bouquet of courses
that interest them and develop pro ciency in the areas of their
choice. The elective courses consists of in-class courses (often
with project components) o ered by di erent areas, courses
of independent study, exchange programmes, and intensive
eld courses, totalling 19 – 22 credits  (380-440 sessions) over
three Terms. Each of the Terms consists of 09 to 12 weeks'
duration. Each credit requires a minimum of eighty hours of
work.

Types of Courses
Regular Course: This helps a student to learn tools,
 a) 
techniques, skills and concepts primarily through class
  
discussions.

Seminar Course: This provides a speci ed number of class

 b)    sessions and time for research to explore the frontiers of
knowledge.
Projects: These are designed to suit individual student
 c)    needs. There are four categories of projects. (1) An
   Independent Project, (2) Project Course, (3) Course of
Independent Study, and (4) Comprehensive Project.
1. An Independent Project provides an opportunity to apply the
tools, techniques, skills and concepts, which a student may
have already learnt, to the study of actual problems through
eld studies, computer based analysis and library research. 
2. Students can do independent projects (IP) (Non Credit) for
up to one per set of two slots. These can be undertaken only
with the prior permission of the instructor(s) concerned. The
project proposals, duly approved by the guide(s) should be
submitted to the PGP O ce before the start of slot IX and XI.
The IPs would not be taken into account towards meeting
the credit requirements in second year and their grades
would not be accounted in GPA calculation.  
3. The Course of Independent Study (CIS) (2 credits) allows
exploration of a topic in the student's "area" of interest. It
makes possible the integration of several elds of study in
searching for the solution to a single problem. It provides
valuable experience in the research process such as
de nition of the problem, search for relevant data, analysis
of the data and drawing conclusions. Thus CIS allows for
individual initiative, judgment and resourcefulness well
beyond what is possible in the regular curriculum.  
4. The Comprehensive Project (CP) provides an opportunity to
learn in a real world context. This provides a vehicle for
integration of learning across functions and disciplines. The
project must be organization-based, not based entirely on
secondary data or library work. It must be multifunctional
and multidisciplinary in nature. 
 

Courses O ered
Compulsory Courses in the First Year (Tentative)

Term 1
No Course Acronym Course Title
Financial Reporting and
1 FRA
Analysis
2 FM Financial Markets
Human Resource
3 HRM-I
Management-I
4 ID Individual Dynamics
Legal Aspects of
5 LAB
Business
6 MC Managerial Computing
7 ME Microeconomics
8 MKT-I Marketing-I
Operations
9 OM-I
Management-I
 Quantitative Methods-
10 QM-1a
IA
Quantitative Methods-
11 QM-1b
IB
Written Analysis and
12 WAC
Communication
13 OB Area Induction
 

Term 2
No Course Acronym Course Title
Costing and Control
1 CCS
Systems
2 FM Financial Markets
Human Resource
3 HRM-II
Management II
Interpersonal Group
4 IGP
and Processes
Transforming Business
5 TBIT through Information
Technology
Macroeconomics and
6 MEP
Policy
7 MKT-II Marketing II
Operations
8 OM-II
Management II
Personal and
9 PCE
Corporate Ethics
Quantitative Methods-
10 QM-2
2
The Social and Cultural
11 SCEB Environment of
Business
Workshop on
12 WIP Interviews and
Presentations
 

Term 3
No Course Acronym Course Title
Business, Environment
1 BES
and Sustainability
Business Research
2 BRM
Methods
3 CF Corporate Finance

4 GSP
5 IEB
6 MAC
7 MKT
8 ODY
9 SM
Flexicore Courses (FC)
MOM
10
SOM
SHRM
11
TCM
Courses O ered in the Second Year (Tentative)
List of Electives Courses in Second year (Area Wise) based on
o erings in the past 5 years.
No Course Acronym
Strategy
1 SC
2 BNLL(A)
3 BNLL(B)
4 BT
5 CCCS
6 CPSF
7 LVMR(A)
8 LVMR(B)
Government Systems
and Policy Process
Internet-Enabled
Businesses
Managerial Analysis
and Communication 
Marketing III
Organizational
Dynamics
Strategic Management
Manufacturing
Operations
Management
Service Operations
Management
Strategic Human
Resource Management
Talent and
Competency
Management
Course Name
Strategy Capstone (Core
Course)
Business Negligence,
Liability and Law-A
Business Negligence,
Liability and Law-B
Business Taxation
Competence, Capability
and Competitive Strategy
Consulting and
Professional Service Firms
Leadership: Vision,
Meaning and Reality-A
Leadership: Vision,
Meaning and Reality-B
 Business Government and
9 BGL
Law
10 BT Business Taxation
Entrepreneurial Thought &
11 ETA
Action
12 FBL Frontiers of Business Law
International Business
13 IBDR
Dispute Resolution
14 MYM Mysteries in Management
Reimagining Telecom &
15 RTNGB Next Generation
Businesses 
Strategy in Emerging
16 SEM
Markets
17 BT Business Taxation
Digital Strategy and Digital
18 DSDT
Transformation
Leadership: Vision,
19 LVMR
Meaning and Reality
Multinational Company
Strategies and
20 MCSIEC
International Expansion
Choices
Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship
New Technology
21 NTADBM Application, Design and
Business Models
Centre for Management in Agriculture
22 SY Shodh Yatra - O Campus
CINE: Understanding
Creativity, Innovation,
23 CINE
Knowledge, Networks and
Entrepreneurship
Communication
Communicating Corporate
24 CCR(A)
Reputation-A
Communicating Corporate
25 CCR(B)
Reputation-B
Communication Skills for
26 CST(A) Team & Leadership
E ectiveness-A
Communication Skills for
27 CST(B) Team & Leadership
E ectiveness-B
28 DC(A) Di cult Communication-A
29 DC(B) Di cult Communication-B
Intercultural
30 IC
Communication
Organizational
31 OC
Communication
Persuasive
32 PC
Communication
Strategic Negotiation
33 SNS(A)
Skills-A
Strategic Negotiation
34 SNS(B)
Skills-B
Media and Society:
Economics, Politics, Ethics
35 EPETMC(A)
and Technologies for Mass
Communication-A
Media and Society:
Economics, Politics, Ethics
36 EPETMC(B)
and Technologies for Mass
Communication-B
Managerial
37 MC(A)
Communication-A
Managerial
38 MC(B)
Communication-B
Strategic Communication
39 SCDE(A)
in the Digital Era-A
Strategic Communication
40 SCDE(B)
in the Digital Era-B
Economics
41 EoO Economics of Organization
42 GFT Global Finance and Trade
Game Theory and
43 GTA
Applications
44 MEM Managerial Econometrics
Monetary Theory and
45 MTP
Policy
Hitchhiker's Guide to
46 HITCH Business and Economies
Across Five Centuries
Indian Economy and
47 IEST
Society Today
48 REM Real Estate Management
Behavioral and
49 BEE(A)
Experimental Economics-A
 Behavioral and
50 BEE(B)
Experimental Economics-B
Economic Development
51 EDPG
Policy and Growth
52 EFQ Economics Of Food Quality
Governance and
53 GRFS Regulation in the Financial
Sector
Game Theory and
54 GTA(A)
Applications-A
Game Theory and
55 GTA(B)
Applications-B
Hitchhiker's Guide to
56 HITCH(A) Business and Economies
Across Five Centuries-A
Hitchhiker's Guide to
57 HITCH(B) Business and Economies
Across Five Centuries-B
World Economy: Business,
58 WEBGP
Government, and Policy
59 EoS Economics of Strategy
Economics and
Management of
60 EMBI
Biopharmaceutical
Industry
Interdisciplinary
61 IPBD
Perspectives on Big Data
Finance and Accounting
62 FIS Fixed Income Securities
Futures, Options and Risk
63 FORM
Management
Financial Statement
64 FSA
Analysis
Modern Investment &
65 MIPM
Portfolio Management
Strategic Perspectives in
66 SPB
Banking
67 VoF Valuation of Firms 
68 AVI Applied Value Investing 
69 BB Bitcoin and the Blockchain
70 CG Corporate Governance 
71 FoF Financing of Firms 
Financial Statement
72 FSA
Analysis
 Mergers, Acquisitions &
73 MACR
Corporate Restructuring 
74 MFM Micro nance Management
Quantitative & Algorithmic
75 QAT
Trading
Stochastic Calculus in
76 SCF
Finance
77 VoF Valuation of Firms 
78 AI Alternative Investments 
79 BF Behavioural Finance
Black Swans and Gray
80 BSGR Rhinos: Managing under
Financial Crises
Principles of Transfer
81 PTP
Pricing
Unlisted Equities & Patient
82 UEPC
Capital
 Human Resource Management
83 BS Business and Society 
Games People Play:
84 GPP(A)
Psychology of HRM-A
Games People Play:
85 GPP(B)
Psychology of HRM-B
Personal Competencies for
86 PCIH
International HRM
Human Resource
87 HRMSS Management in Service
Sector
88 MCEO Making of a CEO
Managing Human Capital
89 MHCP
in Projects
Understanding Bhagavad
90 UBG Gita: Managerial
Perspective
Information Systems
Data Mining and Business
91 DMBI
Intelligence
Strategies for Internet
92 SIE
Economy
Strategic Management of
93 SMIS
Information Systems
94 BDA Big Data Analytics
Data Visualization for
95 DVDM
Decision Making
96 BDA Big Data Analytics
Management of Software
97 MSPE
Projects and Enterprise 
Public Policy for Inclusive
98 PPIDI
Development of India
Marketing
Business to Business
99 B2B
Marketing
100 DM Digital Marketing
Managing Customer Value
101 MCVD
Delivery
Mobile Marketing
102 MME
Essentials
Strategic Brand
103 SBM
Management
Understanding the New
Gold: Digitalization,
104 UNG Fintech and Associated
Technology, Regulation
and Adoption
Driving Better Business
Decisions Through
105 DBBD
Superior Customer
Insights and Sensemaking
106 INL Innovation, Live
107 ML Marketing Luxury
Neuroscience and
108 NCB
Consumer Behaviour
109 MRB Managing Retail Business
Semiotics: Strategies for
110 SMBC Media and Brand
Communication
Customer Based Business
111 CBBS
Strategies
112 CB Consumer Behaviour
Descriptive Models of
113 DMCDM Consumer Decision
Making
Marketing Management in
114 MMW the World of High Tech.
and Innovation 
Market Research and
115 MRIS (A)
Information Systems-A
 Market Research and
116 MRIS (B)
Information Systems-B
117 PCG Pricing
118 SM(C) Strategic Marketing-C
Strategic Models in
119 SMM
Marketing 
Organizational Behaviour
Contemporary Indian
120 CIW Workplaces:
Decent Work and Diversity 
Explorations in Role and
121 ERI(A)
Identity - O Campus
122 CSW(A) The Creative Self at Work-A
The Creative Self at Work-
123 CSW(B)
B
Explorations in Roles and
124 ERI(B)
Identity-B - O Campus
Inner Theatre: An
125 ITES
Encounter with Self 
126 NS(A) Negotiation Strategies-A
127 NS(B) Negotiation Strategies-B
High Performing Teams: A
128 HPT
Journey
Production and Quantitative Methods
Advanced Methods of Data
129 AMDA
Analysis
Elephants and Cheetahs:
130 EC(A) Systems, Strategy and
Bottlenecks-A
Elephants and Cheetahs:
131 EC(B) Systems, Strategy and
Bottlenecks-B
Managerial Applications of
132 MAOR
OR
133 OS Operations Strategy
Supply Chain Thinking:
134 SCT Value Creation and
Adaptation
Why Projects Fail?
135 UCR Uncertainty, Complexity
and Risk in Projects
136 WwN Working with Networks
 Advanced Mathematical
137 AMMMD Modeling for Managerial
Decisions
Elephants and Cheetahs:
138 EC Systems, Strategy and
Bottlenecks 
139 SCM Supply Chain Management
Statistical Methods in Data
140 SMDA
Analysis
The Art and Crafts of
141 ACD
Decision Making
142 BA Business Analytics
Bayesian Methods for Data
143 BMDA
Analysis
144 CTC Coordinating the Crowd
PGP (Others)
145 BIO Bionics
Philosophical Foundation
146 PFM(A)
of Management-A
Philosophical Foundation
147 PFM(B)
of Management-B
Doing Business in India
148 DBI
(Only for Exchange)
India: History and Culture
149 IHC
(Only for Exchange)
Contemporary Film
150 CFI Industry: A Business
Perspective
Public Systems Group
Infrastructure
151 IDF
Development & Financing
Qualitative Research
Methods for
152 QRMUBHDNS Understanding Business
and Human Development
in a Network Society
Rail Transport Planning
153 RTPM
and Management
Transformational Social
154 TSM
Movement
155 CaF  Carbon Finance
Good Governance &
156 GGPLP
People Living in Poverty
 Innovations in Managing
157 IMUT
Urban Transport
Intelligent Transportation
158 ITS
Systems (15 session + FV)
Manipulation, Myth-
159 MMMkt
Making  and Marketing 
The Philosophical
Underpinnings of Public
160 MVE
Policy: Morals, Values, and
Ethics
161 PP Public Policy
Participatory Theater for
162 PTfD
Development
Social Entrepreneurship:
163 SEISC
Innovating Social Change
Experiments for Business
164 EBPD and Policy Decision-
making
Managing Energy
165 MEnB(A)
Businesses-A
Managing Energy
166 MEnB(B)
Businesses-B
Urban Economy and
167 URBAN
Business Environment
Power and Politics in
168 PPO
Organization
Investigating Corporate
169 ICSI
Social Irresponsibility
Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Education Innovation
Second Generation
170 SGCISE Challenges in Indian
School Education
Enterprise and Innovation
171 EIE
in Education
 
 

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