INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, BANGALORE   

PG Program in Software Enterprise Management (PGSM)

The Programme
The Post-Graduate Program in Software Enterprise Management (PGSM) leading to a Post-Graduate Diploma in Software Enterprise Management is an executive management education program designed for the specific needs of professionals working in the software and information technology industry in India. The program is run under the aegis of the Centre for Software Management (CSM). The CEOs and/or top executives of companies that have provided endowment to the CSM (referred to as partner companies) are on the advisory board of the CSM to ensure that the program is in tune with the needs of the industry. The current partner companies are Motorola India Electronics Pvt. Ltd., Oracle India Pvt. Ltd., Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd., Sun Micro Systems India Pvt. Ltd. and Wipro Technologies.

The PGSM endeavors to provide the most current executive management education to middle and senior professionals of the information technology industry who seek to pursue a career in management. The program aims to transform professionals with strong technical knowledge to business leaders with equally strong management knowledge and a global perspective. IIMB is proud to have partnered the Indian information technology industry on its journey to becoming a dominant force in the global market.

The modular design of the program allows participants to tailor (within certain parameters) the sequence of courses. After completion of the first year, participants have the flexibility to be away from the program for one or more quarters if necessitated by work-related assignments. This would, however, lead to a situation where a participant will take longer than three academic years to complete the program. Each participant is required to complete the stipulated credits of the program within a maximum of six academic years.

The PGSM has been structured around ten broad themes. Each theme consists of a set of core courses, which every participant is expected to take as part of the requirements of the diploma, and some electives. The core courses are distributed in the first year and the first quarter of the second year of the program. In addition to the core and elective courses, participants are required to do a compulsory 3-credit individual project on any industry of interest in order to gain domain experience. They can also do one 3-credit project course.

Participants Profile
The profile of the participants reflects the desire of a wide cross-section of software professionals to acquire managerial knowledge. They consist of women and men with work experience ranging from two years to over fifteen years. The companies they work for include small entrepreneurial firms to some of the largest software companies in India.

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