IIM Lucknow Announces GMP for Defence Officers at IIM-L NOIDA Campus

IIM Lucknow Announces GMP for Defence Officers at IIM-L Noida Campus

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow announced its fourth Six-months General Management Programme for Defence officers. This 24-weeks Programme is the fourth in a series of such programmes being organized for Defence officers, and the first at Noida Campus.

The programme is open to both short service commission officers and others. The programme was inaugurated at the Noida campus by Major General S. G. Chatterji, VSM, Director General, Resettlement.

The response to the first three programmes conducted by IIM-L was a huge success with all 49 officers of the first programme and 60 of the second getting good job offers. The third batch, which is undergoing placements right now, is also witnessing a slew of great offers. This year, after applying the selection criteria, 59 Defence officers from all three branches of the Armed forces have been selected for the programme. Out of the 59 officers, 7 candidates are Lady Officers.

"Management education to defence personnel contributes to providing defence officers a second career choice after retirement. But the larger role in the national interest is to prepare a disciplined and responsible citizen to play important roles in today’s competitive business scenario," say Prof. N. K. Gupta & Prof. S. C. Bansal, Program Directors.

The Indian Armed Forces carefully selects officers and continuously trains them in the art, science and craft of Winning. Every year, hundreds of these officers retire, with rich experience in learning, critical reasoning, objective decision making, creative thinking, leading and motivating people, running organisations, and managing projects. The aim of the programme is to capitalize on these skills of the officers and optimize them to suit the corporate world’s requirements.

As in the past, the fourth programme is also expected to generate an enthusiastic response from the corporate world, and given the intense nature of the programme, it is sure to equip the participants with the necessary skill-set so very essential to conquer the corporate world.

The objective of the GMP is to provide the participants with a basic understanding of the managerial systems and processes. The programme has been designed to provide the defence officers with basic functional inputs in subjects such as accounting and finance, decision sciences, organizational behavior, human resources management, communication skills, marketing, strategy, information technology and business environment.

The idea is to familiarize the officers with the requisite analytical tools and techniques; and develop a holistic perspective and global mindset to understand issues of an enterprise.

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