Executive Certificate Programme in Strategy & Leadership for Senior Professionals (Batch 11)
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Programme Overview
This Programme is designed to help senior professionals strengthen their leadership capabilities required to thrive in a world of increasing uncertainty and volatility. In-class discussions and perspectives from participants from various fields will enhance their understanding of business trends and strategies that can be employed by their organizations.
Learning outcomes:
- Develop a better understanding of the various businesses and their functions.
- Enhance strategic thinking & implementation
- Effectively Lead and manage teams & organizations
- Understand and respond to disruptive challenges
Programme USP
- Contextually designed for working executives
- Programme faculty team includes the best of the domain experts
- Pragmatic approach and focus on real business cases
Programme Contents
| Modules/Courses Titles* | Topics |
| Business Economic and Financial Management | Macroeconomics for Managers |
| Microeconomics for Managers | |
| Financial Reporting & Analysis | |
| Strategic Finance and Business Valuation | |
| Marketing | Marketing Management |
| Marketing Strategy | |
| Branding | |
| Strategy | Strategy Formulation & Execution |
| Competitive Strategy | |
| Digital Transformation | |
| Design Thinking and Innovation | |
| Operational Excellence | Operations Excellence in Services and Manufacturing |
| Strategic Supply Chain Management | |
| Theory of Constraints | |
| Leadership Competencies and HR Practices | Leading & Managing Change |
| High-Performance Teams | |
| Negotiations & influencing | |
| Communication with Impact | |
| Strategic Human Resource Management | |
| HR Analytics by Manager | |
| Working with Data | Business Analytics for Managers |
| Industry Insights 1 | Corporate Communications for Effective Stakeholder Engagement |
| The New Essentials of Leadership | |
| Navigating Digital Transformation Under Challenging Circumstances – A Practitioner’s View | |
| The Transformative Trends of The Techade | |
| Industry Insights 2 | Managerial Economics_The New Economic Consensus – Managerial Challenges |
| Corporate Communications For Effective Stakeholder Engagement | |
| Pandemic And Dr Reddy’S Laboratories SCM Lessons_LLL | |
| Designing Data-driven Teams | |
| DEI: A Strategic Imperative | |
| Demystifying Digital Business Transformation | |
| Storytelling and the Art of Leadership | |
| Inspired Leadership For Inspiring Results |
Note: Medium of instruction: English, Modules/ topics are indicative only, and the suggested time and sequence may be dropped/ modified/adapted to fit the participant profile & programme hours.
Duration & Number of Session Hours
Duration: 12 Months
Number of Sessions (75 Minutes each): 110
Number of Hours : Approx. 137.5
Online sessions: 98
On-campus module of 03 days duration: 12 sessions
Async Learning Hours by TimesPro: 46.1 (Approx).
One or two sessions from some of the courses will become part of the on-campus orientation module. In case the on-campus module is not conducted due to Covid situation, the same will be included in the total number of sessions of the online module.
*The programme duration may be slightly extended due to the issues like faculty unavailability and gazette holidays on the session days.
The on-campus module will be after the completion of examinations of all the modules.
Pedagogy
The pedagogy will be a judicious mix of lectures, case discussions, project work, term papers, assignments, etc.
Assessment
The performance of participants will be monitored on a continuous evaluation basis through quizzes, assignments, tests, and examinations. The participant is required to score minimum marks/grades as decided by the Institute from time to time to complete the course.
Certification
Successful Completion Certificate by IIM Indore in a valedictory ceremony to be held on the campus.
* Sample certificate is indicative. The Institute reserves the right to revise it.
**The Completion certificate will only be awarded to participants who complete the programme evaluation and attendance criteria.
Eligibility Criteria
- Diploma (10+2+3)/ Bachelor’s Degree (10+2+3 or 10+2+4) / Master’s Degree (or its equivalent) from Universities recognized by the Association of Indian Universities, UGC or AICTE, with minimum 50% aggregate marks in either Diploma or Bachelor’s or Master’s (or its equivalent).
- Minimum of ten years of work experience post completion of qualifying education.
How the Courses will be Delivered:
Sessions will be delivered through on-line mode using an appropriate technology Synchronized platform. Lectures will be delivered through broadband based technology involving two-way audio and video communication. Sessions will be held once in a week on weekends. Participants can attend sessions directly from their desktop/laptop (Direct-2-device). Participants will be provided reading materials etc. for each course. They may also interact with the concerned faculty through e-mails/ chat mode. Async content will be available on the learning platform to be consumed by the learners.
Considering that the batch would be diverse, i.e., participants from different functional areas, the content of some of the courses would focus on developing an understanding of functional areas before exploring strategic dimensions of decision making.
The academic sessions will start from September 2026. Sessions will be held on every Sunday.
The normal timing of the sessions will be as follows:
First session: 9.00 AM to 10.15 AM(IST)
Second session:10.30 AM to 11.45 AM(IST)
*Third session:7.30 PM to 8.45 PM on weekday (IST)
*Third session will be scheduled as and when required for the timely completion of the programme.
The time gap between two consecutive sessions is to give the participants a break. On some days, the classes may extend beyond the mentioned time. In addition to attending interactive sessions, participants have to undertake online quizzes, assignments, and examinations.
Programme Activity Timelines
| Application Closure | August 2026 |
| Estimated date for Academic Orientation | September 2026 |
| Tentative Programme End Date | September 2027 |
Total Fees and Payment Schedule*
| Particulars | Amount in INR |
| Registration Fee/Application Fee | 15,000 |
| 1st Instalment payable at the time of admission (excluding GST) | 80,000 |
| 2nd Instalment – 6 th December 2026 (excluding GST) | 80,000 |
| 3rd Instalment – 6 th March 2027 (excluding GST) | 80,000 |
| 4th Instalment – 6 th June 2027 (excluding GST) | 66,000 |
| Total Fee (exclusive of bank charges of INR 5,600 & GST) | 3,21,000 |
| Overall Fees (including GST @ 18% and Bank Charges of INR 5,600) |
3,77,772 |
* If you choose to pay the entire fee amount (including both the Application Fee and the Admission Fee) through NEFT, RTGS, IMPS , Cheque, or Demand Draft (DD) and subject to confirmation of credit, you will be eligible for a 1.5 % waiver. For the avoidance of doubt, the aforesaid waiver shall be applicable only where the full fee amount is paid in one transaction through the specified payment modes. No waiver shall apply in cases of partial payment, installment payment, or payment made through any other mode not expressly stated herein.
* In case a participant profile is rejected by IIM Indore, INR 12,500/- (bank Charges INR 5,600 only for applicable cases) is refunded to candidate and INR 2,500 of the application fee is non-refundable
*Exact Dates will be notified later.
Student Privileges
The participants who will complete the programme successfully will be eligible for the Executive Education Alumni status of IIM Indore. They will require to apply separately along with the necessary fee to register their name. Current alumni membership plans are as follows:
- Lifetime membership – INR 10,000/- + applicable taxes,
Benefits available to Executive Education Alumni: 1) Communication of brochures and newsletters from IIM Indore, 2) Access to the IIM Indore Campus Library (onsite access only), 3) Official email ID of the institute.
Mere successful completion of the programme, application submission, and fee does not entitle a participant to be eligible for executive education alumni status. IIM Indore reserves the right to confer or withhold executive education alumni status.
IIM Indore reserves the right to modify the above conditions at its discretion at any time without notice.
Only the courts at Indore, India will have the territorial jurisdiction to try any disputes arising in respect of the Executive Alumni membership being granted.
For more details contact: olpoffice@iimidr.ac.in
Tel.: 0731-2439739 / 0731-2439676
Please note that IIM Indore reserves the right to change the programme design, format, number of sessions, certificate format, terms in the programme or can incorporate any such change deemed necessary by the institute without prior intimation.