Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya, Times Professional Learning launch Executive Certificate Programme in Business Management

The 11-month programme enables professionals to accelerate their careers across management roles by developing competencies in strategic, analytical, and entrepreneurial skills.

Mumbai, April 25, 2022: Times Professional Learning (TPL), under its brand The Second Wind (TimesTSW) and Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya have announced the inaugural Executive Certificate Programme in Business Management.

The 11-month programme is developed for early and mid-level executives providing them with a comprehensive business management exposure to hone their analytical, strategic, and entrepreneurial thinking to accelerate their career growth. Learners will get introduced to subjects like Strategic Management, Financial Management, and Forecasting, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Marketing and Consumer Decision Making, IT and Analytics, among others, and delivered by eminent faculty and experts from the industry via a state-of-the-art TPL platform through the Direct-to-Device (D2D) mode.

The pedagogy will focus on experiential learning through live lectures, case studies, industry expert sessions, management games, role plays, simulations, and class discussions. Eminent faculty and experts from the industry will deliver the lectures while learners will experience a three-day immersive session at the institute during the programme.

Applicants interested in enrolling for the Executive Certificate Programme in Business Management can register on: Executive Certificate Programme in Business Management | IIM Bodh Gaya - TimesTSW

The modern-day specializations integrated with management courses have opened employability opportunities for professionals across sectors. Recent surveys have projected a bullish hiring trend with companies slated to hire substantial talent into our workforce. A recent report on building skills suggested the urgent need for professionals to learn digital and technological skills as trends indicated strong hiring prospects for India, followed by Australia and China.

Speaking at the announcement of the programme, Dr. Amit Kumar Srivastava, Programme Director, Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya, said, “The dynamic changes across organizations have witnessed a steady increase in the demand for skilled professionals. It is, therefore, imperative for professionals to navigate through digital, economic, and social disruptions and bring transformative changes to gain a competitive market edge. The Executive Certificate Programme in Business Management enables professionals to build strategic and entrepreneurial competencies to provide extraordinary value to their evolving enterprises.”

Sunil Sood, Chief Business Officer, Executive Education, Times Professional Learning“At TPL, we cater to the needs of professionals to build competencies in sync with Industry 4.0. This programme will not only equip managers with future competencies but also help them deal with new-age business challenges.”

Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya:

The Indian Institute of Management is perceived as the most prestigious and elite B-schools in India which lay emphasis on practical experience and critical thinking instead of rote learning and a conventional academic schedule. Building on the grand heritage of the IIM brand, IIM Bodh Gaya fosters a culture and curriculum whose sole purpose is to create socially responsible managers and emotionally mature leaders. A dynamic curriculum in consonance with academics and industry experts provides the students with the opportunities to master new skills and explore diverse perspectives. Apart from the conventional classroom setup, IIM Bodh Gaya lays emphasis on practical learning as students partake in case studies, sessions with industry experts, live projects, etc. The institute’s thrust on meaningful research is evident through the credentials and accomplishments of its faculty that has publications in ABDC and Scopus listed journals of repute. In a short span of time, IIM Bodh Gaya has strengthened its position in the corporate world, with its students contributing to illustrious business organizations in the country.

IIM Bodh Gaya acknowledges the significance of exposure to global standards and contemporary trends for the enrichment of its students’ learning experience. To bring that international exposure and cultural diversity to the campus, the institute has established collaborations with several reputed institutions in France, Venezuela, Russia, Mexico, Italy, and South Korea while discussions are underway with many other international universities across the globe.

About Times TSW:

TimesTSW (The Second Wind) is a brand of Times Professional Learning that provides a learning ecosystem of executive education for working professionals. It offers programmes that address the growing demands of Industry 4.0 through learner-centric, innovative, industry-relevant, role-specific, and technology-supported solutions. 

TimesTSW has brought a paradigm shift in executive education through its approach, curricula, pedagogy, teaching methodology, engagement, and mode of delivery, as well as assessment and evaluation metrics.  TimesTSW endeavours to make world-class education assessable to aspiring learners through strategic collaborations with the country’s best academic institutes to offer executive education programmes for working professionals who pursue continuous upskilling by upgrading their professional qualifications.