Dr. C. S Venkata Ratnam, Director, IMI, New Delhi announcing the introduction of its first Executive PGDM program said “The Executive PGDM is targeted towards experienced executives who do not have prior management education but have nevertheless developed expertise in a particular industry sector based on their work experience. These people are now looking at reaching the next level in their career for which formal management education and a functional specialization are necessary. The Executive PGDM provides them just this in terms of a concentrated general management grounding followed by a large number of electives in functional areas of their choice. We at IMI develop students to operate in a deregulated global environment and provide students excellent educational preparation along with individual attention to transform them into global citizens.”

The Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Executive PGDM) program has commenced from June, 2007. This program has recently been approved by AICTE as per their newly formulated guidelines for Executive PGDM. It is a 15 month program for participants with significant prior work experience involving 12 months of full-time course work followed by 3 months of project work that can be conducted at their place of employment. IMI’s Post Graduate Program in International Management (PGPIM) has now evolved into the Executive PGDM keeping in mind AICTE as well as current market requirements.

Dr. C. S Venkata Ratnam, Director, IMI further added, “We are also privileged that a person no less than Mr. Stefano Pelle, who is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Business Unit Russia and South Asia, Perfetti Van Melle Group, and Chairman of Perfetti Van Melle, India has agreed to be an adjunct professor and share his experience and ideas with the participants on a continuing basis. He has had extensive experience in the FMCG and services sector, both in developing and in emerging countries as well as in Europe.

IMI, India has produced students who have constantly made a difference in the business world, and this has strengthened its resolve to keep in sync with the constantly evolving business dynamics.