The PGDM program is designed to provide the knowledge and skills needed to become an effective manager in a variety of organizational settings. It is a broad based, career advancement degree rather than technical training for a particular job within an organization. The broad goal of the program is to provide students with the foundations in content and competencies that will support their development as effective managers in a variety of organizational settings.

 

Specifically, Guru Nanak Business School PGDM program is designed to provide the opportunity to develop:

• The analytical tools for decision making in a business world of complex business issues and problems
• The organizational skills for the effective implementation of policy in the context of the organization
• An understanding of the body of knowledge in the functional areas of business
• The skills of leadership, teamwork and supervision
• Skills of effective oral and written communication, presentation, and critical thinking
• An understanding of and ability to use technology as a tool of effective management
• Abilities for ethical decision-making
• The ability to function effectively in a diverse and global business environment

 

Highlights of the PGDM Program

• Two year, semester based with more than 1500 hrs of cumulative Learning
• Dual internship
• Evaluation and Grading follows Cumulative Grade Point Average System.
• Triple Specialisation( Major Functions +Sub-Disciplines +Sectoral)
• Multiple concentration approach from 7 major, 16 sub-disciplines and 10 sectoral
• Software based Business Modelling & Simulation
• Case based, Problem Based and Project based learning.
• Analytical Focus in teaching through Business and Functional Analytics
• Interdisciplinary learning extends to Psychology, Health Care, Law and many more.
• Need based certification in SAP/ORACLE/Business Analytics/SAS/ Marketing Analytics/ FRM/ Quantitative Finance/ Supply Chain/Retail and many more.
• Sub Disciplines includes Digital business, Business Analytics, Health Care, Luxury Brand, quantitative finance, Sustainability, Acquisition & contract Management, Software Engineering, Financial Engineering, Investment Banking & FRM and Business Continuity Management.
• Corporate Lecture Series
• Business soft skills –In house & Outbound
• Industry interface also includes Industry Academia Research (Dissertation), Plant Visits, Retail visits, Workshops, Field Research.
• Innovative entrepreneurial practices and execution.
• Leadership and Teamwork as a part of continuous internal evaluation.
• Imbibes and drives entrepreneurial Abilities with dedicated Entrepreneurship Centre, Focus on Business & Marketing Plan and Venture Capital Funding.

Infrastructural Support

• State of the Art Wi-fi enabled Air-conditioned interactive classrooms.
• Pro-Quest Online for 5000+ journals
• Institute provided study materials.
• Hostel Facility
• Well equipped library with 7000+ volumes
• Institute provided Executive Suit
• Institute provided Laptop.

 

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

 

The program comprises of 35 papers (of which 23 are compulsory papers and 12 papers compulsory but choice, based on specialization), a summer internship program at the end of 2^nd semester and a Dissertation project after the 4^th semester. These papers are spread over four semesters. Each semester is of 30 credits.

The students can pursue specialization in Marketing, Finance, Human Resource Management, Operations. Each student must pursue 6 papers in 3^rd and 4^th semester. While three of these papers each must be from one specialization, two from 2^nd specialization and 1 from 3^rd specialization. To specialize in a particular specialization, a student has to pursue 12 paper overall. Thus a student can acquire a triple specialization.

 

 

 

Summer Internship: Guru Nanak Business School (GBS), through its placement cell provides a three-month summer internship program in various industries and national and international level NGOs. The Summer Internship program gives a student hand-on experience of the corporate affairs, along with a live project which he/she carries on under the supervision of corporate managers as well as under their faculty.

 

Dissertation: In the final semester, the student undertakes a dissertation work under the guidance of his/her faculty on a contemporary business related topic. This involves extensive research work – collecting data from the market, analysis, interpretation, observations, and suggestions/ recommendations. The student uses various sources available within the library – material resources (magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, etc) and online database library (Pro-Quest), along with external sources. The dissertation helps a student to develop analytical bent of mind and probes deeper into his/her area of interest.

 

Semester-System: The two-year full-time PGDM programme is divided into four semesters. Each semester is of 14 weeks duration.