Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Rural Management - Executive), PGDM(RM-X), IRMA

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Rural Management - Executive), PGDM(RM-X) is designed for executives working in specific functional areas of their organizations such as finance, accounting, marketing, human resource management, operations and pr ting, human resource management, operations and projects, aspiring to enhance their skills and knowledge to move into managerial roles. The programme aims to give them a deeper and a hands-on experience in the challenges faced by organizations serving under-served segments of the economy. For executives, entrepreneurs and educationalists that are keen to work in this sector, it provides an ideal platform to enhance management acumen through a rigorous management curriculum, enriched with deep in-field learning and garnering first-hand insights. This Executive Management programme is a 15-month, full-time residential programme approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). To enhance managerial skills and competencies in professionals in cross-functional areas To develop a core understanding of the underserved segments of the economy, enabling them to contribute to its growth To promote sustainable, ecologically-friendly, and equitable socio-economic development of the underserved segments through professional management The classroom segment has four terms consisting of 84 credits, which cover basic, common and advanced courses distributed among core and optional ones. Basic courses are part of the first three classroom terms, with courses like Financial Accounting, Rural Society, Culture, and Polity, Organization Behaviour, Operations Management, Principles of Marketing, Organizational Structure and Design, Collective Action and Cooperation, Marketing Analytics, Strategic Management, among others included. The fourth term includes elective courses totalling 12 credits. A few indicative elective courses are Big Data Analysis, Brand Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, Management of Change, Microfinance, Public Policy Analysis, among others. It exposes participants to the realities of rural life. Under this induction, participants are divided into small groups and sent to rural areas in different parts of the country. Each group is attached to a local host organisation. The members of the group stay in the identified village and interact directly with the villagers. Besides conducting an exploratory study of the village, they execute a small action-oriented task assigned to them by the host organisation. IRMA faculty members interact closely with participants at all stages of the fieldwork segment. The performance of participants in this fieldwork segment is evaluated on the basis of reports and presentations.