IIM Amritsar Launches New Executive MBA Programme

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Amritsar has launched a new two-year Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) programme. This programme is designed to equip working professionals with enhanced leadership capabilities, strategic acumen, and the skills needed to navigate dynamic and volatile environments effectively.

In a statement, the Institute said that the EMBA program at IIM Amritsar blends the flexibility of a blended learning format with a curriculum that fosters strong analytical skills, data-driven decision-making, and the agility to lead through organizational and digital change. In order to help trainees apply these important lessons across industries and enhance their professional profiles, it focuses especially on mastering global uncertainties through innovation, effective communication, and conflict resolution, the statement continued.

The market for executive education is expected to reach USD 98.6 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.7% from its 2023 valuation of USD 42.5 billion. According to a depressing statement from IIM Amritsar, this spike is driven by globalization, rapid technology advancement, and changing leadership aspirations.

It restated the Future of employment Report 2023’s prediction that 23% of employment will change during the next five years, resulting in the creation of 69 million new positions. In order to succeed, leaders need to develop abilities like emotional intelligence, resilience, change management, and technological literacy. Additionally, an Asia-Pacific CEO survey shows that 75% of CEOs are prepared to accept change, and 97% of CEOs are reimagining their companies. This underscores the necessity of upskilling in order to fill skill gaps and promote sustainable growth in the face of shifting global demands.

Professionals from a variety of industries, including IT, HR, marketing, banking, financial services, manufacturing, supply chain, and consulting, are among those that the EMBA program aims to serve. The first year lays a strong foundation of fundamental management abilities, such as entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, strategy, organizational behavior, and operations. It is divided into two sections.

Students will study more complex subjects like business intelligence, portfolio management, and security analysis in their second year. Capstone simulations and integrated field projects improve learning even more by offering practical application.

According to IIM Amritsar, students would gain from three campus immersions over the course of the program. Along with two learner-profile-specific electives, the program covers fundamental topics including financial reporting, competition and strategy, consumer behavior, operations research, business ethics, etc.

A practical, application-oriented approach is ensured by the program’s pedagogy, which incorporates case studies, role plays, simulations, and project-based learning. Learners will have unrestricted access to class recordings and remote library resources through the program’s Direct-to-Device (D2D) delivery through TimesPro’s Interactive Learning (IL) platform. Students will also receive the esteemed IIM Amritsar alumni status upon satisfactory completion.