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Academic cycle – The ISB PGP programme runs April to April.
On joining, all students of the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) at the Indian School of Business (ISB) go through LEAD. The three-day LEAD programme at ISB is aimed at providing every student with an in-depth understanding of their strengths and areas of improvement so as to develop them into effective leaders.
The one-year intense PGP has core courses and electives and an Independent Study Programme (ISP) wherein students can pursue any area of interest under a faculty member.
Core courses are taught in the first three terms of the post graduate programme in management each core term comprises a full-time course load of 4-5 subjects.
The core courses taught at ISB include the basics of finance, strategy, marketing, operations and IT management.
The following core courses are being offered in the academic year 2019-20:
| COURSE TITLE | HYDERABAD | MOHALI |
|---|---|---|
| TERM 1: APRIL 22 – JUNE 02, 2019 | ||
| FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND DECISION MAKING | Shyam V Sunder, Eller School of Management, University of Arizona Rotman School of Management, University of TorontoHariom Manchiraju, Indian School of Business | Nemit Shroff, Sloan School of Business -MIT Mary Lea McAnally, Mays Business School – Texas A&M University |
| MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS | Tarun Jain, Indian School of Business Shilpa Aggarwal , Indian School of Business Sisir Debnath, Indian School of Business | Sisir Debnath, Indian School of Business Deepal Basak, Indian School of Business |
| MARKETING MANAGEMENT | Abhinav Uppal, Indian School of Business B P S Murthi, University of Texas at Dallas Sundar Bharadwaj, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia Nanda Kumar, University of Texas at Dallas | Siddharth Singh, ISB Rajdeep Grewal, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina |
| STATISTICAL METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT DECISIONS | Manasa Mandava, Indian School of Business Pallavi Basu, Indian School of Business V Nagadevera, Former Professor and Dean, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Subhodha Kumar, Fox School of Business – Temple University Richard Waterman, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
| TERM-2: JUNE 03 – JULY 14, 2019 | ||
| BUSINESS COMMUNICATION | Kanishka Sinha, Stillwater Consulting Girish Manimaran, Stillwater Consulting | Girish Manimaran, Stillwater Consulting |
| COMPETITIVE STRATEGY | Jaya Dixit, ISB Raveendra Chittoor, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria Akbar (Aks) Zaheer, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota Prashant Kale, Rice University | Snehal Awate, Indian School of Business Jay Anand, Fisher College of Business |
| DECISION MODELS AND OPTIMISATION | Milind Sohoni, Indian School of Business Sumit Kunnumkal, Indian School of Business | Achal Bassamboo, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Chaithanya Bandi , Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University |
| GLOBAL ECONOMICS | Amartya Lahri, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia Viktoria Hnatkovska, UBC | Shiv Dixit, Indian School of Business Anusha Chari, Kenan-Flagler Business School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| MARKETING DECISION MAKING | S Sajeesh , University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Sriram Venkatraman, Kenan-Flagler Business School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Raghuram Bommaraju, Indian School of Business | Ashish Sood, A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California,Riverside |
| LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT | Leena Chatterjee, Indian Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Chandrasekhar Sripada, Indian School of Business S Ramanarayan, Indian School of Business Sushanta Kumar Mishra, Indian Institute of Management Indore | Ram Nidumolu, Indian School of Business Jitendera Singh, XLRI, Jamshedpur |
| TERM 3: JULY 15 – AUGUST 25, 2019 | ||
| CORPORATE FINANCE I | Prachi Deuskar, ISB
Omesh Kini, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University Bhagwan Chowdhary, Anderson School of Management, UCLA Suren Mansinghka, Retired Faculty, University of California | Vaidyanathan K, ISB Shashwat Alok, ISB |
| MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND DECISION MAKING | Shiva Sivaramakrishnan, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University Nandu Nagarajan, University of Texas at Arlington Ramji Balakrishnan, Tippie College of Business, The University of Iowa Sudarshan Jayaraman, Simon Business School, University of Rochester | Nandu Nagarajan, University of Texas at Arlington Swaminathan Sridharan, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University |
| MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS | Luis Martins, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin Chandrasekhar Sripada, Indian School of Business Jonathan Pinto, Imperial College London Prasad Balkundi, University of Buffalo | James Schmidtke, Sid Craig School of Business, California State University Fresno |
| OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | Sripad K Devalkar, Indian School of Business Sarang Deo, Indian School of Business | Vishwakant Malladi, Indian School of Business Saravanan Kesavan, Kenan Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina |
| RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP | Sreedhari Desai, Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Harris Sondak, University of Utah | James Schmidtke, Sid Craig School of Business, California State University Fresno |
| TERM 4: AUGUST 26 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 (CORE COURSES – CROSS OVER TERM) | ||
| CORPORATE FINANCE II | Nitin Kumar, ISB Ramana Sonti, ISB Prachi Deuskar, ISB Shashwat Alok, ISB | Vaidyanathan K, ISB Ramabhadran Thirumalai, ISB |
| STRATEGIES FOR THE DIGITAL ECONOMY | Ramnath Chellappa, Goizueta Business School, Emory University Ravi Bapna, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota Deepa Mani, ISB | Abhishek Kathuria, Indian School of Business |
The Indian School of Business (ISB) offers around 80 electives that help students build on their interests. During the last five terms, students can opt to take 17 to 21 elective credits. Courses are combined to offer students the following six concentrations or majors:
Its international exchange programme allows ISB students to study at international partner schools and vice-versa. This cross-cultural exposure benefits students.
The ISB has partnered with 42 leading schools from countries such as the U.S., France, South Africa, Israel, Germany, China, Pakistan, South Korea, Singapore and the U.K, Canada, Italy, Australia, Spain, Switzerland, Chile, Netherlands, Germany and Taiwan. Students from international schools visit the ISB campus, which adds to the diversity and peer-learning experience on campus.
Read this article for further information on the International Exchange Programme at ISB.