Applications Invited for Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Public Policy and Management)

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About the Organization:

Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon, has been a trendsetter in the field of management education, consulting, high quality research and executive development. The institute has the distinction of being the first internationally accredited Indian Business School having received international accreditation by Association of MBAs (AMBA) London in 2006.

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Public Policy and Management) - PGDM (PPM)

PGDM (PPM) is an initiative to create a programme of excellence for practise, teaching & research in the field of public policy, governance and public management. The prospective participants are civil servants and public officials from central and state governments as well as participants from the development/policy sector.

PGDM (PPM) offers a unique integration of management concepts, tools and techniques with stress on public policy formulation, analysis and implementation, including the design and execution of delivery systems. It is a fifteen month programme designed in collaboration with Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. Several Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCAs) of the Government of India regularly sponsor their service officers for this progamme. In the past, participants have usually been from the three All India Services and Group A (Class–I), Central and State Services.

The first year of the programme is full-time residential and includes a 2 weeks term in an international public policy school with an objective to expose the participants to global governance perspectives and challenges There is a provision for domestic attachment to organisations relevant for public policy profession. During the second year, participants would return to their respective work locations but would continue to work on a dissertation / policy paper on a topic of their interest having significance for public policy discourse. The Post Graduate Diploma in Management with specialization in Public Policy and Management will be granted only when the dissertation/ policy paper is approved by the evaluation committee.

Programme Learning Goals (LGs):

• LG1: Value Based Education
• LG2: Global Management Perspective
• LG3: Leadership Orientation
• LG4: Evidence Based Policy Analysis
• LG5: Citizen Centricity

Programme Design:

PGDM (PPM) is designed to emphasize self-learning and collective deliberation. Some of the key features of this Programme are:

• Thrust on strategic thinking, global mind-set, sensitivity and innovation;
• Experiential learning through outdoor activities
• Interdisciplinary approach and learning
• Leveraging of personal and collective experience through reflection and dialogue
• Integration of global trends with local realities
• First hand experience of a global way of working through the foreign-study tour.
• In depth understanding and testing of ideas through an application oriented dissertation / policy paper

Recognition:

• On successful completion of the programme requirements, a participant is awarded a Post Graduate Diploma in Management, with specialization in Public Policy Management which has the approval of the All India Council for Technical Education, Government of India.

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