The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has this year introduced 14 new programmes for working executives based on recently compiled market intelligence,ranging from sports management to infrastructure policies. The Management Development Programmes (MDPs) at IIM-A,according to a former manager,were the first to be offered by the premier B-School since its inception,predating even its flagship Post-Graduate Programme in Management (PGP). The new additions have increased the number of MDPs at the institute to 69,an increase of about 24 per cent from the last year. The most expensive programme this year will be the 10-day Global Management Programme on Luxury with a fee of Rs 4,99,000 (8,000 Euros),and will be conducted through two sessions in Ahmedabad and France. The MDPs are largely conceived according to the needs of industry and business · garnered from the institute's research on markets,finance and economics,information gleaned from professors' consultancy projects and even as advice from the institute's regular recruiters · every year. The candidates for these programmes are nominated by their respective organisations,and the nominations are again screened by a committee formed by the institute. For the 2010-11 academic session,programmes on offer look at various business concerns like peoples issues in BPOs or call centres,how to professionally manage sports organisations and a programme for senior bureaucrats at the helm of Public Sector Enterprises (PSUs). There are also government supported programmes such as the Results · Framework document: An Instrument for Government Performance Management,which is supported by the Performance Management Division of the Centre Cabinet Secretariat. There are also at least three programmes that will look at business concerns in Dubai. Fees collected from the short-duration programmes (generally lasting from three days to four weeks) contribute roughly one-third of the institute's annual revenues.
