The Indian Institute of Management Mumbai (IIM Mumbai) on Saturday said it has inked an agreement with Coal India Limited (CIL) for the second edition of its specialised Executive Post Graduate Program (PGPEx) for Logistics and Operations Excellence through Digitisation. "We have renewed the agreement with CIL for the second batch. Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), IIM Mumbai will provide CIL executives important skills in logistics, supply chain management and digital transformation," the institute's director Prof Manoj K Tiwari said. The program will focus on building future-ready capabilities in logistics, supply chain management, and digital transformation, aimed at improving operational efficiency and strengthening strategic leadership across the organisation, he said. The one year program will be in a blended format, 60 per cent of which will be online and 40 per cent will be through physical attendance that will be held in the institute's satellite campus in Angul in Odisha, he added. This specialised program, designed for executives of Coal India and its subsidiaries, will begin in September and has a capacity of 40 students, Prof Tiwari added. Meanwhile,IIM Mumbai has proposed the setting up of a new satellite campus in or around Mumbai. The proposal, submitted to the Maharashtra Government, aligns with the state’s visionary “Viksit Maharashtra 2047” roadmap and is set to propel Mumbai as a global nerve centre for finance, policy, technology, and academic excellence, an IIM Mumbai statement said. The proposed satellite campus seeks to offer a suite of undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes with a sharp focus on disciplines such as economics, accounting and finance, technology and data science, and law and regulation. This strategic initiative is aimed at integrating interdisciplinary research with future-ready pedagogy, in line with the goals of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which champions flexibility, innovation, and holistic development in higher education.
