IIT-Madras, National Defence College jointly launch Executive MBA in ‘Strategic Leadership & Public Policy’

This user-oriented programme will last for one year. It will be for a 48-week duration with lecture-based courses and practical modules including a thesis.

Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, and National Defence College Officials during the MoU signing event at Delhi on 27th Aug 2024. (Source: IIT Madras)

The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT M) on September 5 announced a partnership with the National Defence College (NDC) to offer an Executive MBA Programme in ‘Strategic Leadership and Public Policy’. This user-oriented programme by IIT Madras will last for one year. It will be for a 48-week duration with lecture-based courses and practical modules including a thesis.

The programme by IIT Madras will have 120 members drawn from the Indian Armed Forces, Indian Civil Services, Indian Police Services and other organs of the Government. They would be selected after a rigorous screening process. The course also includes officers from friendly foreign countries.

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Faculty members from the Department of Management Studies and Aerospace and other departments at IIT Madras, faculty from NDC and subject matter experts will teach the programme at the National Defence College.

While the Service Officers eligible for this programme would normally be Brigadier or equivalent, the Civil and Diplomatic service officers are at the level of Director/Joint Secretary to the Government of India.

It is aimed at the intellectual development and strategic enculturation of selected senior officers of the armed forces of India and friendly foreign countries, along with civilian government services of India (IAS, IPS, IRS, DRDO, etc.), for higher leadership positions, the official release by IIT Madras stated.

An MoU towards this programme was signed by Prof M. Thenmozhi, Professor and Head, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras and Brigadier Rajesh Raman, Secretary, National Defence College New Delhi, in the presence of Prof V. Kamakoti, Director and Dipti Mohil Chawla, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Defence.

“The next-gen world needs managers with deep understanding of contemporary technologies. This MBA programme is conceived to address this need,” said Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras.