Management Development Programmes

MDP Chairman's Message

IIM-Shillong is the epicenter of management research and innovation of North East. The short duration Management Development Programs (MDPs) of IIM- Shillong have been specially designed to fill-in the evolving knowledge requirements of the busy executives of Indian industry, education, and government sectors. These MDPs furnish the executives a chance to refresh and rejuvenate their knowledge and to reacquaint themselves with present-day thinking and to gain insights and self-enrichment. The participants get chance to familiarize themselves with the latest tools, techniques and skills spanning different streams of management such as Education Management, Finance, General Management, Human Resources, Information Systems, Marketing, Operations Management, Strategic Management and Sustainable Development. The MDP Calendar for the year 2010-11 is shown in Table 1:

MDP Calendar 2011-12 and Application Form

A majority of these programs are held in the campus of IIM-Shillong, while a few of them are designed to be held at prominent cities in the country. The programs conducted at IIM-Shillong are residential. The participants are housed at the MDP residence located in the campus. The MDP residence has facilities to accommodate about 30 participants. The cool, calm, tranquil, academic ambience of the campus and its lush green hill-top surroundings are highly conducive for study and learning. Round-the-clock internet facility is available on campus through high-speed bandwidth. The Internet connections provide opportunities for the participants to stay connected not only with their near and dear, but also with the business world at large.

IIM-Shillong accepts requests from organizations for conducting customized training programs for their executives at different levels, and offers unique programs to suit the business and developmental needs of client organizations. Standard modules from regular MDPs are also combined and adapted, wherever necessary, to suit the requirements of client organizations. Usually companies contact the faculty directly or the Director requesting specific programs to be offered for them.

The duration of these programs ranges from two days to six months depending upon the variety, magnitude and complexity of topics covered. The In-company Programs (ICP) are conducted at the Institute as well as in the premises of the client organizations.

Swapan Kumar Majumdar
Chairman, MDP
Professor of Information Systems, Strategy and Operations Management
BTech, PGDM (IIM-B), MSc (London School of Economics) MPhil (Imperial College, London), PhD (IIT-D)
Indian Institute of Management - Shillong
Mayurbhanj Complex, Nongthymmai; Shillong - 793014
Tel: +91 (0364) 230 8016 (0); +91 (0364) 230 8072 (R); Mob: +91 (0) 9436701138