Mumbai, April 2022: Times Professional Learning (TPL), under its brand The Second Wind (TimesTSW) and Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya have announced the inaugural Executive Certificate Programme in Business Management.

The 11-month programme is developed for early and mid-level executives providing them with a comprehensive business management exposure to hone their analytical, strategic, and entrepreneurial thinking to accelerate their career growth. Learners will get introduced to subjects like Strategic Management, Financial Management, and Forecasting, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Marketing and Consumer Decision Making, IT and Analytics, among others, and delivered by eminent faculty and experts from the industry via a state-of-the-art TPL platform through the Direct-to-Device (D2D) mode.

The pedagogy will focus on experiential learning through live lectures, case studies, industry expert sessions, management games, role plays, simulations, and class discussions. Eminent faculty and experts from the industry will deliver the lectures while learners will experience a three-day immersive session at the institute during the programme.

Applicants interested in enrolling for the Executive Certificate Programme in Business Management can register on: Executive Certificate Programme in Business Management | IIM Bodh Gaya – TimesTSW

The modern-day specializations integrated with management courses have opened employability opportunities for professionals across sectors. Recent surveys have projected a bullish hiring trend with companies slated to hire substantial talent into our workforce. A recent report on building skills suggested the urgent need for professionals to learn digital and technological skills as trends indicated strong hiring prospects for India, followed by Australia and China.

Speaking at the announcement of the programme, Dr. Amit Kumar Srivastava, Programme Director, Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya, said, “The dynamic changes across organizations have witnessed a steady increase in the demand for skilled professionals. It is, therefore, imperative for professionals to navigate through digital, economic, and social disruptions and bring transformative changes to gain a competitive market edge. The Executive Certificate Programme in Business Management enables professionals to build strategic and entrepreneurial competencies to provide extraordinary value to their evolving enterprises.”

Sunil Sood, Chief Business Officer, Executive Education, Times Professional Learning“At TPL, we cater to the needs of professionals to build competencies in sync with Industry 4.0. This programme will not only equip managers with future competencies but also help them deal with new-age business challenges.”