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Executive Education Almanac
The Almanac enlists all the CEE programmes for the year 2009-10.
It covers a range of business functions and is designed to suit
today’s dynamic circumstances. It is an invitation to plan ahead
and re-align your strategies to get future ready.
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Senior Diplomats Attend CEE Management Development Workshop
The CEE recently conducted a Management Development Workshop for
Senior Diplomats in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government
of India. The aim was to provide them with perspectives and
insights on key aspects of Indian and Global Economy, Trade and
Investments, Energy Security Policies adapted by different
countries, which will help them pursue the agenda of Economic
Diplomacy more effectively.
The group was also updated with current practices in the areas
of Strategic Management and Leadership, for effectively engaging
with their own teams as well as Indian communities in their host
countries, dealing with uncertainty while pushing for long-term
policy changes, and for negotiating and influencing their
counterparts in different countries.
The focus of the workshop was on providing practical lessons on
what they have to do, to be more effective in their roles as
ambassadors. In addition to class-room based discussions, there
were several speaker sessions and an interactive panel
discussion and dialogue with the diplomats, to help participants
appreciate divergent and rich perspectives brought in by the
panel members who came from diverse backgrounds.
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BRIC Business Schools
evolve programme on Fast Growing Markets
Business Schools from BRIC recently came together at the ISB to
design an Executive Education programme on fast growing market
opportunities.
The programme titled ‘Harnessing Growth in Fast Growing
Markets,’ plans to focus on organisational planning to tap fast
growing markets, the target audience being the organisations
which are aiming at value creation through these fast growing
markets. The programme, which is all set to be launched in
November 2009, is designed as a three-module structure. The
first module will be conducted in the US, and will provide the
necessary framework to work towards the new management
principles relevant to these markets. The second module will be
hosted in individual BRIC countries, and will explore
operational excellence issues in terms of market and value chain
optimisation opportunities. Finally, the third module will be
conducted in Europe and will explore organisational alignment to
create an appropriating value.
Present at the ISB to design this programme were Wilfried
VanHonacker, Dean of Skolkovo School of Management, Moscow, Sam
Park, Researcher on China from Skolkovo and Aldemir Drumond from
FDC Brazil, who is also the in charge of the BRIC programme, and
Deepak Chandra, Associate Dean, CEE.
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Strategy Programme for Indian Railways
The CEE conducted a Strategic Management Workshop for senior
administrative officers in the Indian Railways.
The objectives of the six day workshop were to help the top
brass of the Indian Railways develop strategic thinking, develop
cross-functional perspective, and manage complexity and
uncertainty in their current roles. The course structure was
geared to develop a general manager’s perspective - decision
making; develop understanding of own department’s role within
Indian Railways’ overall goals; long-term thinking and planning;
how to lead change, moving from ideas to implementation,
financial evaluation of projects; how to evaluate PPP projects
etc.
The workshop comprised sessions on Operations and Supply
Chain/IT Strategies mentored by Professor Medini Singh, Customer
Focussed Marketing Strategy by Professor Nirmal Gupta,
Leadership and Change Management by Professor S Ramnarayan,
Financial Value Creation by Professor Suren Mansinghka and
finally a session on Strategic Thinking and Implementation by
Professor Atul Nerkar.
In addition to classroom based inputs, there were a few Guest
Speaker sessions during the evenings on key and relevant topics.
During the course of the programme, participants were also
divided into groups. These groups made presentations on the last
day of the programme, and received invaluable feedback from the
top leadership team of Indian Railways and the ISB Faculty.
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ISB-Goldman Sachs ‘10,000 Women’ Graduation Ceremony
Twenty nine women entrepreneurs graduated during the first
graduation ceremony of the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS)
‘10,000 Women’ initiative in India, held at the ISB.
 ‘10,000 Women’ is a global initiative by Goldman Sachs, which
aims to provide 10,000 underserved women, predominantly in
developing and emerging markets, with a business and management
education. The ISB is the academic partner associate to
implement this global initiative in India.
The first batch of graduates of this 150 hour certificate
programme in entrepreneurship went through rigorous classroom
instructions at the ISB, followed by mentoring and on-the job
support. Graduating students met with leaders from Goldman Sachs
and the ISB, and presented business plans, developed through
their coursework.
“These graduates are a shining example of the limitless
potential of the Indian economy,” said Brooks Entwistle,
Managing Director and CEO of Goldman Sachs India, who was
present during the ceremony. Entwistle mentioned that the
partnership with ISB in the ‘10,000 Women’ initiative is
actually part of an ongoing relationship that Goldman Sachs has
with the ISB since the inception of the School. He also
mentioned about the necessity of being involved with the
community while doing business, and that the ‘10,000 Women’
initiative was really an attempt to “put people in touch with
people”.
Over the five year programme, the ISB will train 300 women in
select cities throughout India. The ISB programme will provide
classroom instruction, mentoring, networking, case study
discussions etc.
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Class of 2009 Graduates from the ISB
The ISB celebrated its Eighth Graduation Day for the Class of
2009 on April 4, 2009. This year, 437 students were awarded
certificates for the Post Graduate Programme in Management. The
Chief Guest for the occasion was Arun Sarin, Former Chief
Executive, Vodafone Group. Also present for this special day
were eminent members of the ISB Board, Dean Dipak Jain from
Kellogg School of Management, amongst other dignitaries.
Dean Ajit Rangnekar formally addressed the gathering and
welcomed everyone. His address summarised the many events and
achievements of the last academic year.
Chief Guest Arun Sarin in his address to the outgoing Class
said, “You are graduating at a very interesting and exciting
time in the history of the world, where many changes are
occurring and you can shape the world. Lead the change and shape
the word.”
Chairman of the Board, Rajat Gupta in his address mentioned that
the School has traversed a challenging but rewarding journey,
and the FT 15 rankings was one such accomplishment. He added,
“In my heart I believe that perhaps our brand is a little bit
ahead of reality. We need to continue to strive to do the right
things, continue to improve and not rest on our laurels.”
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