Core Courses

The core courses taught in the first four terms cover the basics of Finance, Strategy, Marketing, Operations and IT Management. You will have a full time course load of four to five courses, in each of the four core terms. These courses are taught by a combination of resident faculty and those visiting from international business schools.

The Core Courses offered in the current academic year are the following:

Course Title	Faculty & Affiliation
Term 1: April 28 - June 8, 2008
Financial Accounting in Decision Making	Mohan Venkatachalam, Duke Mark Finn, Kellogg
Managerial Economics	Amit Bubna, ISB Shamika Ravi, ISB
Marketing Management	David R Bell, Wharton Piyush Kumar, Terry (UGA)
Statistical Methods for Management Decisions	Robert A Stine, Wharton Richard Waterman, Wharton
Term 2: June 9 - July 20, 2008
Competitive Strategy	Prashant Kale, Rice University Akbar Zaheer, Carlson School Harbir Singh, Wharton
Decision Models & Optimisation	Sumit M Kumunkal, ISB Milind G Sohoni, ISB
Global Economics	Amartya Lahiri, British Columbia Krishna B Kumar, RAND Corporation
Marketing Decision Making	Pradeep Bhardwaj, Kenan Flagler Jagmohan S Raju, Wharton
Term 3: July 21 - August 31, 2008
Corporate Finance	N R Prabhala, Maryland Bhagwan Chowdhry, UCLA
Entrepreneurship	Atul Nerkar, Kenan Flagler Ramakrishna S Velamuri, CEIBS
Leadership Development Programme	Aroon Joshi Chitra Rao Lalitha Maheswaran Philip Mathew S Ramnarayan Rajeshwar Upadhyaya Usha Venkatachalam
Managerial Accounting and Decision Making	Swaminathan Sridharan, Kellogg Sunil Dutta, Haas
Operations Management	Aditya Jain, ISB Ram Bala, ISB
Term 4: September 1 - October 12, 2008
Government, Society & Business	Mudit Kapoor , ISB A K Shiva Kumar, UNICEF
Investment Analysis	A Subrahmanyam, UCLA Ramana Sonti, ISB
Management of Organisations	Stefan Thau, LBS Luis L Martins, Georgia Tech
Strategic Analysis of IT	Rajiv D Banker, Temple Vallabh Sambamurthy, Michigan