Where Learning Lives Beyond The Lecture Halls

ISDM is a residential, immersive learning environment. The year you spend here is built as much around the conversations in corridors, the late-night debates, and the friendships across cohorts as it is around the coursework.

Learning Together,
Living Together

The PGP-DM is intentionally residential. You live and learn alongside a cohort of peers drawn from across India: from grassroots organisers and corporate professionals to fresh graduates and second-career switchers. People arrive with different politics, languages and life stories, and the year is structured to put those differences in conversation. That density of perspective is the curriculum behind the curriculum.

~100 students per cohort

~50% women, year on year

9 cohorts and growing

Students from across India

Spaces To Speak, Spaces To Listen

Dialogue sits at the heart of Development Management. ISDM has built distinct spaces for the conversations the work demands.

Our Campus

ISDM's home in Noida has shaped nine cohorts of Development Management leaders. The campus is built for thinking together — open classrooms, shared study spaces, a library, residences, and informal nooks to read, write, or think alone.

Building The Next Chapter

ISDM's campus is being remodelled for the next decade of what the institution is becoming: new buildings, expanded spaces, and facilities designed to match the scale of its ambition. The same campus that shaped nine cohorts is being reimagined as a long-term home for Development Management in India.

Architectural render of upcoming campus buildings

The Student Experience

Sourabh Dabi
Class of 2025
“I learnt about different cultures and made friends I'll rely on even after the program. Discussing ideas at the chai tapri was our go-to thing when we felt burnt out.”
Nikhitha Chouhan
Class of 2025
"I am from a tribal community, and was nervous. But eople here are open and non-judgmental. I felt supported and comfortable."
Aryan Singh
Class of 2025
"The structured exposure to systems thinking, strategic nonprofit management, financial stewardship, and impact measurement has significantly enhanced the way I approach my work in the CSR function at Diageo India."

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