This is a part of CBCL pedagogy as a two-week structured immersion program planned for the students between Terms 2 and 3. It enables the students to develop a deep understanding of people’s lives on the district level, preparing them to design interventions.

it focuses on equipping students with the skills to communicate effectively (write, tell and present) as per the need of the development sector. This includes using a language that is specific and appropriate to the development sector, including the right choice of words and a tone that recognises the complex nature of social change and the emergent nature of this work. This will be reinforced  

A unique offering at ISDM with experienced bricoleurs working with students on a one-to-one basis and groups to discuss individual learning journeys and key development lenses to differentiate management for the social sector such as collaboration, equity and social justice.

Spread over 7 terms, this is a family of sessions and workshops such as the Personal Mastery for Development Leadership course, Radical Transformational Leadership and Group Dynamics. This is anchored in the need to build the spirit of curiosity, courage and compassion in students while they work in teams, communities and design interventions.

Eminent speakers and established leaders from different walks of life are invited all through the year to help the students debate, discuss, pause, reflect and learn through these interactions.

Students are required to complete Harvard Manage Mentor Courses covering management topics such as Team Creation, Team Management, Budgeting, Project Management, Business Plan Development, and Negotiating. These are self-paced courses offered during terms 5-7 that are an opportunity to enhance the management practice.

These cover a range of topics and are future-forward workshops on Networks, Partnerships and Alliances for Scale, Perspective on Organisations, Knowledge Management Systems and FundRaising.

Courses include Financial Perspectives, Operations Management for Quality and Impact, Behaviour Change Communication, Marketing Management, Human Development in an Unequal World, Technology and Management, Corporate Social Responsibility. Some of the core courses will be available to the students as Electives as an opportunity for deeper engagement.

The final term project focuses on scale and sustainability, providing the students with a frame of reference to work on live projects with SPOs, thereby integrating their learnings of the previous terms with a real, viable and scaling strategy for the SPO.