Unique Development Management course offerings with a mix of Development and Business Management fundamentalsRead more about Unique Development Management course offerings with a mix of Development and Business Management fundamentalsCourses 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.
Special capstone projectRead more about Special capstone projectThe 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.
CurriculumRead more about CurriculumThe approximately 49-week PGP-DM is divided into 8 Terms. The courses offered over the year fall into six clusters:
Curriculum & PedagogyRead more about Curriculum & PedagogyThe present curriculum reflects contemporary thought in management education as advocated by Srikant Datar, David Garvin and Patrick Cullen who proposed that a right balance between the skills of knowing, doing and being is essential in management.
PlacementsBodyStudents at ISDM have access to a range of unique and diverse career opportunities in national and international social purpose organisations, in thematic areas varying from health and education to water, sanitation and gender, working in a wide variety of roles such as research, advocacy, social impact consulting, communications and partnerships.Read more about PlacementsPlacement ButtonRead More
Meet the Alumni TestimonialsRead more about Meet the Alumni Testimonialspgpdm testimonial Palak Sharma Class of 2022-23Setting out on the PGP-DM program at ISDM has been a significant travel, improving me with important information and aptitudes fundamental to the development sector. Over its eight terms, I've dug profoundly into zones such as financial thinking, mediation plan, and innovation for social effect, cultivating an all-encompassing understanding of driving alter. Athira Ashokan Class of 2022-23ISDM ticked all the boxes that I was looking for - experiential learning, learning from the best people in the field, bringing a management lens and a curriculum that focuses on not just the learnings of the field but also individual growth and reflection. Mohammed Arshath Parvez M Class of 2020-21Collaboration has been a key to do anything and everything at ISDM. The mindset shift from Competition to Collaboration was an amazing personal experience for me as an individual which changed my perspective to understand the need of collaboration in this VUCA world.Meet Alumni LinkMeet The Alumni
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Post Graduate Program in Development ManagementRead more about Post Graduate Program in Development Managementpgpdm hero titlePost Graduate Program in Development Management Admissions Open Now for PGP-DM Class of 2026 Apply for a transformational journey today!pgpdm hero video4wv6C-Bz0FQ
Realising IndiaRead more about Realising IndiaBodyRealising India is a critical component of the PGP DM. This is a two-week field component unlike the rest of the program which is classroom-based. This district immersion provides students with an opportunity to understand society and institutions in a district and experience the current reality.